[fortuitous]

hi there, which is the better processor the amd 64 x2 or the amd fx. r they both dual core? i mostly use my computer for playing games and watching films. many thanks

CPU Type ::: AMD Athlon 64, 2400 MHz (12 x 200) 3800+
Motherboard Name::: MSI K9N Ultra (MS-7250 v2) (3 PCI, 3 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN):::
Motherboard Chipset ::: nVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra, AMD Hammer
Video Adapter ::: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS (512 MB)
3D Accelerator ::: nVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Disk Drive ::: Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 (320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)

Edited by fortuitous, 26 March 2007 - 04:04 PM.

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As far as I know the AMD FX series is dual core, they just don't come with a factory clock like regular CPUs.
Also don't get an FX series CPU if you don't plan to overclock because that is just a waste of money.

Edited by you_silly_mortals, 27 March 2007 - 02:49 PM.

[you_silly_mortals]

As far as I know the AMD FX series is dual core, they just don't come with a factory clock like regular CPUs.
Also don't get an FX series CPU if you don't plan to overclock because that is just a waste of money.

Edited by you_silly_mortals, 27 March 2007 - 02:49 PM.

[warriorscot]

Fx are identical to normal athlons they use the same core, only real difference is slight differences in composition of the chips metals and heatspreader for better cooling and performance. Just get an X2 same chips.

[Opt]

As far as I know the AMD FX series is dual core, they just don't come with a factory clock like regular CPUs.
Also don't get an FX series CPU if you don't plan to overclock because that is just a waste of money.

WHA?? For most I know the multipliers are unlocked?? -Easily overclockable-

The difference between dual-core Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 X2 is not only the amount of memory cache, but also the fact that all Athlon 64 FX CPUs don’t have their clock multiplier locked, enabling you to increase the CPU clock multiplier in order to achieve higher clock rates. On other CPUs you can only overclock them by increasing the CPU HTT clock (sometimes decreasing the clock multiplier at the same time, as this configuration is possible on all AMD64 CPUs).

Yes chips are the same just able to perform better in some areas X-2 media/ FX Gaming. (Hence Dual Core)

I have built off of singles and dual from only AMD. FX series is crazy.

Is your board a Am2. I would recommend 5000+ or more getting up to 2.8. It'll handle games and everything else.
More importantly for AM2 board I can recommend the FX-62 due to its overclocking availablity.
Athlon 64 FX-62 is a dual-core CPU running at 2.8 GHz, achieved by multiplying its 200 MHz base clock by 14. It has two 1 MB L2 memory caches, one for each core.


Even the Quad Core has been reviewed with nice stable overclocks.
Sure its not a Conroe, but hey this thread is AMD.



A Brief History Lesson Jan 06:

The fastest single core AMD processor is still the Athlon 64 FX-57 running at 2.8GHz, which AMD will continue to sell alongside the FX-60. But with the clock speed gap between the 2.6GHz dual core FX-60 and the 2.8GHz single core FX-57 a meager 7.6%, you can effectively go to one CPU and get the best single-threaded and multithreaded performance. Remember that the best applications that scale with clock speed generally give you a 50% return on every 100% increase in clock speed, so in most of the single-threaded cases, the FX-57's performance advantage will be in the 0 - 4% range. But on the flip side, the fact that the FX-60 is a dual core processor will buy it a lot in multithreaded applications.

Sure this was a year ago but I have a FX-60. It still freakin smokes and speaks for itself.. goes 2.8 no prob. Have not done 3 but why??


I have a funny feeling some people out there still smoke their lunch.

[Dryfter]

I have a Socket 939 165 Opteron (dual core running at 1.8) And it would rip through anything I threw at it. I was able to install a game, and play another game at the same time. I would say if your going to get an AM2 system. Get the cheapest proc and overclock it.

Edited by Dryfter, 28 March 2007 - 01:25 PM.