AMD 3800 and 6000 X2 CPU

[=Spetsnaz= 0]

yep, im still very happy with the 6000+ i ordered. I don't really believe i will see much improvement on arma 2 if i had ordered a quad

[Herbal Influence 10]

Thanx for your posts!

I think thereby we AMD 6000 users can help ourselves much more specific if troubles arise this way.

And, by the way, I don't mind a cpu war.

I am really annoyed by the behaviour of Intel and find the recent EU-punishment of a 1.000.000.000,00 Euro is just to little for they earned much more with their illegal practises all the years - knowing that the EU commission and some other countries outside the EU consider their practises illegal. All that lead to the fact you can read often in this forum that people - not for no reason - consider Intel cpus expensive.

While I bought the AMD cpu for I was informed that they just did consume only a 60 % of the energy as a comparable Intel at the end of 2006. That might not more be true to nowadays up to date cpus, but I am really annoyed that they kicked AMD out the market with illegal delivery contracts.

As an Intel user I would feel betrayed.

Edited July 21, 2009 by Herbal Influence
clarification; inserted " recent EU-"

[echo1 0]

yep, im still very happy with the 6000+ i ordered. I don't really believe i will see much improvement on arma 2 if i had ordered a quad

Yeah, my Athlon X2 chugs along nicely too. It's funny to think that a 5 year old design of CPU can still deal with the latest games. I don't know whether that's testament to AMD's sound design or the lack of any serious innovation in the CPU market over the past few years. Probably both.

[wooly-back-jack 10]

amd x2 3600+ 2.0ghz o/c to 2.35ghz socket 939 here lol

[=Spetsnaz= 0]

Yeah, my Athlon X2 chugs along nicely too. It's funny to think that a 5 year old design of CPU can still deal with the latest games. I don't know whether that's testament to AMD's sound design or the lack of any serious innovation in the CPU market over the past few years. Probably both.

well i owned the 3500+ amd athlon 2.21ghz single core for almost 3 years until i oced it and it crashed on me for life, so i had a month waiting for arma 2 and decided to go with a cheap but still decent dual core, new gfx card,4gb of ram and a new motherboard. Im still happy! i don't like spending alot of money on computer parts so i tend to end up on the cheap side!

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Thanx for your posts!

I think thereby we AMD 6000 users can help ourselves much more specific if troubles arise this way.

And, by the way, I don't mind a cpu war.

I am really annoyed by the behaviour of Intel and find the recent EU-punishment of a 1.000.000.000,00 Euro is just to little for they earned much more with their illegal practises all the years - knowing that the EU commission and some other countries outside the EU consider their practises illegal. All that lead to the fact you can read often in this forum that people - not for no reason - consider Intel cpus expensive.

While I bought the AMD cpu for I was informed that they just did consume only a 60 % of the energy as a comparable Intel at the end of 2006. That might not more be true to nowadays up to date cpus, but I am really annoyed that they kicked AMD out the market with illegal delivery contracts.

As an Intel user I would feel betrayed.

im not trying to start a war here, but in my honest opinion i think intel cpu's are just too overpriced and i know they are top notch quality!, but why should i go pay more when i can also get more for less with AMD right and still maybe underperform an equivalent intel cpu by maybe a few fps hmm? Only downside i find with AMD is their OCing ability but so far AMD has been improving on that and they will, they are getting there!

[mosh 0]

since we're talking antique computers here...

I helped a friend of mine get Arma 2 working this weekend on a AMD 3800 (single core), 2 GB DDR 400, 7950 video card. It runs... most stuff on low, he has small monitor so 1024x768 is fine for him. He does very well in MP PvP with it. I am still surprised it runs as well as it does. :eek:

I installed one of my copies on my AMD 3800 (single core), 2 GB DDR 400, 7600 GT just for the hell of it. It runs (walks) on that as well... everything pretty low obviously.

[Herbal Influence 10]

Another hint that AMD cpu run well:

http://forums.bistudio.com/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=58

Found the best solution for me with fraps mostly at 60 !!

Too bad I cannot insert the picture I've done on it ... so I post it by hand here:

Viewdistance: 3600

Textures: Normal

GraphicRAM: High

Anisotrop.: deactivated

Eniviornment details: normal

Object details: low

Shadows: normal

Postprocess: deactivated

Quality preference: Very high

Menue solution: 1680 x 1050

3D- resolution: 1680 x 1050

Edited July 23, 2009 by Herbal Influence

[echo1 0]

Another hint that AMD cpu run well:

Is this the meeting place of the AMD fanboy's society or something?

[wooly-back-jack 10]

shhh we are going to sacrifice an Intel user to the phenom Gods soon :D

[NeMeSiS 11]

Another hint that AMD cpu run well:

http://forums.bistudio.com/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=58

Have you considered that C2D's are much more common then Phenom(II)'s? ;)

[Herbal Influence 10]

Is this the meeting place of the AMD fanboy's society or something?

Yeah, sorry for you.

Open your own thread if you bought only an Intel cpu.:o

Nah, don't get me wrong. But I am really enerved by the illegal misbehaviour Intel has shown to it's customers the last years and made profit of it: I am sure not the only one who showed up in a big consumer market like Media Markt or Saturn asking for a PC with AMD cpu. The steady answer was: We have only Intel. And now it comes out that they had illegal contracts with Intel to sell only Intel and some other illegal methods were used to hinder AMD. So I myself feel betrayed by this. Easy to understand: There were no AMDs so Intel could rise prices like they wanted. Many people never got to know that there are other cpus at all. You really had to search for AMD cpus in my hometown - which is not a small one.

And these are facts though I do state here messages I could easily be sued for from three big enterprises: Intel and the two markets I mentioned. But they won't do that even if they see what I write, even if you print this and send it to them. Though, if you understand it correctly, it's the worst advertising you can have as Intel and as the markets listed. Sure Intel appeals to the EU commissions decision. But that's something to laugh at. Not for dumb ones. They may believe that they appeal for good legal reasons. But they don't. They appeal for business reasons, for marketing only. Like Microsoft did and lost - or better: withdrew.

Edited July 24, 2009 by Herbal Influence

[Shooter McGavin 10]

herbal, in response to your 3d card upgrade, which you already did(sorry new to forums).

you do not need 2 PCI-e's slots. you need a free PCI-E, and a regular PCI slot. reason being is the 9800 is extremely large. it actualy uses the regular pci slot for the heatsink exhaust. you only need 1 slot to plug in, the other is for the card's girth. ';'

i cant believe some of the performance some of you are getting. i updated my 3d cards driver this month and it cut my performance in half.

from my crash 2 desktop topic.... "....just downloaded the new patch for my 3d card, the game runs better(keyword better) but it cut my fps in 1/2. ive tried adjusting all 3d card settings, nothing realy helps.

i was getting 40 fps before with high graphic setting, 1280x1024, 5 pre-rendered framerates, and vsync off

i get about 15-17 fps now, turned down resolution and minimum graphics. i cant get any better than 20 fps."

by the way, if you are experiencing CTD's, read my CTD topic, and turn your fan speeds up, worked for me.

[Herbal Influence 10]

Hi Shooter McGavin,

sorry for not reacting sooner, but I have been abroad for some time.

Firstly thanx for the explanation on the 9800-need of two pci-slots!

I think the reason that you have far lower fraps is that my 9600 has twice as much RAM as yours.

Herbal I.

Edited August 7, 2009 by Herbal Influence