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sailor · 07-19-2004, 06:38 AM

Im trying to decide which processor to get for my new machine--I want an Athlon 64, but I cant decide whether to spend the extra money for the 3200. The 3200 has more cache, but I cant find it retail with a HSF, so I will have to buy one. Total price, $300. The 3000, with HSF, is $225. Is it worth the extra $75 for the L2 cache and little speed boost? The machine will have to play the Doom3/HL2 generation well, as well as following generations--I dont buy new machines but about every two years.

The video card will be a vanilla Geforce 6800.

07-19-2004, 06:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Athlon 64 3000 or 3200? Im trying to decide which processor to get for my new machine--I want an Athlon 64, but I cant decide whether to spend the extra money for the 3200. The 3200 has more cache, but I cant find it retail with a HSF, so I will have to buy one. Total price, $300. The 3000, with HSF, is $225. Is it worth the extra $75 for the L2 cache and little speed boost? The machine will have to play the Doom3/HL2 generation well, as well as following generations--I dont buy new machines but about every two years. The video card will be a vanilla Geforce 6800. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato