Originally posted by Jepman:
Yoshi will have your head for posting a Tom's Hardware link :p
good call
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[quote=]Tomshardware Tomshardware LOL[/quote]
not sure where that comes from :-P. considering they did objective tests (let me know if i'm wrong) of the processors in the article, it shouldn't matter where the results come from.
[quote=]But seriously, even with the 805 overclocked to 4.1ghz (which is a very isolated incident, let me assure you--I've heard most people can only get it to 3.5-3.8 range) you'll still see better gaming performance with a more cost-effective 3500+ and Asus motherboard.
It costs the same, in fact LESS, and yet you can overclock it further as it's already got a huge advantage. Don't believe me? Here's the prices:
AMD64 3500+ Venice Core
Asus Motherboard
Pentium D 805
Asus Motherboard
As you can see, you spend 20 dollars less on the AMD combo, and get a better basic performance, not to mention the great overclockability of the Venice core (500 MHz isn't uncommon on air, which would put it somewhere in the neighborhood of a 4200-4400+ or so.) and the superior performance as is.
Seriously, that little bit about the Pentium D 805 is so overblown it's not even funny.[/quote]
comparing AMD 3500+ side-by-side with the pentium d 805 without OC (I'm assuming thats what you mean by "basic performance") is unnecessary. I was referring to the OC'ed version of the pentium d 805.
also, i find it kind of funny that you list two different mobo's with different specifications and yet brag about a meager $20 price difference.
Okay. So let's say the processor is overclocked to 3.7 max. I still don't understand. The benchmarks clearly show the pentium d 805 OC'ed to 3.8 gHz outperforming even the 4600+ in the futuremark and performing basically equal to that of a 4400+. BUT, considering the pentium d 805 has the potential to be OC'ed to 4.1 gHz w/ water cooling, i'd say it edges out the amd processor.
by the way, please dont flame me after this dj.