About The AMD Athlon 64 FX Cpu
- Thread starter jareg
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Dual-channel memory controller.
Not all that much to be honest. The Athlon64 FX line has a 128-bit memory interface while other Athlon64s have a 64-Bit memory interface.
http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=205&catid=1
If you are thinking of a Athlon64, the best value for money ones are the standard Athlon64s, but for enthusiasts the FX Athlon64 FX line are consistantly faster but are more expensive. Don't forget about overclocking
http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=205&catid=1
If you are thinking of a Athlon64, the best value for money ones are the standard Athlon64s, but for enthusiasts the FX Athlon64 FX line are consistantly faster but are more expensive. Don't forget about overclocking
The FX's also require registered RAM, which is more expensive. That will soon change though.
Jigga0o7
Overclocking Junkie
jaregs said:
The socket 939 FX53's are out.
And yes I believe a socket 939 FX53 owns a 3.6ghz prescott. Or did you mean P4C 3ghz @ 3.6? In that case, someone could buy a 3500+ for $352 and oc that, and still get much better performance than a crappy *slower than a northwood clock for clock* prescott.
refraction
PCSX2 Coder
there is an FX-51 in our house, admittedly its socket 940 and has registered ram, but tbh compared to our Athlon 64 3400+ the performance isnt much different, the difference in 3dmarks (considering its a very simular clock speed) is between 500-1000 marks at a very maximum. Plus the overclocking on them, youll be luck to get more than 200mhz extra out of it, so its nothing special.
Your better off saving a bit of money and just getting the Athlon XP 64 3xxx+ range
Your better off saving a bit of money and just getting the Athlon XP 64 3xxx+ range
