Seeking CPU recommendation: Athlon 64 FX-57 vs Athlon 64 x2 4800 dual core

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I have MS FlightSim 2004 acquired WinXP x64 Pro with the intent of running
it on an AMD 64 platform for a smooth yet fast performance. Which CPU is a
better performer in this case?
 
I'd get a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and overclock it to 2.6Ghz like most people are
doing with that core. Most games, MS Flight Sim Included, can not fully
take advantage of dual cores. However, MS FS is extremely CPU intensive.
Having dual cores can help if you designate one of the cores solely for the
game while the other core handles windows etc... In addition, and this is
where dual cores can really shine for MS FS, there are so many third party
add ons that run simultaneously and if you had dual cores, you could run
these programs on the other core. Things like traffic programs, video
capture programs to save videos of your flights, flight planning progs,
etc...
MS FS is one of the very few games (or sim if you prefer) that I play and it
is the only game that really pushes my system (which is pretty good for
flight sim).
As far as straight up performance the fx57 will beat the x2 4800. But the
x2 can likely be overclocked with the right components. So if you compared
a single core running at 2.8 vs a dual core running at 2.6 the single core
would only very marginally be better. In fact you probably would be hard
pressed to tell a difference in Flight Sim if that was the Only program
running. But like I said, having that extra core, helps free up some cpu
resources. The kicker is that there are going to be more and more apps that
come out that take advantage of the dual cores.
Roy
 
I have MS FlightSim 2004 acquired WinXP x64 Pro with the intent of running
it on an AMD 64 platform for a smooth yet fast performance. Which CPU is
a better performer in this case?
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if the application is single threaded, then the FX 57 would be marginaly
fatser. If you're running more than 1 thread, the X2 will kill the FX-57.
Personally, I think both or overpriced and I'd get an X2 3800+ and clock
it higher if I needed the speed. That would leave about $400 for a really
good video card and more ram, which most flight sims need from what I here.
 
I have MS FlightSim 2004 acquired WinXP x64 Pro with the intent of running
it on an AMD 64 platform for a smooth yet fast performance. Which CPU is a
better performer in this case?
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Get the 4400+ not the 4800+. The 4400+ is the sweet spot for X2 pricing,
it has the same 1M caches as the 4800+ and the clock is less than 10%
slower but the price is nearly $300 less.
 
General Schvantzkoph said:
Get the 4400+ not the 4800+. The 4400+ is the sweet spot for X2 pricing,
it has the same 1M caches as the 4800+ and the clock is less than 10%
slower but the price is nearly $300 less.
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Amen to that, especially if you NEED the extra cache. The X2 4400 can be
clocked to 2.6 just like the X2 3800, with the right components.
 
General Schvantzkoph said:
Get the 4400+ not the 4800+. The 4400+ is the sweet spot for X2 pricing,
it has the same 1M caches as the 4800+ and the clock is less than 10%
slower but the price is nearly $300 less.
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Amen to that, especially if you NEED the extra cache. The X2 4400 can
be clocked to 2.6 just like the X2 3800, with the right components.
 
if the application is single threaded, then the FX 57 would be marginaly
fatser. If you're running more than 1 thread, the X2 will kill the FX-57.
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He might keep in mind that there are multi-threaded video drivers. That
should help a lot even if the game itself was not multi-threaded.

Steve
 
I have MS FlightSim 2004 acquired WinXP x64 Pro with the intent of
running it on an AMD 64 platform for a smooth yet fast performance.
Which CPU is a better performer in this case?
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FS2004 won't run on my 4200 64x2 system with Asus mb, 7800gt, 1 gig
corsair. Video tearing and computer lockup about 10 seconds after flight
starts. All new drivers and bios, no luck.
 
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