EPTOn January 06 2010 04:46 zeroimagination wrote:
Well, i3/i5 duals are socket 1156. Some good and cheap P55 motherboards can be had right now for around $100. Newer, supposedly more mainstream H57 motherboards will be out but I have no idea about the price of those.
Sure, an Athlon 620 with a 5870 will probably outperform an i7 980X with a 5770. But an Athlon 620 with a 5870 will probably be outperformed by a i3 530 with a 5870.
If we aren't taking into account overclocking, the Athlon 620 falls even further behind. As it won't be as near as competent in gaming.
Well, i3/i5 duals are socket 1156. Some good and cheap P55 motherboards can be had right now for around $100. Newer, supposedly more mainstream H57 motherboards will be out but I have no idea about the price of those.
Sure, an Athlon 620 with a 5870 will probably outperform an i7 980X with a 5770. But an Athlon 620 with a 5870 will probably be outperformed by a i3 530 with a 5870.
If we aren't taking into account overclocking, the Athlon 620 falls even further behind. As it won't be as near as competent in gaming.
Actually an Athlon II x3 425 is ~ x4 620 for gaming
( in many games the higher freq >= the extra core ).
You can get it for 75$. Now if Intel had something to beat that it woud be impressive.
Btw the i3 is mediocre in some games:
For Arma II vision 10km, max gfx, 800x600 its fps arent better than the x4 620 or the x3 425
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/780-11/intel-core-i5-i3-32nm.html
Good for Crysis though.
