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"The Frozen Canuck" <canuck@canuck.com> wrote in message 
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> "The Primate" <primate@primate.com> wrote in message 
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>>> Just wondering what your experience is.  I was getting 46 under an AMD 
>>> Athlon  3000+ and just after installing an 4200+ X2 I was getting 40.
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>>> I had read that my processor was roughly equal to a 3500+ single core so 
>>> I was expecting a slightly higher frame rate.  Good news is it shines in 
>>> multi-tasking, something I do alot when not gaming.  Expecially at 
>>> work....
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>>> McGrandpa?   You had a previous thread on X2.
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>>> RT
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>> For some things the X2 4800+ flat out runs circles around my P4 3.0E. One 
>> thing I think I'm looking at is that both the 64 bit architecture and 
>> dual core potential are practically wasted under XP Pro 32 bit.   A 
>> number of A64 single core cpu's DO play Doom3 faster than this rig.  And 
>> Quake4, Far Cry, etc.   Where this thing stands up and completely leaves 
>> ALL the others behind is under a 64 bit OS.  Far Cry 64 is awesome.   But 
>> it's a damn lonely world right now, the 64 bit OS.   A few games, a few 
>> apps. Blinding speed, incredibly smooth.   But still have a few periph 
>> manufacturers that haven't blessed us with 64 bit drivers.  Epson HAS, so 
>> I can scan.  But Wacom hasn't so I can't draw, and HP hasn't for my 
>> printer so I can't use even a third of its capabilities.
>> The 4800+ has a core freq of 2.4gHz.  FSB is 2000mhz.  I think a A64 
>> 3800+ will keep up with it just fine in XP 32 bit.   X64 does utilize 
>> dual cpu more than XP32.
>> Still, though the fr's are only a little bit higher in Doom3 and HL2 they 
>> appear to run much smoother even when the fr's drop low.  The P4 with the 
>> same 6800GT in it, same PC3200 at DDR400 and dual channel does not look 
>> as smooth at all.   And I enjoyed Doom3, HL2 and Far Cry with the P4 and 
>> 6800GT under XP 32bit.  I'm still trying things out and experimenting 
>> with different things, as time permits.  The one thing I'm not doing is 
>> overclocking anything at all.
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>> What are we using for benchmarking Doom3?    Lemme know and I'll bench it 
>> for ya.
>> McG.
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Thanks, got em posted in a new thread.
McG.