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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.
>
> 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....
>
> McGrandpa?   You had a previous thread on X2.
>
> RT
>
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.

What are we using for benchmarking Doom3?    Lemme know and I'll bench it 
for ya.
McG.