GabrielT Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I was thinking of picking up a AMD FX-8120 for my wife's PC. She mostly plays wow and other PC games. Maybe if she had this she would get a more CPU intense game but she does have a processor bottle neck right now. Should I, buy this relatively low clocked 8 core or wait for a really high clocked quad. I am not overclocking her rig BTW because of recent power bills Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 What CPU does she have now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporX Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 In WOW the FX does not do well, droipping in my testing around 25 FPS at 1080 resolution to an i5. For MMOs I have found the i5 is a much better choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikolaT Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I was thinking of picking up a AMD FX-8120 for my wife's PC. She mostly plays wow and other PC games. Maybe if she had this she would get a more CPU intense game but she does have a processor bottle neck right now. Should I, buy this relatively low clocked 8 core or wait for a really high clocked quad. I am not overclocking her rig BTW because of recent power bills I'd recommend the i5 2400S - I have it and it's REALLY quiet and runs cool. The power draw is also low considering I can run anything CPU bound at its maximum potential. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 If she already has a somewhat decent CPU the upgrade may not make much sense. I assume if Bulldozer is an option she already has an AM3 CPU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTaco Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 @GabrielTessin, dont buy anything RIGHT NOW. Many, including me, will tell you that there will be price drops from both Intel and AMD in the next month or so. If you can wait and want to save a few bux, then do so. If maybe $50 isnt that important then go ahead and pull the trigger now. Check this out, Gabe. AMD-Bang4Bux Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) @GabrielTessin, dont buy anything RIGHT NOW. Many, including me, will tell you that there will be price drops from both Intel and AMD in the next month or so. If you can wait and want to save a few bux, then do so. If maybe $50 isnt that important then go ahead and pull the trigger now. Check this out, Gabe. AMD-Bang4Bux Dude Why do you have my link there It in Ireland Maybe for european people? On the other hand I have't seen Zambezi anywhere here... I hope they release a special edition Phenom II built on 32nm and various tweeks for power... Edited October 13, 2011 by Dan The Gamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 In WOW the FX does not do well, droipping in my testing around 25 FPS at 1080 resolution to an i5. For MMOs I have found the i5 is a much better choice. +1 If you did a real world test then this good advice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smith Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I hope they release a special edition Phenom II built on 32nm and various tweeks for power... Won't happen. @Gab: WOW is a pretty old game... thus it will perform better on CPUs with better single-thread performance. But any recent processor should yield framerates way over what's required... What does she have now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Won't happen. @Gab: WOW is a pretty old game... thus it will perform better on CPUs with better single-thread performance. But any recent processor should yield framerates way over what's required... What does she have now? What I said is essentially a APU without the GFX core which I think they are doing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 WoW leans more heavly on the CPU/memory then it does the GPU. Single threaded performace and ram speed has a fairly large effect on WoW.. And from what i've seen in the benches on BD so far, is that in these cases the 1100T and 1090T perform a little better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielT Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 She has an Athlon 2 640 on a Gigabyte 990XA UD3 board. 4gb of ram, HD 5770 1tb WD and so on. The reason I was thinking of getting a better CPU because she deserves it and if she had a more powerful cpu I would recommend a different set of games for her to play. This all being said the next upgrade may be towards a newer graphics card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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