AMD has demo'd the dual core Athlon 64 and that may be the future since... Intel announced a push to dual cores shortly thereafter.
But today, the 64-bit capable CPU certainly will do nicely.
Bob
This question has probably been asked many times but mine is a little more specific. I am going to build a PC and I cannot decide which processor and motherboard combination to use. I am stuck between two setups -
1. AMD Athlon64 3200+ 512kb L2 Cache
ASUS K8N-E Deluxe (nForce3)
512mb DDR-400 RAM
GeForce 6800 GT 256MB
or
2. Intel Pentium 3.2ghz (socket 775) + 1mb L2 Cache
the latest ASUS P5AD2 Premium (the Intel 925x chipset)
512mb DDR2-400 RAM
GeForce 6800 GT 256mb
I am looking for a fast, future-proof set-up for gaming.
I have heard the 64bit option is the best to take for gaming but the Intel option has the cache and RAM advantage.
I no it would be obvious in someways to go for the second one because of the Dual Channel memory but the first is 64bit though. Also will the size of the L2 cache make any difference in gaming performance?
Plus is there a such thing as a GeForce 6800GT PCI-Express card available now or sometime in the future as that would be a better choice for my second set-up?
Many thanks,
Sam

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