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Ahtlon XP vs Athlon 64
Serpent:
Can anyone tell me what performance gain will I obtain with an Athlon 64 3200 over an Athlon XP 3200? Are there any benchmarks comparing both CPUs as regards fps in MAME?
Lilwolf:
64 is better..
but not better price / performance. XP is still king in that regard.
btw, you can also expect another 5% when windows64 is out and someone starts an 64 build is made... between 2 - 8% I hear... but the question is if it will shine (8%) on the games that are already pushing your system or the other games)
I would buy an XP now, and put the extra money you save and buy another one in a year or so...
Mugzilla:
Wow, you people go BIG on your processors for MAME!
I thought my Athlon XP 2200 was HUGE! The only reason I used it was I took it out of my home computer rig and gave my home machine a processor upgrade!
Spaced Invader:
Some benchmarks...
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040106/athlon64_3400-05.html
tomshardware's always a good place to find benchmarks. ;)
patrickl:
I saw plenty of MAME benchmarks too. Allthough I can't seem to find them anymore. I found this benchmark page though.
I doubt you'll need that much power for a lot of games though. Not much use in being able to play PacMan in 1700 or 1200 FPS