Athlon64 X2 vs. Intel Core 2 Duo

[mackenziemi]

Hey all

I have been having problems with frame rates lately when I play. Currently I have been 4-boxing. My computers configuration is as follows

Athlon 64 X2 - 2.0 GHz
3 GIG PC3200 RAM
Geforce 8800 GT 512 Meg

With all 4 accounts going I get frame rates of about 12-18 fps. So I have considered upgrading to an Intel Core 2 Duo. I read some stuff online comparing the two however they never looked at multiboxing. What I am considering going to is:

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
4 Gig PC 5300 RAM
-and the same video card.

Do you think I would see a performance boost? Should I be getting better performance than I currently am? Is there a difference between the Intel and AMD chips with regards to Multiboxing?

I know I have a couple of questions. Sorry I dont mean to be a pest. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
mackenziemi

[Ughmahedhurtz]

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=917&model2=880&chart=436

Based on what I see in my labs here with Athlon X2 and Core2duo machines and a general guesstimate based on the charts in the link above, I'd guess you'd see about a 15-20% increase in performance with your setup just from the CPU. Upgrading your memory as you mentioned will also gain you a not insignificant gain. I'd guess with both of those upgrades, you'd see about a 25-30% improvement.

This is ballpark based on my experience in the industry, so don't bank on this. ;)

[marvein]

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=917&model2=880&chart=436

Based on what I see in my labs here with Athlon X2 and Core2duo machines and a general guesstimate based on the charts in the link above, I'd guess you'd see about a 15-20% increase in performance with your setup just from the CPU. Upgrading your memory as you mentioned will also gain you a not insignificant gain. I'd guess with both of those upgrades, you'd see about a 25-30% improvement.

This is ballpark based on my experience in the industry, so don't bank on this. ;)

Id concur with that, especially if you are going from DDR to DDR2 memory.

[mackenziemi]

Thanks for the info, its very helpful

mackenziemi

[Vos]

unless you are getting that ram for free, step up to ddr2-800, it shouldn't cost very much more (if at all) with all the deals on it out there right now...

[Mart]

Well the AMD X2 is still ddr based ($$$$$$$$$$$$$), and most models only have 512k/1meg l2 cache. Core 2's have dd2 (not $$$$$$$$$$), and 4 megs of l2 cache. With the recent price slashing from intel, you can get a 2.4 ghz chip for like 150 bucks, 4 gigs of ram for about 200.
I still play my main character on my X2 box but its just a matter of time before I move completely to my Quad core.

You can get a very good gaming box for under a grand and it will last a very long time. :o

[laeelin]

Hey all

I have been having problems with frame rates lately when I play. Currently I have been 4-boxing. My computers configuration is as follows

Athlon 64 X2 - 2.0 GHz
3 GIG PC3200 RAM
Geforce 8800 GT 512 Meg

With all 4 accounts going I get frame rates of about 12-18 fps.

One big suggestion is to use the maxfpsbak setting to set the max fps for you non main screens...

You have a better system than mine and I run 5 accounts.

I get ~25fps on the main and 10 on the alts. (note: in city I get much worse fps)

[laeelin]

wow, umm make that 30fps even in citys... I just set CPU affinity for 1 on processor 0 and the other 3 on processor 1... made a HUGE diffrence...

I though they had fixed wow to automatically handle that... I should have known better... :P