You seem to assume that the available hardware is always available and the price tag is always the same. They are very jumpy and the price with X6 Phenom saved me almost 200$s in hardware vs a marginal CPU benefit. Regardless your argument can be faulty.Mewi

What argument? eh, your post makes no sense?

Your debating for a x6 and saying how much better it is than a x4 for games, well it isn't. The x6 is better when you need heavily multithreaded task's (as in synthetic benchmarks) but as of now no games benefit from more than 4 fast running threads.

Because a truck can move more dirt than a pickup don't say its going to run faster on the highway, are you with me?

[QUOTE="swehunt"][QUOTE="evildead6789"] Yes that's correct the 955 be is more than sufficient for gaming but if you upgrade it seems silly to go for an x6 phenom instead of the sandy bridge because the sandy bridge will have a much longer lifespan + your pc works much faster.evildead6789

Well the bulldozer hasn't come out yet, and we don't know what it's price tag will be or it's speed. If you can wait then wait, i'm just speaking of the situation as it is now.

6 core AMDs arent great for gaming, a 4 core is just as good. But lets be honest if you dont go Intel at this point you have a problem, Intel kicks AMDs ass right now.V4LENT1NE

The 955 has a benchmark of3,962 the 1100T has a benchmark of6,293

That is a difference of 2,300, how does that equate to "not a noticable difference" or not a benefit?

Edit: and that number was a price difference between the intel you mentioned and the AMD phenom II processor I mentioned... obviously :S

Mewi

The 'k' is the unlocked processor version,Whereas the other intel chips are locke or harder to overclock I believe.

CUDGEdave

EDIT: Further you'll need a P67 or a Z68 chipset motherboard to actually be able to overclock.

Techpowerup seems like they're the only one manage to get such big of a difference.

Anandtech stated that "The 5670 is a good enough replacement for the 9800 GT" in their review.

TomsHw calls the 8800GT "the slightly-faster" in their HD5670 review.

HW canucks says this in they conclution. "$100 price of the 9800 GT looks particularly interesting in terms of raw performance but the HD 5670 1GB is still the clear winner in terms of features and future compatibility"

In all of these reviews they opt. for the HD5670, clearly the difference between the two cards is negliable or so nonexsistent that it's even a matter of the feutures the cards bring, sure the 8800GT is a tiny bit faster but it's so little that these three sites choose to reccomend the HD5670 OVER the 8800GT.

So there you have it, theyre very much alike in the performance, well just look at these charts if your still not clear about it.

They are infact the two closest performing cards in this segment, the HD5670 generally being a tiny bit behind but it's so little that it don't matter.

[QUOTE="evildead6789"][QUOTE="Mewi"]

Go for the 6850, ditch the x4 phenom II and go for either 1100T X6 Phenom II or 1090T Phenom II

Mewi

Well that is 20-40$s more Plus the other components that could be more depending on what that person needs. Besides that fact, I was trying to stick with AMD? and Twice as fast? don't fool yourself there lol.

Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz 6,572 $209.99*

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 6,293 $189.99*

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6,050 $169.99*

You'll find a 955BE going for $100-120 how is that only $40 more for the 1090Thuban?