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Jun 29, 2007 | 11:51 AM

Bravo2zero_sps

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AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+

Is this processor any good by todays standards? Think its last years technology. Also with it being 64bit will it run 32 bit Windows?

Currently got an Intel P4 2.4 so what percentage in perfomance increase would moving up to the amd chip give? I think its a dual core 2.4ghz so is it twice as powerful as a P4 2.4 because its dual core?

I have no idea of processors after P4, seemed like a new one was out every week and didn't bother keeping track of what was what, laptops are even worse!

Jun 29, 2007 | 12:04 PM

bob269

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64bit processors run on win32 fine it just means you are not getting the full potential.

Jun 29, 2007 | 12:09 PM

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I went from a P4 2.4 to an X2 4200 and there was a considerable performance improvement. Like you say, the only way to utilise the 64-bit addressing is to use a 64-bit operating system and applications. There are very few bits of software which properly utilise dual cores as yet.

Jun 29, 2007 | 12:39 PM

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Basically is this a reasonable spec for £352?

AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
No 19" Monitor
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro PCI Express graphics card
16 X DVD +/- RW Drive
Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Accessories
Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
No Speakers
13-in-1 Media Card Reader
No Modem
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English

Jun 29, 2007 | 12:59 PM

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Did you see that on the hotukdeals website by any chance?

Jun 29, 2007 | 01:04 PM

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No SN's computer forum

Jun 30, 2007 | 10:33 PM

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Needs DDR2 at 800 Mhz to use CPU fully,
I went for a 6000 (3 Ghz) at £150 but doesn't like to overclock

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My old 4200+ went up to 3 Ghz no problem and are so cheap now....

P.S. beware low performance graphics cards with Vista, but only needed for games, I'm not that bothered.

Dunx.

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Jul 1, 2007 | 02:12 PM

spectrum48k

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My work just payed £399 for a Dell PC with the same Athlon X2 processor, 2GB Ram, flatscreen monitor, etc... Great price really.

Its amazing what £399 can buy you these days.

[nostalgia mode]
And I remember paying £1,495 for my i486 DX2 50Hz, 16MB Ram and Tseng Labs SVGA card. Not to mention my Roland LAPC-1 sound card (essential for Sierra games like Codename IceMan)
[/nostalgia mode]