Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Vs. E6600

[iam_immigrant]

Need some opinions on which of these two to go with since they are pretty much the same price.

Computer will not be used for gaming at all. Strictly used for design applications (autocad - inventor). Could not find benchmarks relating to this type of work.

Any help is appreciated.

[xwar]

no question e6600 if they are the same price. every single review/forum will tell you this.

I'm not gonna type of the reasons, google is your friend

[tdotcbc84]

no question e6600 if they are the same price. every single review/forum will tell you this.

I'm not gonna type of the reasons, google is your friend

agreed

[board123]

When in doubt, always go Core 2.

[KorruptioN]

no question e6600 if they are the same price. every single review/forum will tell you this.

I'm not gonna type of the reasons, google is your friend

When in doubt, always go Core 2.

While there's no question the C2Ds are fast little chips, it is also easy to make blind assumptions.

http://techreport.com/reviews//2007q...0/index.x?pg=9
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2933&p=5

The 6000+ is faster in some rendering benchmarks than the E6700. Please be informed before you talk out of your ass, folks

[board123]

I think it's a pretty informed thing to say. I'm aware that the X2 6000+ packs quite some punch with its 3 GHz, and it certainly does beat out the E6600 occasionally. However, the keyword is occasionally. And you really have to try to find benchmarks where the X2 6000+ actually beats an E6600.

This goes back to the Athlon 64/Pentium 4 days. There was no question which chip was better, but there were cases where the P4 would win. Does that make the Athlon 64 any less of a clear winner out of the two?

[SKYMTL]

Korruption is right. The 6000+ is pretty much on par with the E6700 in many applications when at stock speed.

In addition, it also depends if you are doing any gaming. At or above 1280X1024 resolution, the CPU becomes less of a bottleneck; thereofore. in many cases even an X2 4600+ will perform nearly on-par with an E6700 when gaming at high resolutions.

[KorruptioN]

I forgot to say - overclocking is where the C2Ds shine. The 6000+ probably has very little, if any headroom available. It is already at 3GHz.

[Keas]

i havent seen any benchmarks on the amd 6000 so just going by the technology. the core duo is 1 generation above the current amd cpu's and it shows. intel has produced a better dual core and quad core cpu that handles things alot better and atleast in games i have seen where there is problems with the amd dueal core the intel doesnt have them. also intel has given thier cpu's ussually twice if not more cache on die which means alot in performance.

hopefully amd will come out with a newer generation that will beat the core duo and thus force intel to also step up to the plate again.

so you know there is supposed to be major price drops on the intel cpus in july so if you can wait a month you could pick up a faster cpu for the same price.

[SKYMTL]

Like I said, when gaming at or above 1280 X 1024 with any type of AA or AF enabled, the AM2 and C2D processors run pretty much neck and neck.

[KorruptioN]

i havent seen any benchmarks on the amd 6000 so just going by the technology. the core duo is 1 generation above the current amd cpu's and it shows. intel has produced a better dual core and quad core cpu that handles things alot better and atleast in games i have seen where there is problems with the amd dueal core the intel doesnt have them. also intel has given thier cpu's ussually twice if not more cache on die which means alot in performance.

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[ShadowVlican]

I forgot to say - overclocking is where the C2Ds shine. The 6000+ probably has very little, if any headroom available. It is already at 3GHz.

+1

this is why there should be no enthusiast who buys high end AMD CPUs

[Avatar]

Intel is generally more expensive than AMD as Intel still monopolize the CPU market.

So if they are the same price, I'll say AMD usually faster. Have to compare apple to apple. So the speed is equivalent to E6700 but cheaper.

Go for AMD. Competition is good for us. Price for CPU has been down quite a bit because of this.

[bcbgboy13]

Need some opinions on which of these two to go with since they are pretty much the same price.

Computer will not be used for gaming at all. Strictly used for design applications (autocad - inventor). Could not find benchmarks relating to this type of work.

Any help is appreciated.

Do you need this one NOW (as in a few days) or can you wait until July22.

At this time you will be able to buy a 2.4 GHz QUAD Core Q6600 or the 3GHz DUAL Core Conroe E6850 (for US$ 266 give or take a change)

[Desolatax]

C2D's really shine in their overclockability. My 1.8GHz e4300 is at 2.7GHz (max for my board, ASrock 775DUAL-VSTA) and my buddy has his at 3.1GHz on his P5B-E SLI (Think that is the model), both on air cooling (aftermarket). No way you can get that much of an improvement on any AMD chip, even with water cooling