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Samantha
I've been looking through the other answers, and i can't quite understand what i need to do. I have windows xp, not a laptop and my card is not integrated. Right now, i have some form of an intel card, and it really doesn't make gaming very easy. I don't know how or if i can get something like the NVIDIA GeForce series, because that seems to be what i need. I really am a noob here with this kind of stuff, so can any one help me?
Answer
Chances are your computer has a PCI slot in it. You can install the card there. If you've never opened your computer up though I'd recommend taking it to a local computer shop. I haven't heard good things about the Geek Squad at Best Buy so I'd avoid them if I were you.
If you want to go DIY on this project it's pretty simple to do. Just make sure you ground yourself before touching any of the innards of your machine. When you buy the card the manual usually has pretty easy instructions on how to install it.
Tom's Hardware is a good resource for which is a good gaming graphics card. You can also check Shack News for which card to get. Both of those sites might have a good guide as to which card to buy. You'll probably end up spending around $300 for the card. I think that Nvidia is a good way to go. They seem to have won the war between them and ATi but I haven't looked lately.
http://www.tomshardware.com/
http://www.shacknews.com/
Chances are your computer has a PCI slot in it. You can install the card there. If you've never opened your computer up though I'd recommend taking it to a local computer shop. I haven't heard good things about the Geek Squad at Best Buy so I'd avoid them if I were you.
If you want to go DIY on this project it's pretty simple to do. Just make sure you ground yourself before touching any of the innards of your machine. When you buy the card the manual usually has pretty easy instructions on how to install it.
Tom's Hardware is a good resource for which is a good gaming graphics card. You can also check Shack News for which card to get. Both of those sites might have a good guide as to which card to buy. You'll probably end up spending around $300 for the card. I think that Nvidia is a good way to go. They seem to have won the war between them and ATi but I haven't looked lately.
http://www.tomshardware.com/
http://www.shacknews.com/
What's the best processor/cpu in the intel and amd range?
Hayden
I am NOT asking which is better, but you may tell me your opinion on which is.
What is the best CPU/Processor in the Intel Series? And roughly how much?
What is the best CPU/Processor in the AMD Series? And roughly how much?
The computer I am building is for gaming purposes but also for editing and everyday usage.
It's optional but preferred that you say what the CPU/Processor is capable of as well. Also I would like to do my own research, so what are some good websites to do just that?
Answer
The best consumer Intel CPU is the new Core i7 4770K, which is slightly better than the 3770K.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116901
AMD's best processor is the FX-8350.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284
Note that for gaming builds, you're better off with a Core i5 instead of a Core i7 because of the substantially lower price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115234
Core i5 and i7 perform about identically in games and everday tasks, so you're much better off with a Core i5 and spending anther $100 on your GPU instead. For professional rendering/animation/design programs and video editing, Core i7 is much better than i5 because i7's support hyperthreading. But not for gaming.
AMD's FX processors are excellent for file compression/decompression and live streaming, but they generally trail Intel's Core i5 otherwise. Note that the new Vishera-based Piledriver FX line (FX-4300, FX-6300, FX-8320 and FX-8350) has greatly improved gaming performance compared to the original Bulldozer FX line (FX-4100, FX-6100-FX-8120 and FX-8150)
Review sites like Anandtech, Bit-Tech, Xbitlabs, Tom's Hardware and Techspot are your best resource for getting real performance information about CPUs and GPUs.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-fx-8120-6100-4100_2.html#sect0
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/5
Synthetic benchmarks like the rankings from cpubenchmark.net and videocardbenchmark.net aren't as good. Those only show you which CPUs scored higher on artificial tests, not in real-world usage. Moreover, Passmark scores are heavily weighted in favor of CPUs with a higher core count- basically they multiply a base score by the number of cores a CPU has, which really doesn't reflect how cores are used. In most games it's per-core performance that really matters, since over 70% of game titles aren't coded to utilize more than 2 cores, and the highest-end titles are optimized for 4 cores. A couple of exceptions exist like Crysis 3 and Metro which can actually benefit from 8 cores, but they're very much the exception. In most titles like Battlefield 3, Arma II, Far Cry 3 etc you'll find that 6-core and 8-core processors don't perform any better than a quad-core of the same architecture running at the same clock speed. For editing, additional cores are always good.
Anandtech has a head-to-head comparison link which shows performance in actual applications and games:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/102?vs=109
However I recommend reading full reviews to get the details on what features each generation of CPUs introduce, and how they compare to the competition.
For laptop/notebook CPUs and GPUs Notebookcheck is a great resource, although it has the same basic limitations as cpubenchmark.net.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html
The best consumer Intel CPU is the new Core i7 4770K, which is slightly better than the 3770K.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116901
AMD's best processor is the FX-8350.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284
Note that for gaming builds, you're better off with a Core i5 instead of a Core i7 because of the substantially lower price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115234
Core i5 and i7 perform about identically in games and everday tasks, so you're much better off with a Core i5 and spending anther $100 on your GPU instead. For professional rendering/animation/design programs and video editing, Core i7 is much better than i5 because i7's support hyperthreading. But not for gaming.
AMD's FX processors are excellent for file compression/decompression and live streaming, but they generally trail Intel's Core i5 otherwise. Note that the new Vishera-based Piledriver FX line (FX-4300, FX-6300, FX-8320 and FX-8350) has greatly improved gaming performance compared to the original Bulldozer FX line (FX-4100, FX-6100-FX-8120 and FX-8150)
Review sites like Anandtech, Bit-Tech, Xbitlabs, Tom's Hardware and Techspot are your best resource for getting real performance information about CPUs and GPUs.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-fx-8120-6100-4100_2.html#sect0
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/5
Synthetic benchmarks like the rankings from cpubenchmark.net and videocardbenchmark.net aren't as good. Those only show you which CPUs scored higher on artificial tests, not in real-world usage. Moreover, Passmark scores are heavily weighted in favor of CPUs with a higher core count- basically they multiply a base score by the number of cores a CPU has, which really doesn't reflect how cores are used. In most games it's per-core performance that really matters, since over 70% of game titles aren't coded to utilize more than 2 cores, and the highest-end titles are optimized for 4 cores. A couple of exceptions exist like Crysis 3 and Metro which can actually benefit from 8 cores, but they're very much the exception. In most titles like Battlefield 3, Arma II, Far Cry 3 etc you'll find that 6-core and 8-core processors don't perform any better than a quad-core of the same architecture running at the same clock speed. For editing, additional cores are always good.
Anandtech has a head-to-head comparison link which shows performance in actual applications and games:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/102?vs=109
However I recommend reading full reviews to get the details on what features each generation of CPUs introduce, and how they compare to the competition.
For laptop/notebook CPUs and GPUs Notebookcheck is a great resource, although it has the same basic limitations as cpubenchmark.net.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html
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