AMD opteron for gaming????

Would a six-core Opteron work well for gaming?

  • Yes, it would.

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • No, it wouldn't.

    Votes: 5 83.3%
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locoroco

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    Well I mean the opteron 6 core i know what your gonna say "Thats used for servers and blah blah blah" i know that but ive been reading around and well ive found quite a few articles about this and it says that the opteron is actually quite good for gaming. So I wants your opinion on this do you think that the opteron will actually make a feasible gaming pc or is this just ppl talking.
     
    Well, I guess it depends on what your trying to attain. Your Processor isn't just the only feasable component in you pc, so factors like RAM, your Video Card and OS are a considerable factor. Anyway, on to the main point.

    If it were me, I'd go for something more of an consumer interest. Say, Athlon II X2 or a Core 2 Duo would do me fine, but if you're one of those people who use their PC for absolutly everything, I guess you'd be looking at a Core i5, or Phenom II X4 maybe?

    As for the Opteron, It's more-or-less manufactured for server use. I do hear that Windows Server OS's tend to get better gaming results, but I wouldn't know (Like I said, my budget is mid-low, so I don't splash out).

    But I'd rather stick to components I've seen from personal experience, or recommendations from fellow colleagues or friends before I make a hasty descision.
     
    yeah i just saw quite a few threads in tons of different places stating that the opteron is a great gaming chip.

    Archer said:
    Just no. Far more expensive with no real benefit. Pour the money into a 5970 or something. The 6 core Phenoms have Turbo Mode, so in less-threaded games, they'll up the speed.

    There's a good reason they're server chips.
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    i wish my motherboard supported a core 6 phenom it only supports phenom II 4 cores :(
     
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    Archer said:
    Just no. Far more expensive with no real benefit. Pour the money into a 5970 or something. The 6 core Phenoms have Turbo Mode, so in less-threaded games, they'll up the speed.

    There's a good reason they're server chips.
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    The 5970 has some pretty bad microstuttering in some games. I'd go with a 5870 instead.
     
    locoroco said:
    yeah i just saw quite a few threads in tons of different places stating that the opteron is a great gaming chip.



    i wish my motherboard supported a core 6 phenom it only supports phenom II 4 cores :(
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    It would be fast, that's not the point. Once the CPU is fast enough to run the engine smoothly, performance rests on the graphics card.

    What board do you have?
     
    Why don't you ever talk like you're serious?

    Anyway, something like that is almost equal to money wasted. Better off getting a weaker CPU and better GPU / RAM etc.
     
    the board is am3 cpu ready but idk if it supports phenom X6
     
    Eeh, like the others said it's really not a good choice for a gaming CPU.
     
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    locoroco said:
    the board is am3 cpu ready but idk if it supports phenom X6
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    It's still an AM2 board, which means less chance of any support. It's older hardware, even when you bought that CPU. There's no point in putting anything beyond a Phenom 965 in that board, if it can cope with the power needed.

    If you're building a gaming rig out of that, you'd need to look at a whole system overhaul.
     
    Archer said:
    It's still an AM2 board, which means less chance of any support. It's older hardware, even when you bought that CPU. There's no point in putting anything beyond a Phenom 965 in that board, if it can cope with the power needed.

    If you're building a gaming rig out of that, you'd need to look at a whole system overhaul.
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    Compared to his last machine, though, it's a beast. And pretty cheap for an upgrade that could hold him over until a potential SP2 comes out for Windows 7, at worst, or until the next Windows OS comes out, at best. My latest upgrade personally was to an AM3 ready board (Phenom II X3 720 Black for the processor), which was a significant upgrade over my last board, which was a dying board from '05, with one of the era's AMD Athlon processors running at about 2.6GHz, I think. I would have gone bigger personally if I wasn't more in need of a newer car than a souped-up gaming rig.
     
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