CPU

[AtiorNvidia]

So, the i5 750 of intel (turbo boost) as the 965 amd will run PCSX2?

The turbo depends on the CM?

I have the budget for one or the other, thus taking into account the fact that I do not want to overclock, you advise me on i5?

[SamSoNight]

Without overclock the Phenom II's high stock clock will most likely compensate any presumable CPU architecture advantage of an i5.

btw, get the Phenom II X4 955. The higher price for the 965 is not worth it and it consumes a fair bit more power.

[AtiorNvidia]

Yes but PCSX2 is a dual core application, the i5 up to 3.2 GHz in turbo boost, between the i5 and the 965 it is 200 mhz only difference ...

[Elwin]

I5> any AMD,
its not just about cores and mhz ... its cache memory, architecture .. everything counts ...

[SamSoNight]

Bullcrap. The i5/i7 may be the king of synthetic benchmarks and programmes, however the gaming performance on realistic settings (so no 1024*768@low) is about the same. Since there are no convincing PCSX2 benchmark, we can only assume how this or that CPU runs on PCSX2. The only thing I can say is, that PCSX2 runs quite well with the newer AMD CPUs, since I have one.

Oh and btw while the i5 has more L3 shared cache (8MB vs 6MB on the Phenom II) the Phenom II has more core specific cache (L2) (256MB on i5 vs 512MB on Phenom II). So it's no real argument against or for the Phenom II.

[AtiorNvidia]

So has the share SSE4.1 there any difference?

(I said, apart PCSX2 and dolphin and two or three PC games I have nothing to do this or that application runs faster than another, whether 7Zip Winrar ...)

What games have you played with your phenom? or up?

[KrazyTrumpeter05]

Bullcrap. The i5/i7 may be the king of synthetic benchmarks and programmes, however the gaming performance on realistic settings (so no 1024*768@low) is about the same. Since there are no convincing PCSX2 benchmark, we can only assume how this or that CPU runs on PCSX2. The only thing I can say is, that PCSX2 runs quite well with the newer AMD CPUs, since I have one.

Oh and btw while the i5 has more L3 shared cache (8MB vs 6MB on the Phenom II) the Phenom II has more core specific cache (L2) (256MB on i5 vs 512MB on Phenom II). So it's no real argument against or for the Phenom II.

Of course the gaming performance is going to be about the same because PCs are way way way more heavily GPU dependent. For processor intensive apps like video rendering, 3D modeling, or emulation, the i5/i7 is a pretty clear cut winner.

[AtiorNvidia]

Even a 3192 GHZ cons 3.4?

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Up ^ ^

I always have to choose, and I do not know what to take (208 mhz difference for PCSX2 without overclocking the CPU).

[theway]

Core i5 is much better clock for clock that Phenom II. Also, it supports SSE4.1 which is used by PCSX2

Also, the price difference is not much between the two. So, I don't see any good reason for getting Phenom II 955/965 over i5 750

[theway]

Without overclock the Phenom II's high stock clock will most likely compensate any presumable CPU architecture advantage of an i5.

Not really

i5 750 vs PII 955
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=109&p2=88

i5 750 vs PII 965
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.a...109&p2=102

(note: sometimes lower is better, read what each test is)

i5 wins in almost all cases