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Roger Rosales · April 8th, 2007, 06:22 PM

Hey guys!

I'm in the process of building a new PC for editing. I'm looking at the AMD chipset and I'm torn between the Athlon 64 Dual Core FX or the Athlon 64 X2 5200.

THe FX seems to be engineered for video rendering, video encoding and decoding and the like. I was wondering if I it's worth the extra money and if I will notice a considerable difference between the FX or the X2. What do you guys think?

Sorry if I should have posted this on the PC editing forum. Wasn't quite sure where to put it.

Thanks in advance guys!

Larry Vaughn · April 8th, 2007, 09:05 PM

If you are interested in speed, consider the Intel Core 2 Duo or quad core, if the software will take advantage of it.

Roger Rosales · April 8th, 2007, 09:35 PM

I'm not interested in Intel. Thanks for the response though!

George Ellis · April 9th, 2007, 04:00 AM

You might not be interested in Intel, but the Core Duo solutions are faster at prices that match. You must already have the parts. Got to run out the door, so no time to hunt for it. Check Tom's Hardware as they do benchmarks that include encoding as a task.

Harm Millaard · April 9th, 2007, 04:28 AM

Roger,

This might have been a better heading. And sorry, I'm not interested in AMD, so I can't help you.

George Ellis · April 9th, 2007, 07:30 AM

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/03/...tle/index.html
Here is a link to a recent Tom's review. Looks like equal X2's are faster than FXs.

I found another that has the FX-7x series faster, except in some encoding fields. Check out the power on the FX though. You need a very beefy PSU.
http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q2...0/index.x?pg=1

Larry Vaughn · April 9th, 2007, 11:15 AM

Sopmeone should do an unbiased test between the two. for these applications. I have both AMD and Intel boxes and couldn't care much less which is better. But, if I was going to buy something new I would like to find out what the quad core units can actually do, and the dual quads as well, alongside to the AMD solutions, when used with add on cards.

Herman Van Deventer · April 9th, 2007, 02:55 PM

WISE words from a AMD owner about Intel V8 /

Link / http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback173.html

Enjoy ! VRRRoooooooooM ........!

Herman.

Larry Vaughn · April 10th, 2007, 09:14 PM

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...129TX1K0000532

AMD has slashed their processor prices........

Mikko Lopponen · April 16th, 2007, 03:58 AM

Core 2's are better at the moment. No question about it.

April 8th, 2007, 06:22 PM	#1
Roger Rosales Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 254	building a new PC for editing... Hey guys! I'm in the process of building a new PC for editing. I'm looking at the AMD chipset and I'm torn between the Athlon 64 Dual Core FX or the Athlon 64 X2 5200. THe FX seems to be engineered for video rendering, video encoding and decoding and the like. I was wondering if I it's worth the extra money and if I will notice a considerable difference between the FX or the X2. What do you guys think? Sorry if I should have posted this on the PC editing forum. Wasn't quite sure where to put it. Thanks in advance guys! __________________ -Roger Rosales www.rogerrosales.com

April 8th, 2007, 09:05 PM	#2
Larry Vaughn Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 201	speed wars If you are interested in speed, consider the Intel Core 2 Duo or quad core, if the software will take advantage of it.

April 8th, 2007, 09:35 PM	#3
Roger Rosales Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 254	I'm not interested in Intel. Thanks for the response though! __________________ -Roger Rosales www.rogerrosales.com

April 9th, 2007, 04:28 AM	#5
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Calling all AMD techies only.... Roger, This might have been a better heading. And sorry, I'm not interested in AMD, so I can't help you.

April 9th, 2007, 11:15 AM	#7
Larry Vaughn Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 201	test! Sopmeone should do an unbiased test between the two. for these applications. I have both AMD and Intel boxes and couldn't care much less which is better. But, if I was going to buy something new I would like to find out what the quad core units can actually do, and the dual quads as well, alongside to the AMD solutions, when used with add on cards.

April 9th, 2007, 04:00 AM	#4
George Ellis Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Suwanee, GA Posts: 1,241	You might not be interested in Intel, but the Core Duo solutions are faster at prices that match. You must already have the parts. Got to run out the door, so no time to hunt for it. Check Tom's Hardware as they do benchmarks that include encoding as a task.

April 9th, 2007, 07:30 AM	#6
George Ellis Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Suwanee, GA Posts: 1,241	http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/03/...tle/index.html Here is a link to a recent Tom's review. Looks like equal X2's are faster than FXs. I found another that has the FX-7x series faster, except in some encoding fields. Check out the power on the FX though. You need a very beefy PSU. http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q2...0/index.x?pg=1

April 9th, 2007, 02:55 PM	#8
Herman Van Deventer Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: cape town South-Africa Posts: 251	Amd Owner Trying Out Intel V8 WISE words from a AMD owner about Intel V8 / Link / http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback173.html Enjoy ! VRRRoooooooooM ........! Herman.

April 10th, 2007, 09:14 PM	#9
Larry Vaughn Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 201	new pricing http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...129TX1K0000532 AMD has slashed their processor prices........

April 16th, 2007, 03:58 AM	#10
Mikko Lopponen Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 393	Core 2's are better at the moment. No question about it.