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not_inspired:
I tried running ableton live on a amd system last year and even my P4 3.0 which was slower kicked its ass. I suppose AMD is good if your a gamer or a linux geek but im stuck with intel for now due to music production. and how did intel lose their stigma as being as evil as microsoft

dennis:

--- Quote from: TheMedic ---First off, if you are going for a gaming rig, I would avoid dual cores for now.

I built one back in march, and only about half the games I own are able to work (ex of work-Oblivion, F.E.A.R. Not working:Rome:Total War, Psychonauts)

I went with AMD and it can handle everything I run, if it is dual core compatible.

I've been on some tech forums and other users seem to have similar problems too.

If you know about the 3D mark testing program with an Nvidia 7800 GTX (just one not enough cash for another) I got a score around 7,700
Also, iTunes crashes on 63 bit computers.

Edit: Side Note: AMD Dual Core X2 not FX
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This is most likely because you're running 64 bit windows with 32 bit games,

OR

you're using a pirated copy of windows and you haven't installed all the updates for it.

Or, I guess you may have just configured your system badly or are running too hot of an overclock.
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In any case, running programs that can't handle dual-core (GTA:San Andreas, for example) in windows 98 compatibility mode or setting their processor affinity to one processor solves those problems.

There really isn't a reason to stick with a single-core solution now that the Core 2 Duo is out and X2 processors have gone to huge price cuts. Gaming doesn't suffer much, if at all, and general productivity increases even if you're not using SMP aware programs simply because you can run threads on multiple processors.

However, there is NO reason to buy Pentium Ds anymore. Those things are extremely expensive hot plates.

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