Originally posted by: rpsgc
E4300 @ 3.38 loses to the 2.93 X6800
E6400 @ 2.88 matches the 2.93 X6800 (Please guide me to where you have read/seen the (E6400 @ 2.88 match the 2.93 X6800) with the extra 2MB of cache & a 5Mhz advantage at the same multiplier?)
Since you like to point reviews to people so much I thought you'd already know what I'm talking about.
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http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2802&p=9
There's your E6400 @ 2,88 toe to toe with a stock X6800. Except FEAR and some other game the difference is never greater than 2fps.
Second, "read the review"?? In case you haven't noticed, what I said, and you quoted, is the only logical conclusion from the comparison of both reviews (this
one and this
one).
The overclocked E4300 @ 3.38Ghz (in this case 375Mhz FSB) barely keeps up with the stock X6800. That's a 450Mhz difference. A 2MB E6x00 series does that at roughly the same clock speed (in this case 360Mhz FSB). Hence what I said: "screw the
[higher] OC
[possible]".
Numbers don't lie now do they? So I don't care what the reviewer says, I care about those numbers. Dirt chip? Right now, and where I can get it, the price difference between the E4300 and the E6300 is nothing (less than $10). So much for "dirt cheap". And I can't wait for its price to drop.
I had no need to justify what I said but I did it anyway because I don't say BS nor I pull numbers out of my ass.