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Bakryuuha
August 24th, 2007, 21:40
Well, its that time again. Time for me to be outdated. Because AMD announced the arrival of the Phemon processors, a Dual core, Quad core, and FX version. My question is this:

The new Phemon processors support HT 3.0, which offers improved speeds over HT 2.0, which I aparently have right now. I will be getting a Phemon processor when they come out (if they arent already...), because AM2+ is backwards compatible with socket AM2 motherboards, but without the use of HT 3.0. Will I see a speed increase with the use of HT 3.0? Or is it a technology with no current support?

PS, I will be getting a dual core phenom, as I personally think quad cores are useless at this point in time if you dont have a server. And FX processors are just not in the budget. Phenom dual cores will reach 2.8 Mhz, at least that was what was announced by AMD.

RPGW1ZaRD
August 24th, 2007, 21:54
Bakryuuha> This is PCSX2 forum not the hardware forum damn it. Sorry but this post had nothing to do with PCSX2 so I'm gonna move it to the hardware section.

Speedwise I don't think there will be that much of a difference between HT2 and HT3, it's mainly features that will differ a bit.

Bakryuuha
August 25th, 2007, 03:10
I was wondering if it would offer a speed increase in Pcsx2, not overall :)

Oh well doesnt matter, that answers my question anyway.