AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ 2.0GHz Processor

Nice!!

Strengths: It has been said that this cpu is not powerful in games however I just moved from a AMD64 3000+ to this new 3800 dual core and wow!! it is great add in my sli 6600's and 2 gig of kingston mem and bam

Weakness: None

this thing is awesome in every application and I have never been able to make it reach 100% usage!! In battlefield 2 i get no lag and no system hangs or crashes that i have been hearing from others using another brand cpu/graphics card. in photoshop i speed through everything all while playing music burning a cd and watching a media movie.

By anonymous; - Nov 11, 2005

AMD makes dual cpu easily available!

Strengths: Works with existing single core s939 motherboard Much lower power consumption and heat output than Intel's dual cpu offerings FAST!

Weakness: Price is a little bit higher than intels lowest end dual cpu...but is justified by the performance

AMD has done a great job creating thier X2 line of cpus. These are simply the best dual core cpus you can have right now. They work with most existing s939 mainboards with just a simple bios update and your computer will be virtually lag free. Just having 2 cores allows your computer to multitask so much easier. One thing is you want to make sure you have plenty of system memory available in...
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AMD has done a great job creating thier X2 line of cpus. These are simply the best dual core cpus you can have right now. They work with most existing s939 mainboards with just a simple bios update and your computer will be virtually lag free. Just having 2 cores allows your computer to multitask so much easier. One thing is you want to make sure you have plenty of system memory available in order to make your heavy multitasking experience the best possible. I would recommend 1-2GB for today. If you thought Intel's hyperthreading (2 virtual cpus) was fast, wait until you try AMD's 2 actual cpus in one! WOW!

By sirkuz - Aug 26, 2005

Just Wow....

Strengths: This thing runs so fast its amazing.

Weakness: None.

Anyone who says that this processor is too pricey is sick. The performance you will get out of this processor is not comparable to Intels solution. You are getting what you pay for, period. This CPU has a ton of overclocking room being that it is the AMD64 X2 processor with the lowest clock speed. I have over clocked to 2.5 GHz with stock heatsink and fan, idle temp is 37C and under load is...
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Anyone who says that this processor is too pricey is sick. The performance you will get out of this processor is not comparable to Intels solution. You are getting what you pay for, period.

This CPU has a ton of overclocking room being that it is the AMD64 X2 processor with the lowest clock speed. I have over clocked to 2.5 GHz with stock heatsink and fan, idle temp is 37C and under load is approximately 47C. See my computer specs below.

If price isn't and issue, I'd suggest looking at the 4400+ X2 so that you can get the 1MB L2 Cache. I opted for this cause its $200 less and has a lot of overclocking room.

AMD64 X2 3800+ OC to 2.5 GHz
2x1GB OCZ Titanium DDR400
eVGA 7800GT @475MHz Core Clock, 1.2GHz Mem Clock
1 74GB WD Raptor SATA (boot)
1 80GB WD SE IDE
1 120GB WD SE IDE
Coolermaster Aluminum Case
NEC 16x DVD-RW

By Greggor01 - Sep 29, 2005

Athlon 64 X@ 3800 Dual Core Processor

Strengths: Speed Temperature

Weakness: none found

My system is an AMD Athlon 64 X2-3800 processor, Corsair 2GB DDR400 XMS3200 memory Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, 2 Hitachi DeskStar T7K250 SATA II drives, and GeForce 6800GT graphic card. The drives are set up as simple C and D without Raid. I do a lot of graphic processing and business Database work and I was looking for speed as well reliability. No complaints and no problems. The processor...
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My system is an AMD Athlon 64 X2-3800 processor, Corsair 2GB DDR400 XMS3200 memory Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, 2 Hitachi DeskStar T7K250 SATA II drives, and GeForce 6800GT graphic card. The drives are set up as simple C and D without Raid. I do a lot of graphic processing and business Database work and I was looking for speed as well reliability.

No complaints and no problems. The processor runs cool and has had not problems addressing all the software I run. The dual core aspects of the processor are impressive running Office 2003, PhotoShop, and Video editing applications.

I don’t know if I test this processor enough. I have not switched to a 64 bit operating system and am running 32 Bit XP Pro. All the talk about the lack of 64 bit drives is keeping me from moving away from the traditional 32 bit XP. So with my limited load I don't push the processors capabilities

By KenVargo - Oct 30, 2005

Be sure to use the AMD driver....

Strengths: Fast, multi-taksing

Weakness: Windows!

Be sure to use the AMD driver. There is also a Micro$oft hot-fix for 32-bit WinXP for dual-core processors. Before the hot-fix and driver update my system would freeze up often requiring a hard reboot.

By TriagedAtGmail; - May 27, 2006