I was derping around on the internet, and i ended up looking at the most expensive processor i could find both from Intel, and AMD... i noticed that there is about 13300 kroner difference (2349.33 dollars) and was wondering; which one would be ther better choice?
The AMD is the FX-8350 8 Core Processor, which runs at a stock speed of 4.0 GHz, a 8mb L2, and 8mb L3 cache http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=766047#extra
The Intel is the Xeon E5-2690 Processor, running at a stock speed of 2.9 GHz, but with a smashing 20mb L3 cache. http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=748824#extra
Which one would be the better for gaming, and which for heavy duty rendering? Hoping for a reply, thanks brgrds
-Chris (btw, im not getting any of them, I was simply wondering :) )
the xeon is using an older architecture and will as fast in gaming as the 8 core. but in rendering the xeon will distroy the fx 8350. if your looking for a rendering cpu from amd you would need an Opteron http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113307
The Xeon will absolutely destroy the 8350 in terms of rendering power. Although it's a server/workstation orriented processor. As for gaming, the performance difference will be pretty minimal.
I believe you left out the tasks that the AMD will smash the xeon with... just in case you don't know what these tasks are:
anything to do with compiling, the extra cores will make the experience mindblowingly faster, especially with C and most of its derogatives (C++,C#, etc.)
well, that is really what its mainly best for... I didn't say "that's all it's good for" because compiling is a major task that needs attention from more people; it's also the future... present... and past