Processors for Rome

**Kagetora** · 09-03-2004, 00:56

Hello every body. I was wondering about which processors to use on ROME (I'm getting a custom PC at the end of the month) and I was wondering I if should get either an AMD Athalon or Pentium 4 3.0 ghz. Bear in mind that I will also be going for the ATI Raedon X800 card, 160 G hard disk, but I'm not sure what kind of Mother board to get, and 512 MB DDR RAM, so I need to know which processor will run all that stuff smoothly and not burn out too fast. Thanks for any advice.

**Tera** · 09-03-2004, 01:07

I think 2.8+ will do enough for high settings. Perhaps even less.

**Colovion** · 09-03-2004, 01:10

Go for whatever you can afford. Personally I'd go AMD, but it's a highly debatable subject. I have heard that Intel processors are better for applications and not as much for games but of course that was from someone who has an AMD chip in their computer so I'd take that with a grain of salt. Really though, when dealing with computer speeds of the sort you are talking about there it won't really matter that much unless you plan on overclocking your computer a lot and need to have everything as compatible as possible. Most people don't need to overclock their computer and end up getting a whole new system instead of choosing to try to squeeze out a little longer life with the overclocking. Good luck!

**Sjakihata** · 09-03-2004, 01:36

I would stay below 2.5 to get the best bang for the buck, either amd or pentium, both are fine. basically it depends on what motherboard you like

**Colovion** · 09-03-2004, 01:38

Yeah, find a motherboard that suits your needs and build from there.

**Tamur** · 09-03-2004, 03:47

Hardcore ASUS/AMD convert here.

Athlon XP 2600 with an A7N8X-E, live it and love it! This MB is indestructible, runs beautifully with any graphics card you put in it, and runs very fast (400mhz FSB). And re: the processor, even though the clock speed is only 2.2 Ghz, I swear it runs games 20% faster than Intel chips. At $120 it's a great deal.

**Kagetora** · 09-03-2004, 03:52

The only thing the they offer at the lowest are processors at 2.8 Ghz, and I want a high one that will last many years without upgrade. also, my spending buget is very lenient (parents).
here are some other questions.

What mother boards run Pentiums well?
and
What mother boards run Amd's well? and what should I look for when it comes to chipsets?