i7 or AM3

[CaseyDDR]

Staude said:

thansen said:

The i7 is the fastest processor out there right now, but it is expensive.  The AMD Phenom II and the core2 are a lot less money.   All of these processors are fast. 

If your application if very memory intesive, not gaming, the i7 with its three DDR3 memory busses can give a 40% boost in performance.  In most games the i7 is not any faster.

 

Tom

 

That is good to know.. I'll need to upgrade soonish for rendering purposes.

Still not accurate information. i7 with it's DDR3 capabilities allows the bottle necks the Phenom and Core series produce to be completely bypassed showing massive improvements in videogames at higher resolutions.