The Spin off Smoothness Thread

[ryboto]

so, before the site maintenance, there was only 2 pages, now there's quite a few more...excuse me for not reading them all, but my statement probably isn't related to anyone else's comments.

I've owned two AMD dual core systems but my most recent system is composed of an Intel Q9400 and G45 chipset. I never vigorously overclocked the AMD systems, I used my 4400 X2 at 2.5ghz.

I have to say, the AMD systems, using the same RAM and hard drives, had better desktop response, and I've noticed no subjective difference in gameplay using the Q9400. I'm comparing of course with fresh installs of Vista 64, and each system had a very similar configuration in regards to programs installed, since all of the systems were at one point my main PC. I thought it was a bit of a myth, then again, I wont call it "smoothness", but more consistent responsiveness.

[Glow9]

so, before the site maintenance, there was only 2 pages, now there's quite a few more...excuse me for not reading them all, but my statement probably isn't related to anyone else's comments.

I've owned two AMD dual core systems but my most recent system is composed of an Intel Q9400 and G45 chipset. I never vigorously overclocked the AMD systems, I used my 4400 X2 at 2.5ghz.

I have to say, the AMD systems, using the same RAM and hard drives, had better desktop response, and I've noticed no subjective difference in gameplay using the Q9400. I'm comparing of course with fresh installs of Vista 64, and each system had a very similar configuration in regards to programs installed, since all of the systems were at one point my main PC. I thought it was a bit of a myth, then again, I wont call it "smoothness", but more consistent responsiveness.

Prolly cause both could max out your video card. Using a 4870x2 things prolly would have been noticeable when ones bottlenecking way before the other.