A Closer Look:
Just a quick top view of the CPU.
Testing:
The CPU is being tested on Windows Vista Ultimate x64. All testing was done on the default settings for the CPU.
Motherboard: | MSI NF980-G65 |
Processor(s): | AMD Athlon II X3 435 |
Graphics: | Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon 4890 |
Memory: | 2 x 2GB Geil DDR3 1066 |
Hard Drive: | Seagate 160GB 7200rpm |
Power Supply: | InWin Commander 850W |
Operating System: | Windows Vista Ultimate |
Is this processor good for gaming. I mean playing latest games combined with a 9600GT 1GB. Can I play Battlefield Bad Company 2 on it?
yes you can, I play the game at good fps using this cpu. You need a good video card to play this game smoothly. Something like an ATI 4850 will be great.
How is it you say in the introductory paragraph “The Athlon II X3 435 has 1.5MBs of L2 Cache per core…” and then in the Specifications, “512KB of L2 data cache per core (1.5MB total L2 per processor)?” Isn’t that introductory paragraph a bit optimistic?