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Ok, Can someone please answer this following question, only answer it if your sure of the answer.

What would be a better CPU for great gaming with 1GB of ram?
A Pentium 4 3.2 GHZ HT
OR
AMD 64 3200+

Everywhere I go says different things about them. I need to know which is best for great to perfect game play
I know that a Pentium 4 Extreme Edition and a AMD FX are some if not the best CPUs out there but I cant spend $700 or $900 on a CPU
so out of the P4 and AMD 64 which is better?
Remember I also have 1GB of RAM and a 9600XT.
If the 9800XT gets cheaper Ill probaly buy that one but bor now Im sticking with the 9600XT.

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Honsestly, you're betting off waiting until the FX comes down in price, or you just go with a normal Athlon-64, but the socket 940 will be defunct in well less than a year as it's basically a stopgap for people that like upgrading.

If you're buying components right now, I'd get a P4 2.8HT with a solid motherboard (Abit or Asus based, even an 865 based Intel board would be fine) and you'd be set.

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