The chaps over at TweakTown compared the FX-60 and X2 3800+ against each other. FX-60 comes in at a massive $1011 while the X2 3800+ costs a more respectable $295.  FX-60 and X2 3800+ are both Dual Core processors. The FX-60 is clocked at 2.6GHz and the X2 3800+ is clocked at 2GHz.

To get more out of such a heavy graphics card setup, the FX-60 is what you're going to want but it is not the be all and end all of performance as our benchmarks results we're not exactly mind blowing when compared to the cheaper X2 3800+. Sure, we understand that overclocking can come into the picture and the FX-60 can commonly hit 3GHz on air and hit more with water and phase change but for two processors at stock, the X2 3800+ really holds it ground for the price.

The other thing we can see is that the FX-60 is offering an average of 85FPS with HL2 running at 1600 x 1200 and 8xAA / 16xAF. The X2 3800+ running the same settings gets almost 75FPS. So, while the difference is 10FPS (or about 13%), the game play is going to feel identical for 90% of people.

If you're buying the Athlon FX-60 as a gaming processor to use with an SLI 7900GTX setup, it is all useless without a decent monitor. Your chain is as strong as the weakest link and if you're running a 19" LCD that only does 1280 x 1024, you're just throwing money down the drain. The absolute minimum monitor you would want for setup like this is one pumping out a resolution of 1920 x 1200 with the Dell or Apple 30" being your best companion running a massive 2560 x 1600.