My bad troop! Forgot to review the first post. Sorry K-man. I did mean DirectX not ActiveX. My bad again. The bench marks I have been reviewing are with the same rig but different mobo and cpu. Here is a link to one of the Half Life 2 bench marks. https://www.firingsquad.com/print_art...rticle_id=1584 Here's another. https://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/200...n-fx53-15.html My comments come from reports like this. I personally have never had an AMD processor and I'm taking a serious look at them. My requirements are outlined in the first post. You guys know what I plan to do with the machine. Just looking for your experienced opinions. Thanks.