Should I upgrade my CPU?

Times_Champion · 03-December-04, 06:44 PM

I am planning an upgrade before christmas, and could do with some help in deciding whether to upgrade my CPU or not. After the upgrade, I will have the following spec;

MSI 6712 mobo
Athlon XP 2600+
1GB RAM (PC2700)
Radeon 9800 pro

I am considering upgrading my processor to an XP 3000+ as well, but this would cost me an extra Ã‚Â£95 so would it really be worth it? What differences would I notice in games like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 as opposed to keeping my old processor? Any info appreciated.

droeblek9 · 03-December-04, 06:52 PM

what equiptment are you upgrading (all of the above?), and what are you upgrading from?

TekXoID · 03-December-04, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Times_Champion


	I am planning an upgrade before christmas, and could do with some help in deciding whether to upgrade my CPU or not. After the upgrade, I will have the following spec; MSI 6712 mobo Athlon XP 2600+ 1GB RAM (PC2700) Radeon 9800 pro I am considering upgrading my processor to an XP 3000+ as well, but this would cost me an extra Ã‚Â£95 so would it really be worth it? What differences would I notice in games like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 as opposed to keeping my old processor? Any info appreciated.

If your 2600+ is barton-core, just overclock it.

BigAkita · 03-December-04, 07:07 PM

You are sitting pretty good right now. As tek said, OC it. If you want to drop some dollars, or pounds, upgrade the video first.

Arkangyl · 03-December-04, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BigAkita


	You are sitting pretty good right now. As tek said, OC it. If you want to drop some dollars, or pounds, upgrade the video first.

I really wouldn't do that bigA. Personally I'd wait till I have money then invest in an nForce 4 rig with an Athlon 64 and a PCI-E video card (6600 GT in that pricerange) along with PC-3200 RAM

reason for doing this; right now you're at a plateau, a CPU upgrade buys you a pittance for the price compared to Athlon 64's. For an A64 you need a new motherboard and sticking with AGP when PCI-E will PROBABLY be givin a giant shove soon is a bad move. Then PC-3200 RAM can come last as the A64 will scale down to your RAMs speed.

BigAkita · 03-December-04, 09:07 PM

I was saying if he was wanting to spend some money currently, that's my advice. How did I say it? Oh yeah, "If you want to drop some dollars, or pounds, upgrade the video first."

I agree with you Ark, that right now is a time to hold onto your equipment and see which direction the industry goes.

khellandros66 · 04-December-04, 12:16 AM

Till more SLI based cards are out and they are enabled to use multithreaded use of the ram from each card I would say hold on as well. Also from what IBM is cooking up with their sail of the PC division who knows maybe the new tri-core CPUs will be the next big thing. Plus I am not gonna jump on 90nm as its not impressively overly awesome esp with 45nm out in 6-8months.

~Bob

TYCOON · 04-December-04, 01:59 AM

Everthing is changin right now, pci-x semprons 939 all the diffrent sockets. My 2400+ clocks liek madd. Seems fast enough for at least another year. argghh the b33r....

Crazy_J · 04-December-04, 02:08 AM

I have the 3000+ and I can tell you that it is not worth upgrading to from a 2600+.

Times_Champion · 04-December-04, 05:06 AM

Thanks a lot guys - I may stick to playing games on my xbox and then upgrade my PC mid 2005. Cheers.

03-December-04, 06:44 PM		#1 (permalink)
Times_Champion Apex Techie Wannabe	Should I upgrade my CPU? I am planning an upgrade before christmas, and could do with some help in deciding whether to upgrade my CPU or not. After the upgrade, I will have the following spec; MSI 6712 mobo Athlon XP 2600+ 1GB RAM (PC2700) Radeon 9800 pro I am considering upgrading my processor to an XP 3000+ as well, but this would cost me an extra Ã‚Â£95 so would it really be worth it? What differences would I notice in games like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 as opposed to keeping my old processor? Any info appreciated.

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droeblek9 Warcraft Warrior	what equiptment are you upgrading (all of the above?), and what are you upgrading from?

03-December-04, 07:07 PM		#4 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	You are sitting pretty good right now. As tek said, OC it. If you want to drop some dollars, or pounds, upgrade the video first.

03-December-04, 09:07 PM		#6 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	I was saying if he was wanting to spend some money currently, that's my advice. How did I say it? Oh yeah, "If you want to drop some dollars, or pounds, upgrade the video first." I agree with you Ark, that right now is a time to hold onto your equipment and see which direction the industry goes.

04-December-04, 12:16 AM		#7 (permalink)
khellandros66 Apex Master Tech	Till more SLI based cards are out and they are enabled to use multithreaded use of the ram from each card I would say hold on as well. Also from what IBM is cooking up with their sail of the PC division who knows maybe the new tri-core CPUs will be the next big thing. Plus I am not gonna jump on 90nm as its not impressively overly awesome esp with 45nm out in 6-8months. ~Bob

04-December-04, 01:59 AM		#8 (permalink)
TYCOON Apex Tech God	Everthing is changin right now, pci-x semprons 939 all the diffrent sockets. My 2400+ clocks liek madd. Seems fast enough for at least another year. argghh the b33r....

04-December-04, 02:08 AM		#9 (permalink)
Crazy_J Apex Tech Demi-God	I have the 3000+ and I can tell you that it is not worth upgrading to from a 2600+.

04-December-04, 05:06 AM		#10 (permalink)
Times_Champion Apex Techie Wannabe	Thanks a lot guys - I may stick to playing games on my xbox and then upgrade my PC mid 2005. Cheers.