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Changing system, confused
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Posted by: GeForce_4_
ok so presently I have a 2400+ Athlon running at 2ghz
and I was looking at the Athlon 64, and I realised that the 2800+ was only at 1.8
So wheres the gain if you pay more and get a lower CPU?
I mean I have a 2.0 and for like 150$ I'd get lower but in 64? is it worth it?
Posted by: redwench
worth upgrading? no, of course not as youd be buying a new board as well.
if youre asking if the 64 chip will outperform what you have, the answer is yes.
Posted by: Superfly3176
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So wheres the gain if you pay more and get a lower CPU?
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You don't get a lower cpu. The athlon64 2800+ is better than the athlonxp 3200+. Its much better architecture. The gigahertz game doesn't mean all that much.
Worth the upgrade? It depends on how many games, and what kind you play. The A64's are downright fast. But like redwench said, you'd need a new motherboard as well. Depending on your video card/ram situation you maybe better off upgrading one of them.
Posted by: GeForce_4_
No its cuz I wanted to save money when I bought this board on my other computer and I kept it on SDRAM so its kinda cheaper than a DDR board...
and I was wondering how could a 1.8ghz be more powerful than 2.0, could we compare it to like the celeron and the pentium basically?
For the board its no problem, I already had one that no one took finally.... its an MSI k8tneo-fsr
would that be good? socket 754 I guess that could do the trick with either a 2800 or 3000+
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Its cuz when I build machines for people they ask me how come a 3200+ is as expensive as a 2800 64 or even less, and you have less ghz, i didnt really know how to say it.... and are the 64s good for ocing??
Posted by: taco_fox
Here's a review for the Athlon 64 2800+. It's faster than an Athlon XP 3000+ in most cases. The A64 is just more advanced than the AXP. I could go on about instructions per clock and integrated memory controllers, but that wouldn't help you explain it to people who wouldn't know what you're talking about.
Number one thing you need to do is stop comparing different processor architectures by clock speed. Clock speed on a Barton AXP is not the same as on a Newcastle A64 is not the same as on a Prescott P4 et cetera. When even Intel stops naming their processors by clock speed, you know it's time to find a better way of comparison.
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