am i still being good w/ my overclocked A64 3500+ ?

[flexy]

hi,


reading the recent articles, eg. the oblivion article where they tested various CPUs....it looks like that a plain, non-OC A3500+ is already considered outdated and they recommend updating if you dont want to be CPU limited.

Now i am running my plain old A64 3500+ overclocked for a long time already at 2607MHZ (yes, stable) - which i guess should give me some peace of mind and i dont need to look for a faster CPU any time soon, right ?

Eg... A64 X2, A64 4000+ etc. and what else is out there now. (Assuming i dont bother about dual cores etc)

 

[EagleEye]

a64 x2 is dual cores, but I would be very happy with 2607mhz from a single core amd proc atm. No reason to upgrade if you just want better gaming preformance. Selling you ati 850 for >$150 and buying a new 1900xt would be cheaper than upgrading you cpu and give you MUCH better preformace. This would be the best course if you really want better gaming preformance.

 

[Bullhonkie]

I think you're more than fine. Seeing as how an X1800XL didn't scale as well as the more powerful cards, 2.6ghz should definitely be pushing your X850XT to its potential.

You have to remember that their chart on page 3 was done with an X1900 CF setup. Most people don't have that much GPU power and will be far more GPU bound, as they show on page 4.

If you look at Firingsquad's review where they used a single X1900XTX, there was zero CPU scaling going on at the higher res/detail settings.