Anyone upgrade P4-3.0C to A64 3500+ ??

[jose]

Hello everyone, I currently have a P4 3.0c oc'd to 3.3ghz. I'm thinking of changing platform to a A64 939 system.

I keep reading post & benchmarks on how the A64's are beating the Intel cpu's (P4 & Xeon), so when the Nforce4 SLI mobo come out I'm thinking of going w/ that.

Has anyone made the switch ? What are your observations between the two platforms ?

One main reason, is that I want a 6800GT vid card, but think getting a pci-e version gives me more upgrade potential w/ sli compared to agp...

Right now I could get a BFG 6800GT w/ a P4-3.4C and stick w/ my current system.
Or go the 939 SLI route at the end of the year.

I do run Linux so support for Nforce4 w/ be lacking at first, and also I'd have to upgrade my Linux to RH 3.0 Adv. Server for the A64 platform, more addl' cost.

As for what I do w/ my machine: web browse, games, VB6 dev(win2k), Linux dev. Unify DB, and video editing, re-encoding dvd's....

So what do you think go w/ P4 oc'd 3.6 or A64 3500+ ??

Regards,
Jose

 

[chilled]

Personally I wouldn't waste that much money, presuming that you wouldn't be able to sell your existing kit for a comparable to cover costs.

Why not wait for a year and get a dual core A64???

 

[txxxx]

Its only 17%~ clockspeed boost, so unless your doing something highly computationally intensive (i.e. fluid modelling, 3d rendering, distributed computing) , its hardly going to be noticeable for day to day.

 

[CraigRT]

I'd keep what you have, like the others have said.

 

[chilled]

He plans to OC his CPU to 3.6GHz. That's in the ballpark of 3500+ already, although he could also OC the 3500+.

 

[jose]

Thanks for your recomendations, I think I'll wait for dual core. That will also give pci-e time to mature.

Regards,
Jose

 

[imported_Hellbender]

I think the A64 would be faster, but I think it'd be a waste of money to make the switch now. Bleeding edge hardware is nice, but constantly upgrading to the next best thing all the time gets expensive. If you've got tons of disposable income, upgrade away.

EDIT: Were it me, I'd build another budget machine and use it for something else, like an HTPC.

-H

 

[Aleksandar]

waste of cash man the A64 is a little faster i bet you can OC that 3.0 to 3.6+
then it will be faster than the A64

 

[caz67]

Keep your current system