Athlon 1.0 to an AthlonXP?

[gizbug]

Would I see any increase in speed or performance, upgrading from my current AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.0 (OC'ed to 1.2) say to an Athlon XP 1900 or 2000, or 2100?

 

[FreedomFighter]

Yes.. I do believe you will. You want to also make sure your running a good amount of memory along with this CPU. A good mobo helps with the noticable speed too

Freedom

 

[BuddyAtBzboyz]

A rule of thumb I use to help me save money is if I can wait to upgrade I do. Then when I finally spend my money on an upgrade I get something that is noticably better and save money. However there is something to be said of upgrading stuff one thing at a time. That can also keep you more up to date without spending your money all at once. So basically its up to you, which is not exactly what you want to hear Yes you will notice the difference but only in a select few programs.

 

[gizbug]

Thanks.
I have 512 PC133 ram now, and an ASUS A7V133 mb

 

[jaybee]

You will notice a big difference, unless you only use your computer to surf AOL at 28.8k. I upgraded from an Athlon Classic at 900MHz to an XP1600+. I hung on to my PC133 as well. Total upgrade cost - less than $180, including shipping and hsf. Anyway, your cost will be far less than mine, even if you do get a new hsf.

I recommend getting the XP1600+ from newegg and unlocking it. I've gotten a 300MHz overclock from my chip with poor cooling, so don't blow $40 on a new hsf if you are happy with your current unit. Fun little project, and the 51 extra SSE instructions and 500-600 extra MHz will really make for a nice upgrade.

jaybee

 

[Actaeon]

Make sure your mobo supports it before purchasing! Alot of the older Socket A Mobos (espically SDR) don't support AthlonXPs.

 

[BuddyAtBzboyz]

You will notice a big difference, unless you only use your computer to surf AOL at 28.8k.

Ok I agree about the aol. But you will not notice a big difference in most things you probably do on the computer like surfing the net and downloading pron Anyways some programs you will notice the difference in: Some games if they rely heavily on the cpu dungeon seige or black & white for instance. Stuff like divx encoding a few other programs.

But really what normal user actually needs more then a 1Ghz cpu? I say save your money until you will notice a significant difference such as switching to a 64 bit cpu! (oh and a 64 bit operating system)

 

[gennro]

You will see a noticeable diffrence, having sse will help out some too

 

[jaybee]

Originally posted by: BuddyAtBzboyz

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But really what normal user actually needs more then a 1Ghz cpu? I say save your money until you will notice a significant difference such as switching to a 64 bit cpu! (oh and a 64 bit operating system)

You've got a point, but if you can drop in an XP1600+ for 60 bucks or so, most Socket A T-bird setups would benefit from the upgrade. Grandma on AOL and Junior writing book reports with MS Works can pass. Anyone playing games, ripping cds, writing cds from mp3s, encoding dvds, using photoshop, calculating prime numbers , etc... will feel a big bump.

jaybee

 

[BuddyAtBzboyz]

Oh I would like to add that in and of itself a 64 bit cpu will not increase your speed, but will in fact decrease it somewhat for most things. Basically what I'm banking on here is that the Opteron will see an significant increase in performance, which we will not know till it is out. Just trying to clarify.