Athlon 700 Classic to T-Bird 800 worth the upgrade?

[LostBoy]

Hey all,

Looking for some thoughts on a possible minor upgrade. I found a 800 Slot A T-Bird for $49.95 and am thinking about buying it. My current rig has a Classic 700 in it. Do you think it's worth the upgrade? I'm really not ready to do a full MB/CPU upgrade right now, but $50 I can swing.

FWIW I mainly surf, play RPG's (BG2), Run Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and the like.

Thanks for your thoughts.

 

[pay]

I dont think you'd notice that big of a difference, but for $50, cant lose much

 

[Hender]

I'd say save the cash. If you've got the upgrade hankerings, you can pick up an FIC AZ11 and Duron 800 for $97, and that has a nice upgrade path with it with a socket-A board. If you'd rather wait and get a DDR board, then definately save up and not bother with the T-bird. You really won't notice the difference in speed, but if you wait and pick up a faster T-bird, you'll DEFINATELY notice a difference.

In your case, invest the $50 somewhere else, like a Santa Cruz sound card, or a new keyboard and mouse if you find a better set out there, or just set it aside for your system fund.

 

[MrHelpful]

No.

Slot A is dead, my friend.

 

[Jasonh100]

The AZ11 is the tweakers enemy. I just about messed mine up rigging it up to change the multipliers.......it worked though. Glad I got rid of that thing.

 

[nortexoid]

i woudl'nt do it...u won't notice anything, literally...

 

[Duvie]

I concur...you wont notice the difference too much...

Save money and put towards a ddr upgrade come 4th quarter time...

 

[gygheyzeus]

Not worth the upgrade. Save your pennies!

 

[Modus]

Also remember that Slot A boards are not guaranteed to work with Slot A T-Birds.

Modus

 

[LostBoy]

Thanks for the replies. You've all pretty much confirmed what I was thinking. I think I'll be waiting until this fall/winter and look into a DDR Athlon4 upgrade.