Big difference between a 1GHz AMD Thunderbird and Athlon 64 3800+????

[dalfollo]

I am working on replacing a system based on an AMD Thunderbird 1GHz (ABIT KT-7RAID MB/1.5GB RAM)....I built it in early 2001....

Now I am reeducating myself on the CPUs out there and trying to make some comparisons...so I see the Athlon 64 3000 or 3200 and note that they run at 2.0-2.4GHz

How much of a difference can I expect from an old 1.0GHz system and a new system that (seems to) runs at ~2.2GHz?

Any articles that review the change I might expect? Thanks for any feedback.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Look for the Tom's Hardware CPU charts, they should have a comparison between the two processors. And yes, the difference is HUGE! The thunderbird is two generations old.

 

[V00D00]

There will probably be a HUGE noticeable difference. When I went from my 1ghz to a athlon 2500+ I almost crapped myself. Now i have a P4 3.4 and it's just getting better.

Today I slapped in some crazy memory I got off ebay and went from 512mb of PC3200 single channel to 2, 1gb sticks of PC5300 dual channel. (only cost $157) The improvement just from the memory is INSANE. Photoshop loads twice as fast. It's pretty crazy.

I guess what I'm trying to say is every little step along the way will improve performance.

 

[woopypooky]

i thinks there will be 400% increase in performance such as u unzip a big winzip file 4 times faster. 4 minutes become 1min

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

What do you use the computer for?

If it's just everyday internet stuff, making documents, flash games, etc. then you're probably fine already.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

If it's just everyday internet stuff, making documents, flash games, etc. then you're probably fine already.

:thumbsup:

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What do you use the computer for?

If it's just everyday internet stuff, making documents, flash games, etc. then you're probably fine already.

:Q What you mean???!?!?!? I can type so much faster on my new dual xeon, compared to my old P4!!!

 

[mindwreck]

BIG difference. even with my 1ghz t-bird chugging at 1.4ghz i can clearly tell the difference compared to my oc'd sempron

 

[Powermoloch]

lol it will be a big difference, no doubt about it....

It's like comparing to a mule and a Viper