how much speed differnce do you think i will see

[ocho8]

right now i am running a p4 northwood @2.4. how much increase would i see if i got a a64 3000 or 3200? thanks for your help

 

[xsilver]

I made that same jump -- just that my 2.4 was overclocked to 3.0
I didnt notice a whole lot -- since i'm video card limited in games (9800pro)-- so you have to consider that first
bootup times are faster, but multitasking is worse

I would try up your 2.4 to 3.0 first and then hold off till dual core comes

 

[ocho8]

minor problem with that theroy...i cant get into my bios.........

 

[ocho8]

btw i am running on integrated graphic and i play cs...so any graphics card iwll be a huge leap

 

[xsilver]

Originally posted by: ocho8
btw i am running on integrated graphic and i play cs...so any graphics card iwll be a huge leap

oh man -- there are so many people like you....
dell crapbox? or something more sinister?

intergrated graphics? why are you thinking of upgrading the cpu then??

cs? you can play that on a p2 -- the graphics are so shite

 

[rise]

just for simple comparison, running a 6800gt my p4 2.4c @ 2800 would get me about 10,400 on 3dmark 03. the 3200+ at stock is 11,200 both using stock speed on the vga.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: ocho8
btw i am running on integrated graphic and i play cs...so any graphics card iwll be a huge leap

is it the 800FSB or 533FSB version? you are definately video card limited. does your m/b have a agp slot? if it does, i would look in the fs/ft section and pick up a used 9800pro with a r360 core.

if you do not have a agp slot, you will need to build a new machine because, in your case you need a decent graphics card.

when you say you can not get into the bios, is it like a compaq or dell?

if that is the case your best bet will be to build a machine with a skt 939 nforce 4 chipset, a64 3000 winchester core and get a board with pci-e and get a 6600gt pci-e card. excellent setup for the money.

 

[ocho8]

i have a sony viao. rise4310 thanks for the comparison. waht about in day to day life will i see much of a difference? iwill it just be overall faster?

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: ocho8
i have a sony viao. rise4310 thanks for the comparison. waht about in day to day life will i see much of a difference? iwill it just be overall faster?

you will probably see some differences, but not much because surfing and word processing doesn't take much cpu power. i would look at the different benchmarks if you are doing any type of encoding for a fair comparison. if it is a 800FSB 2.4c, you could probably sell it for a decent price if you went the a64 route because the northwoods are excellent o/c cpus. at this point i would not recommend getting a different skt478(p4) board because those are going to have agp slots, and pci-e is the way to go, and usually the pci-e graphics cards are a little cheaper than their agp versions. what sux is the power supply and the fact that you may need a new one.

how much ram and what speed is it? if you are not sure run cpu-z(google it)

what model vaio?

 

[ocho8]

i have 1gig of patiot ram....waitting to the rest of its new system and a tt tsunami and ocz 520 sitting enxt to me the ram is in teh comp i havent had time to move it yet

 

[ocho8]

im still trying to decide on my new system but i think its gonna be a ultra-d 3000-3200 a64 x800xl and usual

 

[rise]

if you go with dfi make sure you visit dfi.street first. the boards can be very particular about what ram you use and psu requirements, especially needing a native 24 pin connector.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: rise4310
if you go with dfi make sure you visit dfi.street first. the boards can be very particular about what ram you use and psu requirements, especially needing a native 24 pin connector.

the 20-24 pin connectors are not a good idea with the dfi boards?