Is a 2.8 Ghz 800 FSB Northwood much faster than a 2.4 Ghz/533 FSB?

[Booster]

Currently I have a 2.4/533 FSB P4. The motherboard is based on Intel 865G chipset, so it supports 800 Mhz FSB. It can take Socket 478 Prescotts too, but the case is a small form factor with only a 240 Watt PSU and is rated as 2.8 Ghz max in terms of cooling (In-win L545).

I don't game at all, but there are some high-definition MPEGs that stutter. Like those 4GB movies, you know. Most of them still play fine, but there are more and more that don't. The video card is a Geforce 6200 128 megs so it doesn't really accelerate high definition. Before anyone asks, the PC has 1GB of dual-channel DDR400, so too little RAM isn't the case.

Do you think if I go 800 FSB NW it will play all high-def movies smoothly?

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Booster
Currently I have a 2.4/533 FSB P4. The motherboard is based on Intel 865G chipset, so it supports 800 Mhz FSB. It can take Socket 478 Prescotts too, but the case is a small form factor with only a 240 Watt PSU and is rated as 2.8 Ghz max in terms of cooling (In-win L545).

I don't game at all, but there are some high-definition MPEGs that stutter. Like those 4GB movies, you know. Most of them still play fine, but there are more and more that don't. The video card is a Geforce 6200 128 megs so it doesn't really accelerate high definition. Before anyone asks, the PC has 1GB of dual-channel DDR400, so too little RAM isn't the case.

Do you think if I go 800 FSB NW it will play all high-def movies smoothly?

i was in a similar situation (search "how to play 1080p videos" in video) not too long ago/last week. i upgraded my ram from 2x256MB (512MB) PC4000 to 2x1GB (2GB) PC4000 and i also got a geforce 6600GT, which can acclerate HD.

i think that 800FSB will definitely help, as that p4 will have hyper-threading and will give the videos a little boost.

maybe also upgrade the 6200 to a regular 6600 or even a 6600GT.

 

[larciel]

faster? : Yes

will you see much improved speed on your playback? : depends on the movies, but I doubt all videos will be played w/out hiccup even w/ 2.8c