Is an upgrade from XP2000 to A64 3000 worth it?

[Com807877]

Hi all,

I've never used an Athlon 64 system before so I'm not entirely sure how performance relates to the older Athlon XP. I've read benchmarks that indicate the A64 is faster (of course), but I'm not sure if the performance increase is "worth it".

Right now I'm using an Athlon XP 2000, DDR 266, 9700 Radeon, and an Nforce2 system board.

Would an upgrade to Athlon 64 90nm 939 pin, same ram, and an Nforce3 board be "worth it" for the price as for as increase in performance in gaming, video encoding, and general use? Or would it be adviseable to hold off for the time being?

Thanks for any advice!

 

[Zambien]

I upgraded from a 2000+ 266mhz bus with 512 megs of ram to a 3000+ 939. It's worth it. It's MORE worth it if you o/c the processor because in games like doom3 you'll be getting more than twice the framerate (depending on your graphics card).

My general rule is don't upgrade unless the system will be twice as fast. Once I o/ced my system is now more than twice as fast! See my sig for details on my new system.

 

[Mik3y]

yes it is.

 

[Sonic587]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
yes it is.

:thumbsup:

 

[mickles]

yup.

 

[BW86]

yes, that would be a great upgrade

 

[charloscarlies]

yes definitely.

 

[dguy6789]

Going from a 2000+ Athlon XP to a 2800+ 64 is a HUGE, and i mean freakin HUGE difference.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

I went from a 2800+ Barton to an A64 and the difference was huge. Yours will be even bigger.

 

[DetroitSportsFan]

Would an upgrade to Athlon 64 90nm 939 pin, same ram, and an Nforce3 board be "worth it" for the price as for as increase in performance in gaming, video encoding, and general use? Or would it be adviseable to hold off for the time being?

That would be a huge upgrade .... but also consider upgrading your ram with it (or in the future if you can't do both right now.)

 

[dug777]

Would be a huge difference

but playing the dell advocate, o'c your 2000+ to 2600+ or thereabouts like i did, grab an extra 521MB stick if you're only running 256 (or even 512 these days- a Gb isnt overkill these days), and hang on for 3 months or so to see how DDR2 prices shape up, see a fall in price and inc in availiability of PCI-E kards, nforce4, how winxp64 shapes up, and what's happening in the dual processor game....

Depends on how patient you are, how limiting your rig is for what you do, and most importantly how much u want that shiny new toy to work and play with

 

[MiranoPoncho]

Sound's big, but how bout a user stepping up from a 1.0 celly to a skt 939 a64 3200? gig of mem and 6800?

 

[Dough1397]

triple the performance!? lol

my question a p3 550 256mb ram and 4mb video card pc100 ram, and if i threw togethter the shittiest parts to make an a64 what would i get?

dont answer it.... i am only j/king