Upgrading in a few minutes...will I notice anything?

[Goosemaster]

Now:

2500+ barton @ 1.8ghz (stock)
1GB pc3200 DDR
X800xl @ 408/526
OS drive: 250GB Maxtor
then:

around 3900 3dmarks

then:

A64 3000+
1GB pc3200 DDR
X800xl @ 408/526
OS drive: 250GB Maxtor


I realize that the main benefit will consist of FINALLY being able to play my HD files (in TS and in h.264) but I wanted to see what type of benefits I can get in gaming...

 

[BigCoolJesus]

gaming wont really be much different unless you OC the 3000+ (they can get up to 2.4GHz easily) or wait for 64bit games, which could take a long time

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

It will really depend on what resolution you're running at, what games, etc. If you were CPU limited before, you're going to see a big increase in performance, but if you were GPU limited in your settings before, the difference wont be huge.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

actually you can get to 2.6-7 easily, 2.8 if you got the cooling all laid out.

 

[Goosemaster]

It is a 3000+ "newcastle" CPU and a SOLTEK SL-K8AN-RL mobo


It was not bought with overclocking in mind so I'll have to research it..wish me luck

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
It will really depend on what resolution you're running at, what games, etc. If you were CPU limited before, you're going to see a big increase in performance, but if you were GPU limited in your settings before, the difference wont be huge.

1600x1200 4x/16x in everything that has settings that high

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Some benchies of 3200+ XP vs 3000+ 64 in gaming

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2249&p=9

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2249&p=10

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041221/cpu_charts-13.html

 

[Goosemaster]

From the looks of it my board doesn't overclock well AT ALL

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
It will really depend on what resolution you're running at, what games, etc. If you were CPU limited before, you're going to see a big increase in performance, but if you were GPU limited in your settings before, the difference wont be huge.

1600x1200 4x/16x in everything that has settings that high

Hmmm... probably pretty GPU limited then... only one way to find out though

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
From the looks of it my board doesn't overclock well AT ALL

Upgrading in a few minutes = ordering, or putting in the parts?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Some benchies of 3200+ XP vs 3000+ 64 in gaming

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2249&p=9

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2249&p=10

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041221/cpu_charts-13.html

Looks the boost will be decent

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
From the looks of it my board doesn't overclock well AT ALL

Upgrading in a few minutes = ordering, or putting in the parts?

Putting in parts. It used to be a video editing machine but it was overkill so I am shifting it to gaming/htpc use

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
From the looks of it my board doesn't overclock well AT ALL

Upgrading in a few minutes = ordering, or putting in the parts?

Putting in parts. It used to be a video editing machine but it was overkill so I am shifting it to gaming/htpc use

Good luck :thumbsup:

 

[Nocturnal]

I went from a 2500XP to a 3200+ Winchester and I did not notice that much of an increase in performance.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I went from a 2500XP to a 3200+ Winchester and I did not notice that much of an increase in performance.

Shadddddddddddddddddup



<---can't handle the truth

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I also went from a 2500XP to a 3200+ winchester and noticed quite a performance increase.... of course I upgraded the ram, and videocard at the same time too

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: BigCoolJesus
gaming wont really be much different unless you OC the 3000+ (they can get up to 2.4GHz easily) or wait for 64bit games, which could take a long time

ur wrong, you will see a difference in fps.

this is why your wrong:
the AMD64 processor can simataneously run 32bit apps. He doesnt have to oc it nor does He have to wait for 64bit games. There is already some such as farcry 64bit which, actually did worse in benchmarks.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: w00t

Originally posted by: BigCoolJesus
gaming wont really be much different unless you OC the 3000+ (they can get up to 2.4GHz easily) or wait for 64bit games, which could take a long time

ur wrong, you will see a difference in fps.

That is all I wanted to hear

 

[Goosemaster]

wow...the boost was great

3900 (around 4000) to 4900 (around 5000) in 3dmark 2005

Framerates are up in everygame...and I can now play h.264 1080p video flawlessly:Q

 

[Icopoli]

Yeah, I'm a newcastle owner, they o/c like sh!t.

 

[QuantumPion]

I'm about to upgrade from a p4 2.8 ghz to a amd 4000+, also getting 2 gigs of ram from 1, and a raptor drive from 2 small raid 0 drives. I'm keeping my AGP 6800 gt though. How much of a performance increase should I be expecting?