What do you think my 3DMark score will be if I upgrade to a 2.0a?

[Rick67]

I'm real close to pulling out my P4 1.7 and replacing it with a 2.0a Northwood. What do you guys think my 3DMark score will go to? Right now I'm pulling in a little over 8800. Later,

 

[jaeger66]

I certainly hope that your 3DMark score is not your reason for upgrading.

 

[scoobydooby]

Ditto. If you feel like wasting a lot of money then by all means upgrade.
Scoob

 

[merlocka]

because the search feature of the ORB is very complicated to use...

 

[jiffylube1024]

Forget it. Half the reason people are getting such high scores in 3dmark, etc are because these chips are so overclockable (1.6A @ 2.1-2.5 GHz, 1.8A @ 2.1-2.5 GHz, etc...). With that Dell there is no overclocking whatsoever, so you are stuck at 2 GHz (much slower than a 1.6A @ 2.13 which has a 133 MHz FSB and 133 MHz memory clock). You'd have to replace the motherboard in order to actually get the speed benefit from that (overclocked) 2.0a. Wait until they come out with faster (2.4-2.6 GHz) CPU's that aren't so overpriced like the 2.0a is right now then upgrade.