754 vs 939 - 754 Wins

[sobelizard]

Your posts made me think...I never upgrade just the processor...my time frames for upgrades have always been cpu/mb/mem. From the reasons you stated, the 754 path would be just fine. I'm going to give the nForce4 SLI boards 3 more days before I break down and go a different route.

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[pat]

the speed increase with PCIe and SLI in today's game does not worth it now. Leave the new technology to mature, give the other board maker some time to show of their PCIe solution,...

The money saved from by staying away from PCIe/SLI for now, in this christmas time could be better used for gifts for family or to help other by giving to funds rising society.



-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!

 

[jlbigguy]

<font color=blue>"nForce3 250 based mobos are better"</font color=blue>

Speedwise, they are the same as the K8T800 Pro. Feature wise, it boils down to price. Most low end nForce3 boards are of the less desirable non gb type. However, I had decided on the Epox 8KDA3J 250gb board. But, on the day that I placed the order, the Abit KV8 Pro had dropped $20 and was just about the same price as the Epox. I have always used Abit boards, and (in my opinion only) the Abit with its "uguru" is the better of the two. No Abit vs Epox flame wars please, this is my preference only.

In the end, it came down to price. I was looking to build a low cost, but reasonably well performing game machine.

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[knownalien]

well, it just seems like yesterday my 3400 clawhammer was the shizznit! And it seems like just a little before thhat time I could remember some coming in here talking about how the 64 bit clawhammer was gonna revolutionize everything.

well, I got the clawhammer. and it seems that no sooner than I got it did I see AMD decide that the 939 was the path of the future. none-the-less I am quite happy with my system, and if there is a bottleneck, then it is the videocard. I think my path to upgrading will be this: upgrade my memory from 512 mg to 1.5 gig THEN when 754 mobos come out with PCIe, I should be able to transfer my memory and cpu and other goodies over to the new mobo. As for DDR2/DDR3 . . . . I mean, is this stuff really better?? Fast memory is nice but bottle necks occur at the CPU and/or video card. There are a lot of 754's out there and folks who shelled out over $400 to get one when they first came out. I tell you that I am not so willing to part with it any time soon, but with the advent of Doom3 . . . well, that changed things a little huh? See my profile, what I have. Doom3 cannot run at maximum settings. Hell, even Battlefield Vietnam doesn't run at max settings. Thank god for LCD's though. That may be the most beautiful piece of my system.

K8T Neo FIS2R
Athlon 64 bit 3400
2 X 256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP

 

[pat]

That the video card that limit performance, not your CPU. Put a new video card and it will be way faster in game. And put more memory too, it will help.

-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!

 

[sobelizard]

Who am I, Ghandi? My hard-earned $$$ is well spent on...me! Presents for loved ones are already bought, wrapped, shipped, buried, broken, and spat on. As for funding charities; bleeding heart liberals need a neck tuniquet. I fund 3 separate Combined Federal Campaign charities and support local charities - I don't need a hack telling me to shave my pc budget to help those who don't help themselves.

-By the way, Happy Holidays.

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[pat]

I wasnt directly pointing that at you, but what I mean is, for christmas, company will offer new technology at higher price. after christmas, prices will go down.

If you have the money, then good! but you may have a lot more with your money after christmas than now. That's marketing.

best wishes for you too!

-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!

 

[sobelizard]

Agreed, the Christmas holiday season is a time for bloated profit margins and outright thievery on the part of the majority of merchants. Free enterprise is one thing, sticking it to the customers during the 'feel good' holiday is another.

Am holding off on pending orders except for my ram (already bought and in use), case, h2o cooler, and new lcd monitor. The core parts will wait until first or second week of January - tons of open box returns should be quite interesting.

Happy Holidays to All

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