AMD 64 3200 or 6800GT

[icculus]

Im building a new rig and was curious what others thought about this choice. Im not a big gamer just play online games occasionally. Right now im planning on getting a AMD 64 3000 and a regular 6800. Would I see a huge jump in performance from upgrading the CPU to 3200?

If i upgraded both (GT and 3200) it would cost 150 US dollars more....not a lot but if there wouldnt be that great a boost for me then id rather just save $150.

Thanks for all the help

 

[BeyRevRa]

I'm not sure what you mean by "online games," if your talking like... flash games then I think that the 6800 GT is overkill and you could save even more money by getting a cheaper video card. There isn't a huge boost between the 3000+ and the 3200+, and you could pocket the 150 and do a slight overclock to make up the difference if it concerns you that much. The performance boost you will see isn't worth $150 in my opinion.

AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
1 GB Kingston HyperX PC3200
6800 GT
WD Raptor 74GB

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I think he's talking about online mulitplayer games, because flash games would run perfectly on a 300Mhz CPU :lol:

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[El_Jefe_77]

I have a 3000 754 slot with 1 gig of ram.
the sucker flies in all games, concentrate on the video card, you have the technology already in the chip, .2 ghz isnt going to be noticable.

 

[BeyRevRa]

Ya, I was hoping that, but the way he said it just made it seem like he was playing "just some crappy online game," at least that's the way I interpreted it. The GT is awesome though, you should love it.

AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
1 GB Kingston HyperX PC3200
6800 GT
WD Raptor 74GB

 

[icculus]

yeah, sorry meant games such as WoW or EQ2. Thanks for the help so far.

Do you think that the difference between a 6800GT and 6800 will be that noticeable in an online multiplayer game? I think i will just stick with a amd 64 3000.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by icculus on 10/23/04 04:35 PM.</EM></FONT></P>