Anyone know?

[trenchtoaster]

Field Value
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+


Is that a socket A type? And if so does that mean that there are no motherboards that I can buy with a PCIe x16 slot?

Anyone have a nice recommendation for a new AMD cpu, I play Oblivion and WoW, and I just ordered a 6800GS video card. I have 1.5g of corsair ram and a 350watt power supply.

Cheap is good by the way =)

 

[MadModMike]

Field Value
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+


Is that a socket A type? And if so does that mean that there are no motherboards that I can buy with a PCIe x16 slot?

Anyone have a nice recommendation for a new AMD cpu, I play Oblivion and WoW, and I just ordered a 6800GS video card. I have 1.5g of corsair ram and a 350watt power supply.

Cheap is good by the way =)

Easiest way to find out for yourself: Count the pins. If there is 453 pins (9 pins are used as studs so you can't fit a socket 370 CPU into the socket) than it's a socket 462 😉.

AFAIK, there are no PCI-E Socket A boards.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[trenchtoaster]

Yeah, 453 pins, so I guess I can't get a PCIe motherboard until I get a new processor.

I guess I'll buy the 6800gs for now.

is there anyway to know if my motherboard will handle a new processor? Like can I buy an AMD 4000+ and stick it in my motherboard, or do I need a new board first?

Thanks for the info by the way.

 

[rabidbunny]

What motherboard do you have??? Cuz you can tell if you go to the manufacturers site and look at the specs. 8O :?: :?:

 

[MadModMike]

Yeah, 453 pins, so I guess I can't get a PCIe motherboard until I get a new processor.

I guess I'll buy the 6800gs for now.

is there anyway to know if my motherboard will handle a new processor? Like can I buy an AMD 4000+ and stick it in my motherboard, or do I need a new board first?

Thanks for the info by the way.

The fastest Socket A is a 3400+ Athlon XP, but you're lucky to find one. If you have the 1600+, either wait to upgrade, or buy a 3000+ XP. No, a socket 939 4000+ won't fit in a socket A.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[trenchtoaster]

Asus A7N8X-X Motherboard.

 

[gOJDO]

You will need new better motherboard and CPU as well to run the PCIe graphics card on it.
Anyway it is pointless to buy the AGP variant of 6800GS and put on the old AthlonXP 2000+.
It is like you have Ferrari and driving it on rocky mounthain roads.

 

[trenchtoaster]

so I am kind of screwed as far as playing oblivion is concerned? or will the card allow me to play decently until I buy a new processor/motherboard in a month or two?

If I buy those two things in like a month, then the 6800GS could probably still hold me over for a year or so when Direct X 10 cards launch hopefully, that is my plan anyway.

 

[trenchtoaster]

Would this solve my problems?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157081

It has an AGP 8x and a PCIe x16 slot. That would be perfect if I am understanding it right. That means I can buy the 6800GS card, play Oblivion decently until I get the cash to get a nice processor (AMD X2 4400+ I was thinking) and finally a PCIe card, probably a year from now.

Can anyone clarify this? I really hope it is what I need, I doubt I will have the money to upgrade the processor, video card, and motherboard all in the same day, I would rather do it step by step. Of course, I want to play Oblivion as soon as possible, so the 6800GS should allow that.

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

The fastest Socket A is a 3400+ Athlon XP, but you're lucky to find one.

Interesting, never heard of that. I thought the top of the line for Socket A was an Athlon XP 3200+ (2,200 mhz, 200/400 FSB, 512kb L2).

I was unable to find Athlon XP 3400+ specs when doing a Google search for it. . .

 

[gOJDO]

The performance of the system for gaming does not depends only on the owned graphics card. There are factors that can limit or boost the gaming performance extremly: cpu, ram capacity, mainboard and other. In your case, the bottleneck will be the AthlonXP, the RAM interface and mainboard. So you will find not use of your good graphics card capabilities while you don't use it on apropriate hardware(mobo, cpu, ram). WoW is game that needs more CPU/RAM resources than GPU(considering the GF6800 as one of the best for WoW). Better wait, or buy better cpu/mobo system and with weaker gpu.

 

[SidVicious]

A few months earlier, I would have told you to get a Mobile Barton 2500+, those were insane overclockers in their prime (had mine running at 2.6GHz 24/7, bencheable at 2.75GHz) but it seems that supplies dried up.

The Asrock DualSATA2 seems to fit the bill considering your eagerness to have an upgrade path ahead of you, especially if you buy a low end Venice (like a Socket 939 A64 3200+), giving you a good incentive to get a Dual Core (Socket AM2 using the riser or 939) later on.

Knowing the full specs of your current 'rig would be helpfull, so far, we know that you have an XP 2000+ and a A7N8X, what about your current video card and memory ?