Is it worthwhile to upgrade AthlonXP 2400 to Athlon64 3400?

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For a setup like AthlonXP 2400, 1 gig PC400 RAM, and Geforce 6800
128MB, is it worthwhile to upgrade the cpu to Athlon64 3400? This
setup would just be for playing games, FPS, strategy games, and rpgs.
My preferred resolution is 1024X768 4XAA 8xAF. Will I see dramatic
change in frame per second in shooters?

 

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Riddick wrote:
> For a setup like AthlonXP 2400, 1 gig PC400 RAM, and Geforce 6800
> 128MB, is it worthwhile to upgrade the cpu to Athlon64 3400? This
> setup would just be for playing games, FPS, strategy games, and rpgs.
> My preferred resolution is 1024X768 4XAA 8xAF. Will I see dramatic
> change in frame per second in shooters?
>

I went from that same CPU to a 64 3500+ and saw the benefit for it, I
imagine your GPU is slightly bottlenecked by your current processor too.

 

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"Riddick" <chromallly@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> For a setup like AthlonXP 2400, 1 gig PC400 RAM, and Geforce 6800
> 128MB, is it worthwhile to upgrade the cpu to Athlon64 3400? This
> setup would just be for playing games, FPS, strategy games, and rpgs.
> My preferred resolution is 1024X768 4XAA 8xAF. Will I see dramatic
> change in frame per second in shooters?
>

Yeah.You'll notice the difference.You'l be able to play in higher
resolutions.
Buit a new motherbard and 3500+ will be in the $400 dollar range. Anew mobo
w/3400+ is under $300 or thereabouts.

 

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Yes I went from a 2000XP to a 64 3000 and there was a noticable difference.
Plus you get the benefit of dual channel memory and being able to run 64bit
oses and the 64 3000 is cheap so might as well leave the ailing 2400 behind

"Riddick" <chromallly@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> For a setup like AthlonXP 2400, 1 gig PC400 RAM, and Geforce 6800
> 128MB, is it worthwhile to upgrade the cpu to Athlon64 3400? This
> setup would just be for playing games, FPS, strategy games, and rpgs.
> My preferred resolution is 1024X768 4XAA 8xAF. Will I see dramatic
> change in frame per second in shooters?
>

 

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Contrary to the others, I say overclock the cpu, and enable the extra pipes
on the 6800 with Rivatuner. And go for higher resolutions vs using FSAA.
Wait til dualcore and g70/r520 are out before upgrading.

rms

 

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"Riddick" <chromallly@yahoo.com> once tried to test me with:

> For a setup like AthlonXP 2400, 1 gig PC400 RAM, and Geforce 6800
> 128MB, is it worthwhile to upgrade the cpu to Athlon64 3400? This
> setup would just be for playing games, FPS, strategy games, and rpgs.
> My preferred resolution is 1024X768 4XAA 8xAF. Will I see dramatic
> change in frame per second in shooters?

Personally I'd say your rig is just fine for now, I'd wait until the "next
big thing" rather than doing an upgrade now. But that's just me, if you are
the type that can't live without 70fps in all the latest games, go for it,
you'll see a difference.

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Once a Gamer, Always a Gamer.

 

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Hi,

Riddick <chromallly@yahoo.com> wrote:
#For a setup like AthlonXP 2400, 1 gig PC400 RAM, and Geforce 6800
#128MB, is it worthwhile to upgrade the cpu to Athlon64 3400? This
#setup would just be for playing games, FPS, strategy games, and rpgs.
#My preferred resolution is 1024X768 4XAA 8xAF. Will I see dramatic
#change in frame per second in shooters?

A while ago I went from an AMD 2200+/266 VIA KT266a 512MB DDR266 to a
939 3000+ nForce 3U 2x512MB DDR400, all else being the same. The most
dramatic difference is load times for CoD levels dropped by more than
half. This is a factor if you wish to choose the team you're on in
multiplayer, or wish to have it chosen for you.

Frame rates on the 6600GT went up 10-30% on different boards, and the
games suddenly started recommending a very high level of detail,
textures, and features (ejecting brass, etc.)

The AMD XP's seem to be able to run most anything at a competent fps,
assuming enough ram, a good video card (like yours), and moderate eye
candy settings. However if you like 4xAA and 8xAF at 1K resolution,
combined with high detail textures, you'll see much quicker texture load
times and higher frame rates with the Socket 939 chip.

Ken.
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