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Thanks for your reply.
I am planning on upgrading most of my components later on when the dual
cores come down in price. So I am looking for a cheap way to upgrade my
system in the time being. The thing that is holding me back is my video
card. Its a 6600GT AGP, and I feel it still has some potential for gaming.
I am trying to get better gameplay in counterstrike: source.
What do you think?
Thanks,
Kevin
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <hr0qe.11598$Nd3.691455@news20.bellglobal.com>, "Kevin Mar"
> <kmar@qnx.com> wrote:
>
>> Currently, I have a Intel P4 Northwood 2.26GHz with 533Mhz bus on an Asus
>> P4B533-V with the 845G chipset. What are my options for upgrading the
>> CPU?
>>
>> Would this CPU work? Intel Pentium 4 2.8A GHz Prescott Socket 478 1MB L2
>> Cache 533MHz FSB
>>
>> What is the highest I can go?
>
>
http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
>
> The fastest of these are Northwood processors. There are no
> Prescott or CeleronD processors in the list (based on cache
> size). I would think FSB533 Northwoods would be hard to find
> at this point in time. Especially the 3.06/FSB533/512K.
> BTW: The notation in the table, about needing revision 2, could
> be referring to whether HyperThreading would work on the
> 3.06GHz or not. I don't think that entry necessarily implies
> that the board would not POST if it was rev.1 and you used
> a 3.06GHz.
>
> Celeron 1.7 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 1.8 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.0 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.1 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.2 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.3 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.4 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.5 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.6 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.7 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> Celeron 2.8 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:128KB)
> P4-1.4 GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:256KB)
> P4-1.5 GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:256KB)
> P4-1.6A GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-1.6 GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:256KB)
> P4-1.7 GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:256KB)
> P4-1.8A GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-1.8 GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:256KB)
> P4-1.9 GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:256KB)
> P4-2A GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2 GHz (Socket478, 400 FSB, L2 cache:256KB)
> P4-2.20 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2.26 GHz (533 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2.40 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2.40B GHz (533 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2.50 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2.53 GHz (533 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2.60 GHz (400 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2.66 GHz (533 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-2.80 GHz (533 FSB, L2 cache:512KB)
> P4-3.06 GHz (533 FSB, L2 cache:512KB, HT, C1/D1)
>
> I think it may be time for you to move to a new motherboard.
> That would give you an opportunity to benefit from
> dual channel memory, and perhaps give you more options for
> a processor. The real question here is, would you see a lot
> of improvement going from 2.26Ghz to say, 3.2Ghz. If this
> is an email/web surfing/office applications machine, there
> might not be enough sustained computing to make the upgrade
> pay off. If the CPU runs at 100% all day long, then an upgrade
> would be worth while. There are motherboards available, that
> will allow reusing your old components (like P5P800, for
> example), if you are not interested in upgrading
> everything.
>
> My old rule of thumb, is to wait until a doubling of
> CPU speed is possible. Since that is no longer a very
> useful rule any more, it begs the question of what new
> rule we can use as a metric for upgrading.
>
> Paul
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