s939 cpu upgrade question

[battousai831]

my question is should i get a x2 3800+ for an upgrade or just stick with my 3200+ and wait till i can blow 1k into a pc? i game mostly

 

[battousai831]

yeah thats what i ment, 😛 i was just being absent minded at the moment

 

[The_Abyss]

my question is should i get a 3800+ for an upgrade or just stick with my 3200+ and wait till i can blow 1k into a pc? i game mostly

If you just game, don't bother.

Buy 4 more good quality games.

 

[dougie_boy]

my question is should i get a x2 3800+ for an upgrade or just stick with my 3200+

which core of the 3200+ is it?? u might be able to squeeze an extra 400mhz outta that thing witha decent cooler which would only set you back £20. better than upgrading. save your big bucks for later.

 

[battousai831]

90nm vience and i could probably do that

 

[Multiplectic]

I'm planning to do the same thing.
I have to say that I DO multitask a lot, and, about gaming, it'll be the same performance (basicly, the X2 3800+ is two 3200+ cores, at stock clocks).
Of course, there's always the option of overclocking, both the X2 3800+ and the 3200+.

 

[Newf]

You don't really multitask with a single core, you background and slow everything down. The X2 rocks for doing more than 1 thing at a time!

If gaming is more important though, consider this:

Biostar VP7603GT21 7600GT 12pipe 560/1400 $160+6-$30rebate 07/25/06
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814141025

Not bad for $136!

 

[battousai831]

well ive got an x850 xt so that isn't too bad, a 7600 would only upgrade to sm 3.0 and thats about it. i think the proformance is close

 

[Multiplectic]

I'll surely buy a 7600GT the next month. I'm just waiting to sell my 6600GT.
And, by the way, I won't buy that *Biostar* :roll:
I'll be buying THIS. Much better. 8)

And, you can do multitasking with a single-core CPU. It's just not real-time multitasking.