Which cpu?

[cbarger]

For gameing which cpu would be better the P4 with ht or the Amd chips?

 

[Mephistopheles]

As always in computers, it depends on your budget and interests.

If you're on a budget, getting a A7N8X and a 2500+ Barton should be fine, and you can always overclock a lot.

If you've got some more money, I'd advise you to get a P4C on P4P800 - something like the 2.4C or 2.6C. They are the rough equivalents to the 2800 and 3000 from AMD, because of HT and 800Mhz FSB.

If you're aiming for high end, I'd suggest looking at the 3.0C P4 on a good-quality motherboard. I'd only recommend the 3.2Ghz if you really had lots of money...

<font color=red><b>M</b></font color=red>ephistopheles

 

[HardWareBoss]

Abit IS7 is a nice Mobo. 2.4C one heck of a good OC'er as well as XP 2500+

 

[cbarger]

well I got a good deal on a Asus board and P4 2.6c (200, HT) I just had to put a bigger power supply in to run the R9800 pro (128) meg. Do you think I would see alot better 3d Mark 2001se scores if I had 3200 ram vs. 2700 ram? The system has 1.5 gig of 2700..

 

[slvr_phoenix]

You have a P4C running with PC2700?

"<i>Yeah, if you treat them like equals, it'll only encourage them to think they <b>ARE</b> your equals.</i>" - Thief from <A HREF="http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=030603" target="_new">8-Bit Theater</A>

 

[pIII_Man]

i would definatly recomend pc3200!

So easy to fry yet tastes so good...
Silicon: The other, other, other white meat

 

[cbarger]

Will I see a performance increse? Or will it just be on the bench marks?

 

[pIII_Man]

well 800mhz fsb intel processors were ment to run with pc3200 memory...i would like to know what your current memory and fsb speeds are?



So easy to fry yet tastes so good...
Silicon: The other, other, other white meat

 

[cbarger]

800 on the bus side and 333 on the ram side (2700)

 

[pIII_Man]

is that from the bios?

Because it could very well be that you board is running your cpu synchronous to your memory...thus running only a 166mhz fsb...either way pc3200 will help...

So easy to fry yet tastes so good...
Silicon: The other, other, other white meat

 

[cbarger]

what about 3500 ram?

 

[pIII_Man]

thats fine....especially if you overclock or if you want to get super low timmings

So easy to fry yet tastes so good...
Silicon: The other, other, other white meat

 

[HardWareBoss]

I bought PC 3500 for my upgrade. HyperX

 

[cbarger]

the bios says I am at 200 on the chip side and 333 on the ram side of the bus....

 

[pIII_Man]

new memory would help...however you may be able to overclock your current memory to pc3200 speeds...what memory do you currently have...by increasing the memory voltage and slightly relaxing the timmings you probably can hit pc3200 speeds without spending the $$

3 386DX-25's...12 volts...glue and some ln2 and a wicked amount of overclocking and you get a willamantee minus 36 pins, 33.75 million transistors and a couple hundred mhz... 😎