P4e 3.2GHz a wise upgrade from 6800GT, Athlon 2400M+ @ 2.4Ghz?

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Teitoku

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Fry's has a 3.2GHz p4e and crap-ass mobo for $200. That's $50 cheaper than the cpu alone, so I'm saving money no matter what. Also, people have said they were able to use the discount towards better mobo and not the craptastic model included in the deal.


Should I go for it and unlock more of my 6800GT's potential, or buy a couple of those 200GB seagate drives?

I'm just disappointed in the performance of my GT. I see benchmarks for doom 3 and stuff where they recommend 6800GT and Athlon 3200+ (32bit) owners run the game at 1600x1200 or something like that...my 2.4GHz cpu can't even do well at 1280x1024.
 
i'm in a similar boat... have my intel 2.4c oc'd to 3.2 ghz and have a 6800vanilla... its dipping in the 20fps... unsure what the problem lies... btw thats at 1280x1024
 
hmm....things sound dire for our hero....
will he give in to the athlon 64? tune in tomorrow!
 
I personally think you should go A64... a 3000+ and mbo shouldnt be much more than $200.
 
Teitoku said:
Fry's has a 3.2GHz p4e and crap-ass mobo for $200. That's $50 cheaper than the cpu alone, so I'm saving money no matter what. Also, people have said they were able to use the discount towards better mobo and not the craptastic model included in the deal.


Should I go for it and unlock more of my 6800GT's potential, or buy a couple of those 200GB seagate drives?

I'm just disappointed in the performance of my GT. I see benchmarks for doom 3 and stuff where they recommend 6800GT and Athlon 3200+ (32bit) owners run the game at 1600x1200 or something like that...my 2.4GHz cpu can't even do well at 1280x1024.
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Weird, but the Athlon XP's arnt that great. Still though, you're using the graphic card more so.
 
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