Hey, all!
So, I've done a bit of research on this, and am still somewhat unsure about the issue. However, I'm pretty confident that someone can help me out with this.
I am 100% satisfied with my AMD Athlon 3800 x2, Socket 939, which has never been overclocked in terms of performance while at the desktop. I'd rather spend money upgrading other components such as my video card, for my processor can't be upgraded without a new motherboard, which runs off DDR so would thus require all new RAM as well.
Here's what I would like to know:
Assume I was playing current games on the Ultra-Powerful System from many years in the future, with an infinitely powerful Video Card. If I still had my Socket 939 AMD Athlon 3800x2, would I be able to gain any FPS by upgrading my processor to, say, an e8400?
Let's say I'm using a 24" Monitor, and playing at minimum 1400x900.
While the current Intel processors are all the trend, even Crysis lists only an Athlon X2 as the recommended processor. Thus, I imagine that I wouldn't receive much if any FPS improvement by upgrading my processor. If we're talking 10 FPS, I'm fine. Much more than that and I think I may need to bite the bullet and upgrade.
Thanks for any comments or feedback you have. While I respect your authoraitay (as Cartman might say), I'd also appreciate benchmarks I might have missed to back up any points you may make. I'll certainly take what I can get, though.
Again, thanks for your feedback!
So, I've done a bit of research on this, and am still somewhat unsure about the issue. However, I'm pretty confident that someone can help me out with this.
I am 100% satisfied with my AMD Athlon 3800 x2, Socket 939, which has never been overclocked in terms of performance while at the desktop. I'd rather spend money upgrading other components such as my video card, for my processor can't be upgraded without a new motherboard, which runs off DDR so would thus require all new RAM as well.
Here's what I would like to know:
Assume I was playing current games on the Ultra-Powerful System from many years in the future, with an infinitely powerful Video Card. If I still had my Socket 939 AMD Athlon 3800x2, would I be able to gain any FPS by upgrading my processor to, say, an e8400?
Let's say I'm using a 24" Monitor, and playing at minimum 1400x900.
While the current Intel processors are all the trend, even Crysis lists only an Athlon X2 as the recommended processor. Thus, I imagine that I wouldn't receive much if any FPS improvement by upgrading my processor. If we're talking 10 FPS, I'm fine. Much more than that and I think I may need to bite the bullet and upgrade.
Thanks for any comments or feedback you have. While I respect your authoraitay (as Cartman might say), I'd also appreciate benchmarks I might have missed to back up any points you may make. I'll certainly take what I can get, though.
Again, thanks for your feedback!