AMD Athlon 64 2800+ or AMD Athlon XP 3000+?

[spinningm0nkey]

Finaly talked my dad into upgrading my pc :thumbsup: (have to be able to play doom 3 and hl2 when they come out ).... he's only willing to pay so much (around $400 maybe a little more) but since my computer is soooo old I have to buy a new case, motherboard, processor, and memory thus spending only around $150 to $180 on the new processor. I hear amd is better for gaming so I'm going the amd way, not sure weather to get this AMD Athlon 64 2800+, which is only 1.8GHz... or AMD Athlon XP 3000+, which is 2.16GHz... I'm going to be running windows 2000, mostly for gaming and multimedia... thanks for all the help/suggestions


-Aric

 

[dennisjai215]

answering to the topic only.. easy answer a64 2800+

 

[DarkAmeba]

EDIT: wow I can't read
Athlon 64 2800+ easy. Don't even consider the Athlon XP

 

[spinningm0nkey]

realy? my friend said that would perform only like a pentium 3 though, not sure if he actualy knows what he is talking about though. Thanks 4 the advice

 

[DarkAmeba]

tell your friend he is stupid, and stop listening to him. The Athlon 64 2800+ is on par with/better than the 3 ghz Pentium 4. (especially in games)

 

[spinningm0nkey]

oh ok wow you guys are fast! so AMD Athlon 64 2800+ sounds the way to go, thanks for your advice

 

[spinningm0nkey]

you happen to know if thats a good deal? $ 173.00

Edit: nvm just gonna get that one @ frys thanks for the advice everyone

 

[kromracing]

newegg has it Retail (with HSF) for $155:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-452&depa=1

Should be a great CPU. I bought the Athlon 64 3200+ for $430 9 months ago. You probably won't notice the difference between the 3200+ and the 2800+. The 2800 will be a great buy.

 

[clarkey01]

yeah, plus a 200 Mhz overclock wont do it any harm when it comes to games and frame rates.

 

[spinningm0nkey]

oh ok thanks for the advice, haven't done anything with overclocking before as I understand it has to do with changing bios settings or something along those lines, right?