Pointless XP Upgrade?

[Sentinel]

Would it be pointless to go from a TBred B 1700 OC @ 2600 speeds to an XP-M 2500 and OC that to 3200+ speeds? How high can you get that? I was just weighing the options of maxing out my current rig (Shuttle AN35N Ultra 400, Corsair VR 1Gb PC 3200).

 

[m3rcury]

Id say the difference in performance will be negligible. Just save that cash and go 64bit when you have enough.

 

[formulav8]

Well, lets see.

I am guessing your at the 333mhz fsb 2600+ speeds. That is around 2.1ghz?

The 3200+ will be on a 400mhz fsb and 2.2ghz.

So, the 3200+ will have a 5% clock speed advantage, the 400mhz fsb will be a 16% advantage in bandwidth.

So, you are looking at about a 8% increase in performance with the 100mhz in clockspeed and 400mhz fsb over your current system.

The extra 256KB Cache will definitely increase performance but how much depends on the app. I would say on average a 6-8% increase in performance.

So, you are looking at about a 15% increase in real world performance over what you have now.

If you can get another 100mhz or so from the XP-M that will almost get you a 20% increase in performance over what you have now.

All-In-All, in my opinion, it depends on how much you are paying for the cpu.

15% increase will be noticable. 20% would be better of course. IF you could get 2.4ghz from the XP-M, that would be much more worth the upgrade. That would be over a 25% increase in real performance.

So, whether or not the 15% increase in performance by upgrading to the 3200+ cpu will be worth it is something I can't really say since its your money.

If it was me, I MIGHT do it. But I am really not sure though

I am not sure if any of this scribble helped or not



Jason

 

[Wellsoul2]

I've got the XP-M 2800 running at 3200 speed and it's ok.

But...figure $100 for XP-M

Maybe better to buy new $70 ASROCK AGP/PCI board with Venice $145 A64-3000.

Only $115 more and you can upgrade to PCI video etc later.

 

[Aznguy1872]

Yea, save money and get A64 for bigger performance gain.

 

[Sentinel]

Originally posted by: Wellsoul2
I've got the XP-M 2800 running at 3200 speed and it's ok.

But...figure $100 for XP-M

Maybe better to buy new $70 ASROCK AGP/PCI board with Venice $145 A64-3000.

Only $115 more and you can upgrade to PCI video etc later.

Yea prob just wait about a yr until I graduate and upgrade then, I was trying to see what I can get out of my current rig without having to spend a fortune.

 

[coomar]

amd64 socket 939 opteron 144

 

[Cruise51]

You won't see a big enough improvement to justify the cost. I'd say keep what you have for now or go with an athlon 64.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Another vote for the A64. That S939 Opteron 144 is an awesome CPU to get right now. You should be able to get it to FX-55/FX-57 speeds.

 

[mindwreck]

a64 get a 3000 or 3200+ and overclock

 

[Jiggz]

As stated, wait a little longer and then go with the A64. I upgraded from 1700+ to a XP-M and oc'ed it to 2.3 Ghz. It was worthwhile because I was never able to oc my XP 1700+ past 1800+!