X2 4800 Vs. X2 4200

[Refractoryman]

A friend of mine is switching over to a new Conroe system. He is offering me the X2 4800 from his present system for $200.00. I have an X2 4200 currently. Do you think I would see any performance improvement swapping these out. I do not OC. At what point do the hardrives create a bottle neck were no matter what CPU you installed it would not make a difference.

 

[cmrmrc]

it depends on the rest of your system...for example, if you're a gamer and have a x1900xt...then you could take it since the 4200 is a little bottlenecking your gpu...but if you're surfing things or do not use the system much, then no....

 

[Refractoryman]

I have an ASUS A8V Deluxe mob. AIW 9800 Pro. System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) Mainly use CAD "AUTOCAD" and some photo editing. Any upgrade to memory I can do to increase performance?

 

[govtcheez75]

If you don't take your friends offer...can I?

 

[LOUISSSSS]

if you game then no, i wouldn't get it, i'd take that $200 and get a new gpu, like the x1900gt, or x1800xt
i still don't see how the extra 1mb cache will help you..i wouldn't get it.

 

[OBCT]

Buy that 4800+ and resell it if you don't want to use it.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: govtcheez75
If you don't take your friends offer...can I?

Hah, if you don't, I will.

 

[MrUniq]

I wouldn't buy it if I were you..unless you get an offer on that 4200