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Possible computer upgrade question

Sondo

Possible computer upgrade question

by Sondo » Sun, 12 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I am thinking about upgrading my PII 400 to a PIII 600.
I was wondering what percentage of performance I might see with my games?  I
play sports and racing games mostly.  I also  have 128k of RAM, V3 3000.  I
have an ASUS P2B motherboard and I think it tops out at the 600 mark.
Thanks in advance.

Sondog

Skotty Flyn

Possible computer upgrade question

by Skotty Flyn » Mon, 13 Mar 2000 04:00:00



I dont think you will see a noticeable enough improvement to justify
the cost of upgrading from a 400 to 600. Your best to wait until
closer to the end of the year. By then the 800-850 will come down in
price and THEN you will see an improvement for the cost.
I also have a P2-400 with 128 ram and the V3 3000 and i wouldnt even
think of upgrading ONLY 200 more mhz. Im waiting for a while so my
next upgrade will be the 1Ghz :)
It's one thing to think your 400 is becoming obsolete, how much longer
do u think the 600 will last? :)

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Coli

Possible computer upgrade question

by Coli » Mon, 13 Mar 2000 04:00:00

If you are looking for improvements in fps you won't get it.
All the fps improvements you will see will be in CPU intensive applications.
Games are GPU intensive.
I compared my PIII533 to a new PIII 800 B4 I bought it.
Mine was 15 fps FASTER.  All down to the graphics card.
If you want to upgrade, wait for the new Voodoo card.  That'll really blow
you away =)
...Colin


Kirk Lan

Possible computer upgrade question

by Kirk Lan » Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Try overclocking the sucker!!

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> >I am thinking about upgrading my PII 400 to a PIII 600.
> >I was wondering what percentage of performance I might see with my games?
I
> >play sports and racing games mostly.  I also  have 128k of RAM, V3 3000.
I
> >have an ASUS P2B motherboard and I think it tops out at the 600 mark.
> >Thanks in advance.

> >Sondog

> I dont think you will see a noticeable enough improvement to justify
> the cost of upgrading from a 400 to 600. Your best to wait until
> closer to the end of the year. By then the 800-850 will come down in
> price and THEN you will see an improvement for the cost.
> I also have a P2-400 with 128 ram and the V3 3000 and i wouldnt even
> think of upgrading ONLY 200 more mhz. Im waiting for a while so my
> next upgrade will be the 1Ghz :)
> It's one thing to think your 400 is becoming obsolete, how much longer
> do u think the 600 will last? :)

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Skotty Flynn
> skotty20 on Won

> Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com:
> http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com

> The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory:
> http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/

Goy Larse

Possible computer upgrade question

by Goy Larse » Thu, 16 Mar 2000 04:00:00


> I am thinking about upgrading my PII 400 to a PIII 600.
> I was wondering what percentage of performance I might see with my games?  I
> play sports and racing games mostly.  I also  have 128k of RAM, V3 3000.  I
> have an ASUS P2B motherboard and I think it tops out at the 600 mark.
> Thanks in advance.

Tough Q to answer and I can't really tell you much about it, but your
ASUS P2B will happily go over 600 if that helps you any

This is because the CPU multiplier is set in the CPU itself and don't
care what jumper settings you use, and since the P2B does 100mhz FSB and
even more depending on the revision you have (mine did 124 mhz on a
400=496 :-), it will run just about any Slot-1 P3, not sure about the
FC-PGA sockets CPU's though, but I think that with the latest "slotket"
adapters you can use those as well

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