Well my 3.2ghz pc is beging to show signs of its age.... so I`m thinking
about building a new SLI pc... is it worth it or should I hold out for the
new range of GPU cards...
Any tips ideas... as it`s my credit card that will take the brunt
Thats still a very decent chip. Id bet many here would love to have a 3gig+
cpu.
With all the new dual core CPUs otw Id wait for sure. AMD has its new
64bit/DC that look very impressive although still at a premium price.
Depending upon your mobo you may not even need to upg it. Intel has its D
series Dual cores coming also at a reasonable price.
Id wait.
Mitch
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> Well my 3.2ghz pc is beging to show signs of its age.... so I`m thinking > about building a new SLI pc... is it worth it or should I hold out for the > new range of GPU cards... > > > Any tips ideas... as it`s my credit card that will take the brunt > >Gulp, 32.ghz Is long in the tooth? shheeeit a pony man, I only got 2.4 ghz
not that long ago...
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> Thats still a very decent chip. Id bet many here would love to have > a 3gig+ cpu. > > With all the new dual core CPUs otw Id wait for sure. AMD has its new > 64bit/DC that look very impressive although still at a premium price. > Depending upon your mobo you may not even need to upg it. Intel has > its D series Dual cores coming also at a reasonable price. > > Id wait. > > Mitch > > > "Paulinho" <senninha1@(sad).btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:d7hgfs$qo4$[email hidden]... >> Well my 3.2ghz pc is beging to show signs of its age.... so I`m >> thinking about building a new SLI pc... is it worth it or should I >> hold out for the new range of GPU cards... >> >> >> Any tips ideas... as it`s my credit card that will take the bruntIn what way is it showing its age? What are you running that you feel
would benefit from a faster proc? Don't get me wrong, some ppl. like to
have the latest and greatest and that's fine, but I can't see a 3.2ghz
cpu being a MAJOR issue in most computing areas, especially where you
are posting in a sim racing forum.
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o.o
My tip would be to send the old one to me ;)
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> Well my 3.2ghz pc is beging to show signs of its age.... so I`m thinking > about building a new SLI pc... is it worth it or should I hold out for the > new range of GPU cards... > > > Any tips ideas... as it`s my credit card that will take the brunt > >
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> In what way is it showing its age? What are you running that you feel
> would benefit from a faster proc? Don't get me wrong, some ppl. like to
> have the latest and greatest and that's fine, but I can't see a 3.2ghz
> cpu being a MAJOR issue in most computing areas, especially where you
> are posting in a sim racing forum.
>
Well I own a AMD athlon XP3200+ ( 2.19ghz I think is the true speed ), it
has 1gb of kingston ram and a nice GeForce FX5950... I built the system
about a year ago, and although it does play most of the latest sims... It
just seems that there not crazy fast.. and all suffer from a little slow
down, or glitch... now the system is very clean with little or no background
operations... yet I find games like GP4 and LFS slow to the visual eye......
I just thought I would start to price up stuff ready for my end of summer
bonus...
Paulinho wrote:
All versions of Windows get slow over time.
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> "Darus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > >>In what way is it showing its age? What are you running that you feel >>would benefit from a faster proc? Don't get me wrong, some ppl. like to >>have the latest and greatest and that's fine, but I can't see a 3.2ghz >>cpu being a MAJOR issue in most computing areas, especially where you >>are posting in a sim racing forum. >> > > > > Well I own a AMD athlon XP3200+ ( 2.19ghz I think is the true speed ), it > has 1gb of kingston ram and a nice GeForce FX5950... I built the system > about a year ago, and although it does play most of the latest sims... It > just seems that there not crazy fast.. and all suffer from a little slow > down, or glitch... now the system is very clean with little or no background > operations... yet I find games like GP4 and LFS slow to the visual eye...... > > I just thought I would start to price up stuff ready for my end of summer > bonus... >Dude, you REALLY need to come up with better subject lines.
I was expecting links to Pr0n sites.
LOL
-Larry
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> Well my 3.2ghz pc is beging to show signs of its age.... so I`m thinking > about building a new SLI pc... is it worth it or should I hold out for the > new range of GPU cards... > > > Any tips ideas... as it`s my credit card that will take the brunt > >The CPU isn't your problem. Get a better video card. That 5950 is your
bottleneck. You need a nice X850XT or a 6800Ultra and another gig of ram
(I'm assuming you have AGP and not PCI-express) and it will seem like a new
system.Of course a faster processor always helps. See what the maximum your
motherboard supports. You could sell your old stuff on ebay to make it a
little easier. That should hold you for another year until the current
hardware comes down a bit in price.
Also beware of dual core chips. I have been reading alot about them and they
are not as good at gaming as you would expect. Better at doing more than 1
thing at a time, like burning cd's while downloading and surfing.
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