Upgrade

[Arterion]

Hey y'all, long time no see. After spending days pissing around with my current rig and still having problems, and finally having a bit of a reprieve from coursework, i;ve decided that i'm gonna do a bit of an overhaul. Basically I'm wondering if a move from a P4 2.8c to a 3500+ winnie is gonna yield a decent performance increase? Trying to keep the cost down, so not opted for the venice option unless it's gonna make a HUGE difference. What do you guys think?

Oh, i'm putting this on an Abit AV8 with 2x512 Corsair XMS4000 and a nice big copper air cooler (this phase-change game is a bit expensive for me at the mo).

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

I would say so mate, in everything apart from video encoding. Especially if you overclock it by a few fsb.

 

[maverik-sg1]

You will not be disappointed with the winnie - plus there are plenty of cost effective watercooling options out there.

Video encoding takes a hit but u gain in 3d games, photo editing and superpi lol.

Change your ram for some BH5 and you'll be flying (AMD loves tight timings)

Good luck

Mav

 

[fatty]

I would go for the dfi mobo more options for the future

 

[hardw1re]

Yes, the architecture of the AMD 64's seriously out perform intels, infact dual opterons at a lower spec outperform dual zeons. the way that AMD's have designed their chips are much more better than Intel's. Also the next windows OS's are looking at being 100% AMD, and not 100% intel like they have been doing. It's all because AMD's are best for games too.

 

[grungeisdead]

alright mate, i did have a p4 2.4a overclocked to a max of 3,6ghz stable, this gave me around 4700 in pcmark04, with my venice core 3000 @ 2800 i get around 5200 marks. the amd64 chips are very fast, even at stock speeds but they all overclock so well that its a shame not to put them to work