3200+ good enough?

[vivid]

I currently have a 3200+.
2evga 6800gt sli mode
510 sli ps.
Thinking of upgrading my cpu,might be cpu bound on a few benchies.
Do you guys think going to a 4000+ or a 4800 dual core would be adventagious?
currently i get 512 ll2 cache and with the new cpu i would get 1mb.

thanks.

 

[xxaaqq]

Unless the benchmarks are Game or otherwise Real World, then being CPU bound doesn't warrant an upgrade. What games/applications are you hoping to improve performance in?

If you do serious multi-tasking, like encoding/decoding while playing games, then Dual Core would make sense. Otherwise you are probably pissing money away.

 

[Chickan]

Have you overclocked the chip you have now? It might be a free upgrade Also, the extra l2 cache helps out some apps, but does nothing for others.

 

[vivid]

ya ive tried ocing the cpu but with bad results.
i cant seem to get the timing on the ram just right its oced 100meg right now thats as far as it wants to go.

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

i cant seem to get the timing on the ram just right its oced 100meg right now thats as far as it wants to go.

i wasn't aware you could overclock the capacity to get more

can you give us some detailed settings, what cpu multi, fsb/htt, ht link multi/ldt speed, memory divider, timings, voltage, the whole shebang

 

[wadec22]

what resolutions you gaming at? with 6800 sli i'm guessing you are playing on high resolutions where your graphics cards will not benefit from a faster cpu.