754 vs 939 i'm stuck

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Manaknight

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ok i'm torn, i can't find a clear cut article or thread with a good 754 vs 939 distinction, i know that both are pretty much near the end of their life. but i have a few people who want to grab up some of the cheaper parts while they are available.

here is where i am stuck a friend of mine has a dfi lanparty ut nf3 754 board, its got a 3200 venice in it, and 2 gb of patriot ddr500 and a 6800 gt,

would it be worth swapping her system to a 3000 Venice with an asrock 939 board, the asrock is the mobo with the agp and pci-e chip on it, her gpu and ram would remain

i'm torn because i know the dfi is an overclocking monster, what kind of performance gains are going to be seen between 754 and 939, and is it really worth tearing everything out of her case for the swap? or is it better to just oc it to its limit then move to either am2 or conroe in like a year?

but overall what kind of gains, if any would i see, the only thing i can tell that would be a difference is dual channel, but to what extent?
 
Manaknight said:
ok i'm torn, i can't find a clear cut article or thread with a good 754 vs 939 distinction, i know that both are pretty much near the end of their life. but i have a few people who want to grab up some of the cheaper parts while they are available.

here is where i am stuck a friend of mine has a dfi lanparty ut nf3 754 board, its got a 3200 venice in it, and 2 gb of patriot ddr500 and a 6800 gt,

would it be worth swapping her system to a 3000 Venice with an asrock 939 board, the asrock is the mobo with the agp and pci-e chip on it, her gpu and ram would remain

i'm torn because i know the dfi is an overclocking monster, what kind of performance gains are going to be seen between 754 and 939, and is it really worth tearing everything out of her case for the swap? or is it better to just oc it to its limit then move to either am2 or conroe in like a year?

but overall what kind of gains, if any would i see, the only thing i can tell that would be a difference is dual channel, but to what extent?
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I say hold out until at least Conroe comes out, you won't see much performance difference between 3200 754 and 3000 939.
 
i thought about that too, i figured even with pci-e vs a 6800gt agp the performance isn't going to be huge unless she jumps right on a top card like a 7900

and how big of a deal is dual channel...about all i honestly know about it is my 939 had a bad controller and is currently in rma
 
If there is no overclocking being done, the 3200+ 754 will run at 2.2GHz, while the 3000+ 939 will run at 1.8GHz.

It'll be a downgrade, if all other parts are kept the same and no overclocking is done.

Large changes will be coming later this month, and I don't see that current system having difficulty running recent games at medium settings.

I'd hold out.
 
The difference in performance between single channel ram and dual channel ram is 5% at best. The skt 754 3200+ is a good oc'er (I got 2.73 out of mine with an Abit NV8 mobo), Unless you are going to buy a high end single core sktt 939 chip or an X2 3800 (or better) and oc it I wouldn't make the switch. I have a skt 754 3400+ Venice and love it. I won't be needing to upgrade anytime soon.
 
yeah with the dfi on stock cooling its at 2.5 daily and i can push it to 2.7, and probably higher with a better cooler, so i'll just keep that, the onlything i don't like being without is sata2, but from what i've seen the real world performance isn't that much of a jump from 1.5gbs
 
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