Athlon x2 4600+ to Phenom II x2 550BE

[HellToµpée]

Just ordered the 550, can I expect to see a big performance boost in games?

 

[DTN107]

Prolly a small boost. Since your playing on your 2407WFP I assume you are playing at 1920x1200?

Consider a videocard upgrade as well.

 

[W.Feather]

Prolly a small boost. Since your playing on your 2407WFP I assume you are playing at 1920x1200?

Consider a videocard upgrade as well.

+1


in other areas you will see a larger boost

 

[HellToµpée]

+1


in other areas you will see a larger boost

Thanks a lot, both of you.

I play at 1920x1200, friend of mine might sell me a 4870, figure that'd be quite the step up from my 8800GTS.

 

[BigMacAttack]

OC it to get the maximum from it. Kyle's tests showed a good improvement when oc'ing the cpu's he tested to 3.5 or thereabouts.

 

[sirmonkey1985]

yep i second overclocking the cpu.. the 550 will easily hit 3.8ghz if not more..

you will see a performance difference in some games.. not all but some.. especially the shitty console ported games like GTA4..

 

[W.Feather]

+1 for the 3.8 easily i run at 3.7(whenever i feel like OCing) with only a small voltage bump [1.350, instead of 1.325 stock] stable in all applications

 

[playah]

The 555 is not that much more, would that have been a better choice?

 

[brandinb]

Unlock the 550be to quad core and see massive improvements in battlefield bad company 2!
Thats what i did prime95 12h stable @ 3600mhz @ 1.48v

 

[HellToµpée]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Currently running at 3.6GHz very smoothly. Grabbing a 4870 in a week or two.