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rfairweather
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I bought a computer back in august of 05. It was pretty good at the time, and ran me about 1400 canadian.
3.6ghz P4 800fsb
Saphire x800 pro 256mb PCIE
512mb x 2 duel channel kingston ram
MSI motherboard with ddr2 support ( lets just say it was ready for the future )
Its come time that I upgrade it. I have money, but im not bottomless. I can make the money if i truely need it but Id rather keep spending to a minimum with good performance.
I was looking at getting my x800 up to the x850 XT. People told me to get the x1600 but I actually saw benchmarks saying that it was equal to/worse than the x800 pro.
Honestly, Id love the x18xx or x19xx but hey, Not likely unless I can find it for less than 400 canadian.
I would also like the upgrade my processor (which would mean my mobo aswell)
I was thinking originally Intel's duo line up. but it was pricey. Heres my questions:
-What is AMD's answer to Intels duo lineup? Is it the X2 64bit line of processors?
PRICES CANADIAN
-INTEL BX80553940 PENTIUM D 940 3.20GHZ 800MHZ FSB 2x2MB LGA775 $235.92 - Good deal?
-AMD ADA4800CDBOX ATH 64 X2 DUAL-CORE 4800+ 2400MHZ SOCKET 939 110W - $366.87 - Good deal?
-AMD ADA4600BVBOX ATHLON 64 X2 DUAL-CORE 4600+ 2400MHZ SOCKET 939 (This has only 2x 512 L2 cache, Is this enough??) - $290.03 - Good deal?
Which is the best deal? Which would you recommend I get and what motherboard do you recommend? I am mainly a gamer. Doom3, HL2, FEAR, the usual. I need high preformance, has PCIE support and is ATI friendly.
-- One final question: If I get a 64bit processor will i need a 64bit version of Windows XP?
Thanks in advance everyone. I really hope I get some valuable answers. For the record the site Im looking at most are Vibecomputers.com and Tigerdirect.ca
Thanks again everyone.
3.6ghz P4 800fsb
Saphire x800 pro 256mb PCIE
512mb x 2 duel channel kingston ram
MSI motherboard with ddr2 support ( lets just say it was ready for the future )
Its come time that I upgrade it. I have money, but im not bottomless. I can make the money if i truely need it but Id rather keep spending to a minimum with good performance.
I was looking at getting my x800 up to the x850 XT. People told me to get the x1600 but I actually saw benchmarks saying that it was equal to/worse than the x800 pro.
Honestly, Id love the x18xx or x19xx but hey, Not likely unless I can find it for less than 400 canadian.
I would also like the upgrade my processor (which would mean my mobo aswell)
I was thinking originally Intel's duo line up. but it was pricey. Heres my questions:
-What is AMD's answer to Intels duo lineup? Is it the X2 64bit line of processors?
PRICES CANADIAN
-INTEL BX80553940 PENTIUM D 940 3.20GHZ 800MHZ FSB 2x2MB LGA775 $235.92 - Good deal?
-AMD ADA4800CDBOX ATH 64 X2 DUAL-CORE 4800+ 2400MHZ SOCKET 939 110W - $366.87 - Good deal?
-AMD ADA4600BVBOX ATHLON 64 X2 DUAL-CORE 4600+ 2400MHZ SOCKET 939 (This has only 2x 512 L2 cache, Is this enough??) - $290.03 - Good deal?
Which is the best deal? Which would you recommend I get and what motherboard do you recommend? I am mainly a gamer. Doom3, HL2, FEAR, the usual. I need high preformance, has PCIE support and is ATI friendly.
-- One final question: If I get a 64bit processor will i need a 64bit version of Windows XP?
Thanks in advance everyone. I really hope I get some valuable answers. For the record the site Im looking at most are Vibecomputers.com and Tigerdirect.ca
Thanks again everyone.