Time for an upgrade?

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elleana

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My current rig is about 18 months old - s754 AMD64 3000+ with 2 x 512MB DDR400 and a GeForce 5800 gfx. Have been sorely tempted to upgrade part or all of my setup, possibly to s939 4000+ or a 930, with 2GB ram.

My question is - how much improvement in performance will I see, real-world? I don't plan to game much on my PC - have a ps2 and 360 for that, but I do work rather extensively in photoshop and other processor intensive applications. Problem is, all my parts are at a dead-end, somewhat. I don't see much point in buying a s754 3700+, or something like that. Except possibly 2GB or DDR400, except that it won't carry over to the next new system I build. I have a mobo with only RAM 2 slots, unfortunately, so I can't just buy 2 x 512 as a stop-gap measure.

I don't have a real budget or monetary limitations, but obviously if I were to spend money, I'd like to get money's worth. And if I can still squeeze a year out of my current setup, that'd be great too!

Suggestions, anyone?
 
Have you noticed photoshop running sluggishly? Have you seen it loaded and used on a system that is more powerful then yours?

The majority of people that I know that run photoshop say that they have seen a great improvement with increasing the amount of ram they have. Some have upgraded to 2GB while others have gone up to 4GB. The one's that went up to 4GB were the ones that do Video stuff, hardcore gaming on high settings as well as use photoshop and noticed a huge benefit from it.

If you are planning to upgrade, then I would sit tight for now, as I figure eventually the s939 will come down in price as the AM2 is currently released but in limited quantity.
 
Since you work in photoshop, etc I would recommend a X2 if you have to get a computer now. Or if you wait just get a AM2 dual core. I heard that AM2 prices are going to be cut by half in the near future...
 
If you're going away from S754, wait for the price cuts all across the AM2 line and go for that platform. That, or wait for Conroe, but it's hard to say if the prices will be similar to MSRP (there'll be a very high demand).
 
zupadupa said:
AM2 prices will be cut in half? What does that mean for the X2's?
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From what I hear, the price of the AM2 X2 3800+ will be $200 after the cut in late July. Don't quote me on that, though.
 
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