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Here's my current rig:
AthlonXP(Tbred) at 200x11 for 2.2GHz (100% cool and stable)
A7N8X mobo
1GB HyperX
ATI X800 Pro at 500/500 (also 100% cool and stable)
Dell 2001FP LCD

I'm trying to decide if I should go ahead and drop $300-400 on an A64 cpu and mobo, or just wait until next year. My 3dMarks are roughly 18k on '01, 10k on '03, and (IIRC) around 4500 on '05. I'm currently running HL2 and BF:V at 1600x1200, 2xAA/4xAF with details at max and get very playable frame-rates. HL2 DOES drop into the high 20's from time to time, but it's not too bad. My LCD pretty much demands that I run at 16x12 unless I want to run an interpolated rez (ugh) or have a black border around my game (not as bad, but still undesirable).

Would going to a 2-2.2GHz A64 really get me that much more performance? I know it's better, but enough to justify an upgrade?

Thanks for any input.
 
IMO - wait until the PCI-E AMD motherboards are out and debugged by the early adopters.

AGP is going to be limiting,and more expensive. Example: Currently the XFX PCI-E GF6600GT is less than 200 bucks, but the AGP8X version of the same card is 230-240 bucks.

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Very good point, but I think PCIe isn't really a concern for me, at least at this point. I plan to keep this AGP X800 for a while, so I'd be buying an AGP board anytime in the next year or so. Or, at least until the call of SLI becomes overwhelming. :D

So, let me rephrase. Would an A64 on an AGP mobo (like I even have a choice right now) be a worthy replacement for this Thoroughbred?
 
Since games are now almost totally GPU based, I wouldn't upgrade. You have a new video card, so the new CPU won't help much for games, at least not until XP-64 comes out which could be a year or two yet at MS's current pace. :rolleyes:

But the question "Should I upgrade now or should I wait until (insert date here)?", will always haunt you. There will always be something just around the bend that is better than what you can get now.

I set a rule that I will not upgrade my processor untill the clock speed doubles. I can't go by this anymore since we won't see 5GHZ processors for many years, but I'm going to wait to upgrade until performance of new CPUs at least doubles that of mine. Then I'll start worrying about how much money I can take out of savings. ;)
 
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