Should I upgrade to AMD x2 5000+?

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Hi,

My rig current specs is : AMD x2 3800+, 3GB ram , M2n32 SLI DELUXE and 7600gt xxx edition.

Planning to upgrade so that i can play new games without problem.

I definately will upgrade my graphic to 9800gtx+ . But should I also upgrade my cpu to from 3800+ to 5000+ ? Will it really create big difference?


thanks
 
Hi,

My rig current specs is : AMD x2 3800+, 3GB ram , M2n32 SLI DELUXE and 7600gt xxx edition.

Planning to upgrade so that i can play new games without problem.

I definately will upgrade my graphic to 9800gtx+ . But should I also upgrade my cpu to from 3800+ to 5000+ ? Will it really create big difference?


thanks

You could try to overclock the X2 3800+ or you could buy the 5000+ or 5400+ Black Edition and OC it to 3.0ghz (which is easy..)


That will cost him more because he'd have to buy a whole new board
 
My old amd x2 3800+ would do 2.8ghz on lower than stock voltage. I was only limited by the boards fsb limit. If your board and ram can handle high fsb and your cpu is like mine you could probably hit 3ghz on it.
 
i went from a 4400 to a 5000+BE and saw a lot of improvement.
went from 6000 in 3dmark 06 to over 10K with the same 8800GT
i could run games at much much higher resolution
apps ran faster


best $70 upgrade i've ever done
 
have you tried overclocking the 3800? like dario says, it likely will clock fairly well. you have the board for it. i'd give that a shot first.
if you can clock it to 2.8-3ghz, then the difference between that and the (probable) max of 3.2-3.3 of the 5000BE will be negligible.
 
have you tried overclocking the 3800? like dario says, it likely will clock fairly well. you have the board for it. i'd give that a shot first.
if you can clock it to 2.8-3ghz, then the difference between that and the (probable) max of 3.2-3.3 of the 5000BE will be negligible.

IM STILL TRYING TO GET 3.4GHz! I WONT REST UNTIL I DO!!!!!!
 
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