The Big CPU Switch

[DeadMan789]

Right now all my Specs are at the bottem. As you can see i am using an Athlon 2600XP+ I was looking around and saw a AMD Athlon 64 Bit 3200 cpu for about $230 (CAD)
I was wondering if i make this switch, am i really gonna notice a difference in games. Right now my games work fine I mainly play things like Battlefield, The Sims 2, UT2004, NFSU2 they all work fine with a small but playable amount of lag. Please help me out here. Thanks!

 

[lazerman]

Have you tried overclocking? That may give you some insight as to what performance difference you will see.

 

[DeadMan789]

At my startup screen i am currently running 166mhz @12.5
I have changed 166 to 200 when it restarts it shows my comp running at 2.4ghz but then it freezes and brings back default settings saying that there was a clock speed error

 

[beedubaya]

Overclocking his 2600+ wont get it to anywhere near what an Athlon 64 3200+ would get it. However, if you are going to get a CPU like that, you also need a good compatable mobo and some new DDR400 RAM would be nice if you want to get full functionality out of that CPU.

 

[DeadMan789]

mobo Motherboard? Sry newb Question

 

[beedubaya]

Yes, the 64-bit processor is not compatable with your current motherboard.

 

[GeckoEcho421]

Yeah, unless you buy a new mobo.

 

[DeadMan789]

Well do you think i would be better off just getting a amd athlon Baston 3200? just because of its price

 

[lazerman]

Overclocking his 2600+ wont get it to anywhere near what an Athlon 64 3200+ would get it. However, if you are going to get a CPU like that, you also need a good compatable mobo and some new DDR400 RAM would be nice if you want to get full functionality out of that CPU.

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Bleh I thought he was talking about the Athlon 3200+ XP...