Is 2.2ghz. that much of a difference to a 1.8ghz processor?

[colson]

I'm thinking of upgrading from my AMD athlon xp 2500+ to AMD Athlon XP 3200+. The athlon xp is 1.8ghz. and the athlon 3200+ is 2.2ghz. and costs around $250. I'm just wondering if this upgrade is worthwhile because I don't have lots of money right now and if there is no real performance difference I don't want to waste my money. Do you think that this upgrade will make my comp run smoother? Or do you think its not really worth it and that I should save up for a new comp? Any honest opinions are apreciated as I don't really know what I'm talking about.
Thanks,
Colson

 

[Adabiviak]

We'll need to see some other specs. How's your motherboard and RAM? FSB? Do you want performance gains in games, benchmarks, database functions, distributed attack clients, etc.? All of the above, or do you want higher FPS on Doom 3? The answer to your question will depend on the above. I'm not sharp with AMD products, but is the only difference the clock speed? Is there a cache? Larger or the same size? Does it support a faster FSB? Is this one of the AMD chips that doesn't have a FSB?

 

[bosox188]

No I don't think the upgrade is worthwhile, as if you're gonna upgrade you should go to an Athlon 64. If you were gonna spend $250 for an XP 3200+, a worthwhile upgrade would be to get a Socket 939 Athlon 64 3000+ Venice core with a Socket 939 mobo. It's somewhere around $210=$220, and you'll see a noticeable difference. Use newegg.com to buy them.

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537

If anyone wants to recommend a S939 motherboard in specific, please do.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ice=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=22&Submit=Property

 

[Cole]

If he is going to up to the $3200 XP well if he is... anyway..

Yes infact.
Did you know Amd's fastest processor runs at like 2.4ghz?
You see rather than increasing how fast it does something, they increase how much it does. Intel increases how fast it does rather than how much it does.
Thats why an Amd Athlon 64 3500 can run at like 2.2ghz and outclass a 3.7Ghz Pentium 4.

 

[colson]

Ok heres some specs. I got 512mb ram, 80gb hard drive, ASUs a7n8x motherboard with 400MHz FSB that is A socket, GeForce FX 5200 graphics card, 350W power supply, and a AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1.8GHz.)processor and I can't think of anything else that I really need to post. If I missed anything important plz tell me.
As for what I'm looking to upgrade is my over all comp speed. Loading times, times between alt tabing, better comp performane when running multiple programs and getting more fps in games. I know I have a shitty graphics card as well but I don't have tons of money right now so I want to upgrade one thing at a time. Also to whomever said to get a different type of processor I'm kind of limited to what I can get because of my motherboard.

 

[colson]

If he is going to up to the $3200 XP well if he is... anyway..

Yes infact.
Did you know Amd's fastest processor runs at like 2.4ghz?
You see rather than increasing how fast it does something, they increase how much it does. Intel increases how fast it does rather than how much it does.
Thats why an Amd Athlon 64 3500 can run at like 2.2ghz and outclass a 3.7Ghz Pentium 4.

I didn't know that. I'm a noob so I was under the assumption that the higer the speed the better. Thanks for that important info.

 

[bosox188]

Ok heres some specs. I got 512mb ram, 80gb hard drive, ASUs a7n8x motherboard with 400MHz FSB that is A socket, GeForce FX 5200 graphics card, 350W power supply, and a AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1.8GHz.)processor and I can't think of anything else that I really need to post. If I missed anything important plz tell me.
As for what I'm looking to upgrade is my over all comp speed. Loading times, times between alt tabing, better comp performane when running multiple programs and getting more fps in games. I know I have a shitty graphics card as well but I don't have tons of money right now so I want to upgrade one thing at a time. Also to whomever said to get a different type of processor I'm kind of limited to what I can get because of my motherboard.

Hmm well let's see. First of all the combined cost of a S939 A64 3000+ and mobo would be less than a $250 XP 3200+ and better. However, you should upgrade other parts of your system, in fast the ram and video card I think may be more important at the moment than your cpu. I would suggest upgrading to 1gb of ram first of all, which will increase loading times and overall smoothness in games and even just on your desktop. Then maybe upgrade the video card, a 9800 pro or 6600gt (6600gt is better).

 

[Asus]

My friend went from an Athlon XP 2800+ (2.08GHz) to a Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8GHz) and there was a pretty good difference.

 

[colson]

Ok thanks alot guys.

 

[Zappathefappa]

Unless you upgrade to an athlon 64 or some sort it wouldn't be worth it.
My mom has a 2500+ and my bro has a 3000+ (both athlon xp's) and they both suck rather equally.

I'd imagine that going from a xp2500 to a xp3200 would be like going from a tricycle, to a tricycle with those little tassel things on the handlebars.

 

[bryanf445]

Unless you upgrade to an athlon 64 or some sort it wouldn't be worth it.
My mom has a 2500+ and my bro has a 3000+ (both athlon xp's) and they both suck rather equally.

I'd imagine that going from a xp2500 to a xp3200 would be like going from a tricycle, to a tricycle with those little tassel things on the handlebars.

how do those processors suck??

 

[Darkknighttt]

well i dunno about technical stuff but it sounds waaayyy better when said.

 

[giant384]

couldnt u just oc ur 2500 and c if u can get up to 3000

 

[holydeadpenguins]

If he is going to up to the $3200 XP well if he is... anyway..

Yes infact.
Did you know Amd's fastest processor runs at like 2.4ghz?
You see rather than increasing how fast it does something, they increase how much it does. Intel increases how fast it does rather than how much it does.
Thats why an Amd Athlon 64 3500 can run at like 2.2ghz and outclass a 3.7Ghz Pentium 4.

Amd's fastest proc runs at 2.8

 

[Cole]

Amd's fastest proc runs at 2.8

I was close

 

[15357]

I guess it differs in brands, but a intel proccesser goes about *2 faster for each 0.4ghz difference.

 

[bosox188]

I was close

Yeah only 400000000hz off.

 

[JellyWorld]

I guess it differs in brands, but a intel proccesser goes about *2 faster for each 0.4ghz difference.

So a 3.6ghz processor would be twicew as fast as a 3.2ghz processor?

 

[15357]

So a 3.6ghz processor would be twicew as fast as a 3.2ghz processor?

about.

I calculated it,but it kinda differs

 

[Cole]

about.

I calculated it,but it kinda differs

Then how much would an AMD gain every 400mhz? It would have to be more considering AMD's do more work every cycle just not as fast.
8x4(32) vs 16x2.(32)
Then 8x5(40) vs 16x3(48).
Then 8x6(48) vs 16x4(64).
The Intel one would be the 8x# and the Amd would be the 16x#
(The numbers I threw out are only a representation of speed vs amountofwork, they do not represent the actual numbers but more represent the ratio.)

 

[Asus]

eh? They aren't twice as fast per .4Ghz.
Link
First graph on photoshop, 3.6GHz did it in 342 seconds while the 3.2GHz did it in 375 seconds. How is that even close to *2?

If I'm not getting what you said then just say so.

 

[holydeadpenguins]

eh? They aren't twice as fast per .4Ghz.
Link
First graph on photoshop, 3.6GHz did it in 342 seconds while the 3.2GHz did it in 375 seconds. How is that even close to *2?

If I'm not getting what you said then just say so.

I know, i was scratching my head for an hour.

Maybe if you overclock a 1 mhz proc to 400mhz...

perhaps he meant .2 times faster.