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AMD 333 vs 400
Is there a noticable difference between an AMD socket A Barton 333 bus speed
and 400 bus speed? Is it worth upgrading form one to the other? TIA! Christopher |
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"Christopher" wrote in message . com... Is there a noticable difference between an AMD socket A Barton 333 bus speed and 400 bus speed? Is it worth upgrading form one to the other? TIA! Christopher It's extremely unlikely you will find it cost effective. A 20% increase will be close to unnoticeable even if you buy faster memory, in which case the cost goes through the roof. It's a sad fact that upgrading CPUs is only practical for gamers who want to squeeze a few more frames per second out of their machines. |
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:24:42 -0600, "Christopher"
wrote: Is there a noticable difference between an AMD socket A Barton 333 bus speed and 400 bus speed? Is it worth upgrading form one to the other? You aren't upgrading from one to the other, you'd be upgrading the whole CPU and it's internal speed too, yes? Hopefully, since the difference between the two bus speeds is not enough by itself to warrant an upgrade. It is an increase though, if you were to happen to have an unlocked CPU (like a Mobile Barton) and the choice of what setting to use (providing motherboard and memory support your choices of course) then certainly the few % benefit is worth chosing. Upgrading just the CPU when you already have a barton is not worthwhile... you'd have to spend about $300 to get a new board and CPU, even more to get one of the faster Athlon 64 for the most noticable benefit... though it depends on tasks too, whether the CPU is the bottleneck at all. |
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