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Thread ID: 88317 2008-03-23 07:50:00 Socket 939 or socket AM2? Alexhughes79 (6949) Press F1
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651975 2008-03-23 07:50:00 Hi, I've got a socket 939 amd athlon 64 3200+ 2.0ghz and its extremely slow playing games and even just on the net and using other programs.I've got Steam and there lastest games like HL2 , C0D4 and counter strike and lots of lag. I need to upgrade , I've got 1.5gb of DDR ram and should i get Socket 939 Dualcore off Trademe and upgrade to two gig of ram or get new mobo Socket AM2 and 2G of DD2 ram and AM2 x2 dualcore? Is socket 939 dualcore slower than AM2 Dualcore. Thanks Alexhughes79 (6949)
651976 2008-03-23 10:15:00 I don't know how much you have to pay for dual cores socket 939 in NZ, but in germany the socket 939 dual cores are really expensive by now.
Maybe you come cheaper and better with a new board.

Has your VGA AGP or PCIe port?
Crow1985 (6683)
651977 2008-03-23 10:48:00 sounds to me your system needs a good format.. 3200+ should be fine playing these games. lots of lag, well might be the VGA card or internet connection.. AMD (11356)
651978 2008-03-23 10:59:00 Steam is easy to get.

Try a water cooled setup for gaming and be careful how you do this. :help:

Other than than that you can get an AM2 cpu which will fit in the 939 motherboard.

I use a Asus A8N-SLI Premium motherboard with 4 gig RAM and a 7900 PCIe Video card.
Athlon dual core 4400+

But may I ask what games will take advantange of a dual or quad core CPU?
Sweep (90)
651979 2008-03-23 19:52:00 its extremely slow playing games

Amd Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0Ghz
1.50gb DDR PC3200 ram
Ati radeon HD2600XT GDDR4 256mb

I'd upgrade the graphics card before anything else.
CPU makes a difference but not anywhere near as much as the graphics card.
pctek (84)
651980 2008-03-23 20:27:00 Hi, The Graphics card is fine , I looked on systemrequirementslabs.com and the graphics card has trouble on BIOSHOCK,CRYSIS, and dont like them games. I formated at the start of the year. My computer plays the games ok but to much lag and always restarting Alexhughes79 (6949)
651981 2008-03-23 20:34:00 Halflife 2 and call of duty 4 i most play and lagggggg Alexhughes79 (6949)
651982 2008-03-23 20:38:00 Hi, The Graphics card is fine , I looked on systemrequirementslabs.com and the graphics card has trouble on BIOSHOCK,CRYSIS, and dont like them games. I formated at the start of the year. My computer plays the games ok but to much lag and always restarting

Insufficient resources normally won't cause your computer to restart.
What's the cooling on your rig like, are all fans clear? Something could be overheating.
Do you get an BSOD when it crashes?


My computer plays the games ok but to much lag and always restarting
Your contradicting yourself!
stormdragon (6013)
651983 2008-03-23 20:46:00 No , I have to restart because of lag, I've got 2 working 120"fans , One at the back and one in the psu and one is broken at the front of the case.Graphics card has a nice fan and The normal amd heat sink and fan for cpu . There is no dust becasue i clean it out. Alexhughes79 (6949)
651984 2008-03-23 20:46:00 Hi, The Graphics card is fine , I looked on systemrequirementslabs.com and the graphics card has trouble on BIOSHOCK,CRYSIS, and dont like them games. I formated at the start of the year. My computer plays the games ok but to much lag and always restarting


u dont like crysis anymore? i thought u wanted to know where i was gonna buy crysis so u can buy it too? strange.:illogical
a helpless random (13059)
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