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| Thread ID: 72216 | 2006-09-04 10:48:00 | P4 3.2 or AMD64 3400? | supersi (8401) | Press F1 |
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| 482530 | 2006-09-04 10:48:00 | I have a dilemma, recently I have been offered a brand new system for under $1000.00 17" LCD monitor (which I'll sell), leaving.. Compaq Presario SR1765AN AM64 3400 (2.2ghz) desktop PC with... ATI RS482/SB400 chipset MSI MS-7184 (AmethystM-GL6E) motherboard 200GB HD, ATI RADEON X1300PRO video card, I've currently got a... p4 3.2 desktop, ASUS P4P800SE motherboard ATI RADEON 9600XT Video Card 2 GB RAM Soundblaster Live! Platinum frontpanel-mount soundcard 2 x 80GB HD's. The hungriest app I use is BF2 which my system will dump about 1 in every 10 instances of running. I plan to cannibalise the RAM & 1 HD from the P4 system and drop it into the Compaq system. Thing is I can't get a clear answer as to if the AMD system is better? |
supersi (8401) | ||
| 482531 | 2006-09-04 13:19:00 | I think the AMD chip is better Reckon you should buy it cannabilize it make one great machine from the best parts and hoc of the rest as a system. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 482532 | 2006-09-04 13:23:00 | Meh, The 3400 is a better cpu, but the motherboard looks crap, I wouldn't pay a grand for her.3 or 400 perhaps, but no..... Never seen a Compaq yet that I would want to own. Imo you will be wasting your money, spend a grand on good parts instead. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 482533 | 2006-09-04 22:53:00 | You'd be better off spending some of that grand on upgrading your video card. Like Metla said the 3400+ is a better CPU but you'd hardly notice the difference. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 482534 | 2006-09-04 23:52:00 | 2nd that too. Your system lacks a decent video card, thats all! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 482535 | 2006-09-05 06:19:00 | Thanks for the advice. I talked to a dealer who sells presario's and he said this one is fairly crappy. I like ATI video cards, any suggestions for an upgrade? |
supersi (8401) | ||
| 482536 | 2006-09-06 03:07:00 | get it, sell the video cards and buy a 7600GS or, since you prefer ati, try a x1600XT 256MB. eitherway they are both roughly $200-300 and offer great performance. Reckon you should buy it cannabilize it make one great machine from the best parts and hoc of the rest as a system. i couldnt agree more If you feel like spending more you could always go for the the 7600GT for $300-$400 or the X1800GTO for $400-500 or the 7900GT for $500-600 eitherway youll be able to play bf2 at max details with a fair ammount of filtering enabled and at a decent resolution. Oh and before i forget, keep the athlon |
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