AMD 4000+ to 4800x2 ?

[Leporello]

Hi there,

I'm considering swapping out my Athlon 4000+ for a 4800x2 (socket 939) as a short term upgrade until I go back to Intel in a couple of months. I understand that the 4000+ is marginally faster that the 4800 x 2 in games but that the dual core chip is faster in multi-tasking. I often watch tv whilst browsing etc., and my Nebula TV card is a bit of a CPU hog.

Any thoughts, comments or suggestions?

Thanks for your attention.

 

[YoungBlood]

This is what I plan to do also, currently running a 3200+ though, so I should notice some difference even in games. I see it as a half decent stop gap to a full Conroe upgrade down the line.
Im just waiting for the price of the 4800 x2 to drop <£200 but something tells me they are likely to sell out before this happens

 

[bilston]

Am I allowed to advertise that I have a 4800x2 for sale in the MM?

Doesnt say anything about it in the MM FAQ so I'll go ahead and post this

Dons please remove if not allowed. The post...not my account ;D

 

[fatty1]

TBH if you already have the 4000 I would save your cash until you can go full conroe if thats the way you want to go £200 will buy you a good clocking E6600 I know the rest of the upgrade will pinch but at the moment I think intel is the way to go......

I myself never made the jump to an x2 amd I had an fx57 which would out do a lot of duel core rigs so unless you are full time encoding etc I would not bother but thats my 2 pence

 

[Tetras]

I often watch tv whilst browsing etc

Tbh your 4000+ should cope with that, I can run a movie fullscreen in Intervideo while playing a game with only a little stutter every now and then and run TV while browsing np at all.

 

[YoungBlood]

Am I allowed to advertise that I have a 4800x2 for sale in the MM?

Doesnt say anything about it in the MM FAQ so I'll go ahead and post this

Dons please remove if not allowed. The post...not my account ;D

Only problem there is I dont have access to MM yet but im trying my hardest...

 

[russty]

If you want stop gap cpu and overclock, get a 4400+ or even a 3800+. They overclock at least as well as a 4800+ and don't cost as much.

Russty

 

[Leporello]

Thanks for the replies. On balance, I don't think I'll bother with changing my CPU for now. I was thinking of spending a couple of hundred quid or so on a stopgap and probably uneconomical upgrade.

Wonder if I should swap out my BFG 7800 GT OC for a 7950 GT?

 

[fatty1]

You could but again the new 8800's are comming out mid next month so some gcards should come down in price

 

[jcb33]

Thanks for the replies. On balance, I don't think I'll bother with changing my CPU for now. I was thinking of spending a couple of hundred quid or so on a stopgap and probably uneconomical upgrade.

Wonder if I should swap out my BFG 7800 GT OC for a 7950 GT?

In Quite a few benchmarks I have seen the 7800GT Is better, or almost as good as the 7950GT, Save your money untill DX10 cards come out