AMD64 3000+ Venice upgrade to 4000+ San Diego worth it??

Magnum_Force · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:13

Well, the title says it all really.

I'm not to up on CPU's anymore, so I just wondered if the upgrade was worth it given the current pricing and what kind of gains I should expect.

A side note should be I'm basically upgrading my CPU to play Crysis when it comes out.

Please no one try and convince me to go Intel

, as I simple cannot be asked with the hassle of changing my mobo and hence reinstalling EVERYTHING that's not backed up, atleast not yet. (But far be it for me to stop people attemptingto justify a move to the Conroe

so gimme your best shot).

Current Spec:
AMD64 3000+ Venice (Not OCed)
2gig Ram
X1800XL with Zalman 700-cu cooler
Jetway GT-4 sli Mobo

Sparky · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:16

If you are not going to overclock then the 4000 at stock will be a massive improvement imo.

Magnum_Force · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:24

Well, I haven't OCed yet, but if I OCed the 3000+ venice, could I not just OC the 4000+ aswell?? :confused:

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Also, which would be better for price/performance ratio, The 3700+ San diego or the 4000+ San Diego, the 4000+ is £20 more??.

me227 · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:37

Well i've just ordered a 4000+ from a 3000+ with a 6600GT and 1Gb of RAM.

So I could maybe let you know around tuesday night if i notice any initial differences.

Magnum_Force · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:41

Bah, I can't wait that long

Seriously, everytime I've waited - BOOM! out of stock.

I'm just wondering if the 4000+ is worth the extra £20 over the 3700+ :confused:

P.S Hope you got the bargain Arctic Freezer 64 cooler to go with it

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Reality|Bites · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:41

Just got my OEM 4000+ yesterday. I run it 12 X 250 = 3Ghz with only 1.45v

SO yeah go for the 4000+

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17605578

me227 · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:46

Magnum_Force said:
Bah, I can't wait that long

Seriously, everytime I've waited - BOOM! out of stock.

I'm just wondering if the 4000+ is worth the extra £20 over the 3700+

P.S Hope you got the bargain Arctic Freezer 64 cooler to go with it .

I did indeed.

I have pretty crappy RAM so i'm a bit limited in OC'ing at the minute haven't really ventured to far into it.

Magnum_Force · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:48

Just a silly question really, How do you clear/cancel your order when using Netscape 7.2 browser?? :confused:

I press the cancel button at the bottom, but it doesn't work
I've closed down all Netscape windows, and started it up again, still doesn't work :confused:

Combat squirrel · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:53

Easy dont use netscape, use FIREFOX !

www.getfirefox.com

GAMEfreak · 31 Jul 2006 at 00:05

yes the little orange fox is where its at my friend

Magnum_Force · 31 Jul 2006 at 00:12

Aren't Firefox and netscape based on the same software??

Anyway, I used IE (boo, hiss) to palce my order, which was a 4000+ coupled with an arctic Freezer 64

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Are the arctic freezer's quiet?? not that it matters because you cannot get louder than a Thermaltake Polo 735 cooler, on full rpm's it's sounds like the thing is preping for takeoff.

JeffyB · 31 Jul 2006 at 00:37

I can highly recommend the 4000's i have one of this batch (kab1e) and its an excelent clocker, currently doing 3.1ghz on air with my xp-90c with 1.45v.

Doppleganger · 31 Jul 2006 at 10:19

Magnum_Force said:
Anyway, I used IE (boo, hiss) to palce my order, which was a 4000+ coupled with an arctic Freezer 64 .

Are the arctic freezer's quiet?? not that it matters because you cannot get louder than a Thermaltake Polo 735 cooler, on full rpm's it's sounds like the thing is preping for takeoff.

Yes they are pretty quiet. Great coolers for the price.

J.D · 31 Jul 2006 at 13:54

Doppleganger said:
Yes they are pretty quiet. Great coolers for the price.

I second that. I've had it for about 4 months and it's been excellent. It cost me £20 delivered then. Amazing performance for such a small price.

Freezer 64 Pro ain't no ho' :rolleyes:

krooton · 31 Jul 2006 at 14:34

Magnum_Force said:
Bah, I can't wait that long

Seriously, everytime I've waited - BOOM! out of stock.

I'm just wondering if the 4000+ is worth the extra £20 over the 3700+

P.S Hope you got the bargain Arctic Freezer 64 cooler to go with it .

I've gone from a slightly overclocked 3000+ (as per sig) to a 4000+ at stock, and I've noticed a fair bit of difference, impressive as it only has double the cache and is running 200mhz faster

Shall overclock this bad boy, hope to hit the 3Ghz mark on air as well

Mattus · 31 Jul 2006 at 14:50

Personally I would have gone for the dual-core X2 3800, it's only £20 more than the 4000 and those are OCing pretty well too.

krooton · 31 Jul 2006 at 15:14

Mattus said:
Personally I would have gone for the dual-core X2 3800, it's only £20 more than the 4000 and those are OCing pretty well too.

Half the cache on only 10x multiplier though

Mattus · 31 Jul 2006 at 15:26

krooton said:
Half the cache on only 10x multiplier though

True, but stick it on a divider if you don't have OC'ing RAM and it'll still do well... and the second core will outweigh the benefit of the cache.

Unofficial recommended system requirements for Crysis:

CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

I guess it's gonna use one core for the physics and the other core for everything else.

Sean_UK · 31 Jul 2006 at 20:41

Went from 3000+ to 4000+ myself and simple answer: 'yes worth purchase indeed at current prices.'