How big a downgrade is this?

epoxy5 · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:56

Well I want to move over to the pci express platform, but I cant afford the best gfx card this time, so I am just curious about how big a downgrade I will see in games comparing these two systems:

Old one:

P4 3.2ghz htt northwood
1gb ram
6800gt 128mb agp gfx

New one:
AMD X2 4400 (1mb cache)
2gb ram
6600gt 256mb pci-e gfx

james.miller · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:58

get the asrock s939dual pcie-agp board and you wont have to buy a lesser pci-e card then.

oh it's quite a bad downgrade, btw lol.

Zefan · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:02

Simply go for a cheaper x2, clock it's socks off and use the cash saved on a better 3d card.

[Edit]Infact if you go for a X2 3800 then you'll have £120 more to spend, and the performance when clocked to 4400 speeds wil be negligible.[/Edit]

epoxy5 · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:05

I will get a better gfx in a couple of months, so I just needed something in between.
Somehow I thought moving from 1gb ram + p4 to 2gb ram and the Amd chip would make the gab between the 6600 (256mb) and the 6800(128mb) a little smaller, but perhaps there is such a big difference?

Zefan · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:07

Depends on which games you're going to be playing. Things like FEAR cap out on your 3d card, as do many new games, so the performance increase of buying a 4400 wont be seen unless you get a decent graphics card. It's not worth £120 more just for 1mb cache.

hartty · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:55

agree with james, the asrock board is a peach and for 35 quid you cant go wrong . the only problem is overclockers dont sell them so you will have to look around

rubin1961 · 30 Jan 2006 at 15:06

increase your ram and get a better gfx card ie:ati x850xt.
job done.