Is this proccessor better than my current?

[tomanders91]

im sort of building my own system, and want to know if this proccessor is better than my current.

my current is a Pentium 4 2.66ghz (which are apprently**** for gaming) the one thats going to be in my new computer is a AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2), is this slightly better at all despite lower GHz? because ive heard AMD's are better for gaming.

*Fully star out swearing please*

 

[tomanders91]

well because im only 15 im sort of on a budget. i think this will be fine till mid next year with 1gb of ram and a 7900GS, then i can upgrade when i get some more money.

 

[tomanders91]

well what im doing atm, is possibly buying the cheap primo basic from ocuk, getting a 7900GS for now, (upgrade the psu if needed) and get some more ram for it. so overall around £400ish

 

[tomanders91]

well i have a P4 2.66ghz, 512mb of ram (2100), not sure a bout the motherboard but i have a geforce 4 mx 440, (extremely crap lol) current monitor is a 17inch 1074x768 max, but im gonna need a new one anyway.

 

[tomanders91]

so big wayne can you help? is it even possibly to make a budget gaming pc with that sort of money?

 

[tomanders91]

possibly up to 500,

 

[tomanders91]

well im looking to run the 2 new battlefield games

 

[tomanders91]

thats not bad richdog, and yeah i can put the stuff together ok, did it fine when i upgraded my current system, shame i cant really play games because of a low psu atm)

 

[tomanders91]

only problem is everything else, case, psu etc which would probably cost a lot more to get everything.

 

[tomanders91]

ok richdog thanks for the reply, and also big wayne thanks aswell, that seems pretty good, and all of that there is what i need to make the main PC, then just get a monitor and stuff serperatly?