Opteron 146 to Opteron 165 - Worth It ?

[Hyper]

Hey All,

As the title says I am thinking of upgrading my Opteron 146 which is a CABYE 0540 FPAW stepping and does 2.8ghz on stock volts since day one to a Opteron 165.

First of all, will I see much difference if I go from single to dual core and what are my chances of getting it to 2.8ghz like my current 146.

I am mostly a gamer but do a bit of encoding aswell.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Hyper]

I'd say it's not worth it. Games are almost all single threaded atm, so by the time they're multi-threaded you'll be able to buy a dual core Core 2 Duo system with the money you've saved up.

I'd save up, and perform a more worthwhile full system upgrade.

Thanks

 

[Hyper]

Anyone else got any thoughts on this