Hi Guys,
My current system spec is AMD Skt939 3800 64bit, HISX1900XT, 2gig Corsair 400Mhz RAM, Asrock DualSATA2 Mobo. I also have a MEC MultiSync 20" widescreen so run all my games at 1050 x 1680.
Just bought Supreme Commander and it really runs likes a dog and there is not much improvement even when I turn the graphics down. This has lead me to believe that the performance is CPU related and not video related.
I understand that Supreme Commander is dual core optimised, and therefore figure that a dual core CPU would help.
I would love to get a Core2 Duo, however this would mean significant outlay on a new mobo and ram as well. So I was thinking - a reasonable stop gap could be to upgrade to a 939 X2 - namely the 4600. Does anyone know whether this would increase the performance on this game? and significantly so?
I would also like to know as to whether this upgrade would see my performance drop in games that do not use two cores. I know that the X2's are simply the single core 64bit processors doubled up - i.e: the 3800 X2 is just two 64bit 3000's for example. Does anyone know what the cores are for the 4600 X2? If they are lower than the 3800 I currently have I figure it may not be worth it as I would get a drop in performance in single apps over what I currently get. Is my thinking right on this?
Cheers in advance for the help.
My current system spec is AMD Skt939 3800 64bit, HISX1900XT, 2gig Corsair 400Mhz RAM, Asrock DualSATA2 Mobo. I also have a MEC MultiSync 20" widescreen so run all my games at 1050 x 1680.
Just bought Supreme Commander and it really runs likes a dog and there is not much improvement even when I turn the graphics down. This has lead me to believe that the performance is CPU related and not video related.
I understand that Supreme Commander is dual core optimised, and therefore figure that a dual core CPU would help.
I would love to get a Core2 Duo, however this would mean significant outlay on a new mobo and ram as well. So I was thinking - a reasonable stop gap could be to upgrade to a 939 X2 - namely the 4600. Does anyone know whether this would increase the performance on this game? and significantly so?
I would also like to know as to whether this upgrade would see my performance drop in games that do not use two cores. I know that the X2's are simply the single core 64bit processors doubled up - i.e: the 3800 X2 is just two 64bit 3000's for example. Does anyone know what the cores are for the 4600 X2? If they are lower than the 3800 I currently have I figure it may not be worth it as I would get a drop in performance in single apps over what I currently get. Is my thinking right on this?
Cheers in advance for the help.