Worth changing to AMD X2 3800 (939)

[SpKM3]

Hi,

Just noticed Oc are selling these chips for £64, not a huge amount of cash, Is it worth changing from my ageing Winchester 3200?

Thanks

 

[SpKM3]

Thanks for you reponses guys.

I'll pop down and buy one.

Thanks again.

 

[SpKM3]

Ok, bought one of these babies.

Bios updated, into asus A8V deluxe she goes.

Started off at 2.4Ghz (none of this 5Mhz increment nonsense) seems to be ok, upped her to 2.6Ghz, stressed her for an hour, appears stable (I'm a n00b overclocker by the way).

Temps are just under 50 Degs stressed, 30-35 idle, are these ok?

Conclusion :- very noticable improvement, system is quicker and more responsive, excellent bang for buck!

Gets my seal of approval.

Many thank guys for getting me to spend my hard earned cash

 

[SpKM3]

I have a 3200 venice for about 1year now clockd at 2.4. Some of the top games are becomming slowish now so ive been thinking of putting in a x2 3800. No idea what games benefit from dual core tho

Is WOW dual core?

Had a game of CSS last night with the new chip, certainly seemed more responsive and ran quicker than the 3200. I have a 6600 GT, and get about 90fps on 1280 res

 

[SpKM3]

Did you get 90fps before?

Around the 70-80 area.

 

[SpKM3]

On thing i have noticed is that 1 core is about 5degs more than the other. Is this normal?