I was wondering if I swapped out my celeron d 3.2 ghz for something like a pentium 4 3 ghz would I see a huge difference in speed? I don't want to spend 90 bucks and for it not to be much of a difference.
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Very minimaly, barely noticible. If you want an overall increase in how ALL games run, upgrade your video card to something like a 7600gt, or gs if your agp. It won't make browsing the web faster, or make microsoft word run any better, but the new cpu won't eathierComment
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Well, if you've never seen better then yeah, it'll be fine for you, but when your playing on a wide screen monitor, with surround sound with every setting to it's max, tell me you'd think your current setup is great and you don't want an upgrade.Comment
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for gaming, yeah. you need a better gpu.
to make your rig rock (on a budget) suggest you get one of these gpu's (x850xt $119):
and (if you're are really going to upgrad your processor) spend another $40 ($137, free shipping) and get a tremendously better dual core processor:
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Originally posted by megawhompertoofor gaming, yeah. you need a better gpu.
to make your rig rock (on a budget) suggest you get one of these gpu's (x850xt $119):
and (if you're are really going to upgrad your processor) spend another $40 ($137, free shipping) and get a tremendously better dual core processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116253
I dont think my mobo can support dual core. I know that it can support a p4 with ht up to 3.8 ghz but not dual core
Edit- Just checked and it does support dual core. So idk, its either video card or cpu for christmas...Comment
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you didn't have to check...you could have just read my post.Originally posted by minicoop503I dont think my mobo can support dual core. I know that it can support a p4 with ht up to 3.8 ghz but not dual core
Edit- Just checked and it does support dual core. So idk, its either video card or cpu for christmas...
you aren't in a bad spot, budget wise. i've got a decent computer for gaming, but i'm going to have to junk/sell/donate ALL my internals (478 mobo+3.0ghz cpu/AGP x800xt gpu/1gb ddr400 memory) or make it secondary computer) when I upgrade because NOTHING is compatible with the newer chipsets.
for you, a gpu will make the biggest difference in gaming. those celeron d's really aren't all that bad. but keep in mind, though, that some gpu's require a decent power supply unit with + 400W for a fully configured system.Comment
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