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Feb 25^th, 2003 at 3:06pm

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Hi guys,

I need some advice, I would like to get more frames and faster graphics, which would be better, upgrading my processor from 766MHz to 1.6GHz, or from 576Mb Ram, to 1000Mb Ram, one or the other? Which one would be better?

Thanks a lot.
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Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2003 at 4:38pm

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The processor - undoubtedly.

Bear in mind you may need a new mother board as well as the processor so it can work out pricey.

Increasing your Ram from 576mb to 1 Gb is unlikely to make any difference at all.

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Reply #2 - Feb 25^th, 2003 at 5:02pm

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Bear in mind you may need a new mother board as well as the processor so it can work out pricey.

Yessiree, there aren't any boards I know of that will support both a 766Mhz and a 1,600Mhz CPU,, and you prob have SDR ram in there, chances are it won't go with the new board either (but you wouldn't want to buy a new board that didn't at least support DDR2700, now would you ?)

You may have that machine as far as it can go,, and any $$ spent on it would be better toward a major upgrade Wink

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Reply #3 - Feb 26^th, 2003 at 1:52pm

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OK, thanks, that's what I thought. I don't want to get a 1.6GHz processor as well, I want to upgrade to it. My motherboard can only upgrade up to 1.6GHz, so I thought it might as well be done now while its still affordable.

Thanks again.
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Reply #4 - Feb 26^th, 2003 at 4:12pm

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Greg - Just be careful which chip you get. Everything may be fine but you need to check the maximum Front Side Bus speed of the board against the Front side bus speed of any chip you get. The faster chips use faster speeds. Whilst you m/board might state that it will run up to a 1.6ghz chip, it might not have the FSB handle it.

At best in that situation, performance is impaired. At worst it won't be able to use it at all which I consider unlikely, but it's worth being sure before you buy.

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