Author Topic: £77 Very well Spent (bout $100 US) (Read 517 times)

Adjuster · « **on:** October 21, 2003, 04:18:06 PM »

Bought a new CPU AMD 2400+XP replacing old 1.4 gig Athalon and saw a 15 - 20 fps increase in second beta ( tried an tested on both CPUs before ya all start

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So my advice is if ya want AH frame rates on AH2 and your video card is OK consider a relatively cheap CPU upgrade to max out your mobo.

Obviously not everyone is going to have a cheap upgrade option but check it out you may be very pleasantly surprised how cheap it was and how much difference it makes.

Adjuster

A complete idiot at upgrades but even I could do this with 2 screwdrivers and 10 minutes to spare.

Lizard3 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:41:51 AM »

I'm plopping down for a 2500 Barton soon, A 2800 if the price would just come down another 30$. With the new Athlon 64's otw the old ones should start dropping like rocks.

Kaz · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2003, 09:56:54 AM »

I'm on the intel side of the fence, got a 1.5GHz P4 ATM, holding out for the 3.06GHz when it gets to around $150.00 if the price stays up I'll go with the 2.8GHz:p

Blank · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2003, 10:34:32 AM »

if you can the xp 2500+ barton is a better choice than the xp2400+ as its a 333fsb chip unlike the xp2400+ which is a 266fsb chip plus the barton overclocks like a beast.

but obviously you need a MOBO that supports a 333fsb .

but saying that I got an XP2400+ as the bartons were way too expensive at the time and I'm very happy with it, but once a decent 400fsb AMD cpu is available for cheap I'm straight on it.

Gremlin · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2003, 12:52:03 PM »

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?action=info&sku=113082&p=&t=795&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=4&GrpID=6&cks=PRL

AMD XP2400+ 87 Euro (inc tax) no tax outside EU. Thats about 60STG and 90USD and about the best value I've seen for a cheap upgrade. I got a 2400+ and it seemsgood for AH2 even though I only got a Gef4Ti4200 card.