Any Benefit Upgrading from ASUS P4S333 & 1.8G CPU?

[craigsharrow]

My primary application is Photoshop CS which I use to edit hi-res TIF files (50-700Mb). I'm using a 3-monitor display (Samsung SyncMaster 191T) configured as a 3840x1024 desktop using a Matrox Parhelia 128 (4AGP) card. I'm running WinXP with 1Gb DDR.

I have not found any other video card which appears to significantly improve the visual performance I get from the Parhelia - so I plan to move it to the proposed new system.

Since the Parhelia is AGP4 I can't use any of the newest Mobos that have a PCI Express 16 slot. I'm considering an ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe with a 3.2GHz Pentium CPU and 2Gb DDR.

HERE'S THE QUESTION:

Will I see any significant improvement in the speed that photos load or are processed? Are there any other real benefits in upgrading?

Thanks for any advice and suggestions.

 

[Chas]

Hard to know whether it would be worth it or not. But, why not look at Matrox for a PCI-Express version of the card coming out in the near future? If they were to do that, the video performance alone (going from AGP4 to PCIx-16) not to mention other improvements would make it worth doing.

I don't think I'd invest in any AGP mobo at this time; the move to PCI-Express has just begun and most video mfrs are expected to introduce no new AGP models -- well, they have to introduce SOMETHING! So, it will surely be PCI-Express.

I'd watch Matrox and take my cue from what they do and when they do it.

 

[endyen]

Ever get an out of memory notice? The new 600 series chips have EM64T. So do the A64s. Just something to think about.