Venice 3000 -> San Diego 3700: worth the upgrade?

[chatman]

Hi!

I'm currently running my Venice 3000 at 250x9 = 2250 which is the niveau of a 3500.
Do you think an upgrade to a San Diego 3700 (2.2 GHz) is worth the money, assumed it will also work with a FSB of 250 which would run at 2750MHz, makinh it nearly run at the speed of a FX-57.

Thx
Martin

 

[ChipDeath]

In terms of gaming performance and just general usage, then I would say it's not worth the cash.

You'd only get a noticable difference in CPU-intensive stuff, like prime95, Folding@Home, or encoding tasks.

I'd say spend the money on more RAM, or a better Gfx card. (but then I don't know what your system is like anyway - if you've got 2 7800GTX cards in SLI and 2Gb of RAM then there's not much scope for improvement there :lol:

 

[DuxSyagrius]

I think its a waste my friend. Not all 3700s will overclock that high I can guarantee that. Not all silicon is equal. You can be sure that once you get to 2.6 Ghz you will have to ramp up the voltage on your mobo, CPU, and RAM. Once you get to 2.7 ghz your system temps will see a marked increase as well. The reason why those FX chips are so expensive is cuz probobly only 10 out a 100 A64 chips are stable past 2.6 Ghz. The rest have their mulitplier locked and become CPUs like, well, the 3500 and 3700. But hey, if you are a one upper or you like to push limits, then I say go for it!

 

[chatman]

Thanks for your opinions!

No need for me to get that piece then - will be waiting for the dual cores to get cheaper/better supported

Martin