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Will i get any Advantage with upgrading from AMD 5200 to6000

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Crownregent   03-07-2007 at 10:39:02 AM

Would it have any significant impact to upgrade from a AMD 5200 to a AMD 6000? if not im gonna save the $$$ until next gen AM2 chips come out.

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Crownregent   03-07-2007 at 10:50:03 AM
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Ok well i still havent bought CPU .. have been waiting until the amd 5400/5600 and 6000 came out as retail and well the prices seem to be :
335 for 5400 408 for 5600 and 560 for 6000 (CDN)
5200 goes for 272 .....
Will combine this with Vista 32 for now and 2 GB DDR2 6400 Ram
And would like to either use AMD new dx10 card or one of the 8800 cards

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m25   03-07-2007 at 05:14:13 PM
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Get the cheapest of these; you're probably going to upgrade at the end of this year when K10 expands to AM2.

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halbhh   03-07-2007 at 05:50:49 PM
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Ok well i still havent bought CPU .. have been waiting until the amd 5400/5600 and 6000 came out as retail and well the prices seem to be :
335 for 5400 408 for 5600 and 560 for 6000 (CDN)
5200 goes for 272 .....
Will combine this with Vista 32 for now and 2 GB DDR2 6400 Ram
And would like to either use AMD new dx10 card or one of the 8800 cards



Maybe you can go with Newegg:

5200: $229
5600: $329 (=388 cnd) etc.
6000: $439 oem, $459

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halbhh   03-07-2007 at 05:55:49 PM
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Would it have any significant impact to upgrade from a AMD 5200 to a AMD 6000? if not im gonna save the $$$ until next gen AM2 chips come out.



See the CPU Price/Performance thread here in the forum, or use Tom's Hardware's CPU charts to compare for specific benchmarks.

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ajfink   03-07-2007 at 05:59:45 PM
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Ok well i still havent bought CPU .. have been waiting until the amd 5400/5600 and 6000 came out as retail and well the prices seem to be :
335 for 5400 408 for 5600 and 560 for 6000 (CDN)
5200 goes for 272 .....
Will combine this with Vista 32 for now and 2 GB DDR2 6400 Ram
And would like to either use AMD new dx10 card or one of the 8800 cards



Maybe you can go with Newegg:

5200: $229
5600: $329 (=388 cnd) etc.
6000: $439 oem, $459

Newegg does not ship to Canada.

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dobby   03-07-2007 at 06:01:37 PM
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NO, get a C2D 6600 or 6800, just do then you'll notice the difference

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bruce555   03-07-2007 at 06:16:39 PM
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Buddy's gunning for K10.

I think the big question is the vid card being that if you do get the 8800's, almost all of AMD's CPU's perform the same when running a GTX to a GTS. I would say wait it out though, see what the R600 has to offer. Since the R600 launch will also come with mainstream from both sides you'll be able to make the perfect choice on what to get.

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halbhh   03-07-2007 at 06:20:47 PM
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Well, it's the right idea to think about the video card, but the direction it works is that when the video card is powerful enough (like the 8800s), then is when the cpu does finally matter to the framerate more, because fewer games are then video card limited. (Keep in mind framerates above 70 fps do not matter though to the eye). But waiting for the r600 is very sensible unless cost is less important that having it now.

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m25   03-07-2007 at 09:41:45 PM
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Yes, the 4400+ is basically in line with the E6300 and should slightly outperform the E4300 on stock.

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