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Get a 7600GS instead, the price difference between the two should be quite small. Unless you want him to get a 7300GT/S so you can still claim the faster PC 
How did your friend get his 2000+ to 2.3Ghz? I'm running at 1667Mhz (133Mhz FSB).
The Ultra is under $700 dollars now.... 
Grab one quick.
If your friend could just swing the extra bucks for a 7600 GT he'd have a lot more options as far as other games he could pay.
Side note - I played a ton of WoW on a laptop I bought last year that had 200 Xpress and a Turion. It ran very well; good FPS with no lag or graphical problems. Are you sure your friends PC doesn't have other problems?
| Quote : How did your friend get his 2000+ to 2.3Ghz? I'm running at 1667Mhz (133Mhz FSB). |
I think they mean a AthlonXP 2400+ (2.0ghz)
your 2000+ if its made before a certain month/year can be wire(pin) modded to up the multiplier and voltage 
@ op the 7600gs(or better yet GT) is the best option.
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Tempting, but no thanks. My RAM sucks anyway and don't want to have to OC that as well. I might have this all wrong but I'd like to keep the RAM and FSB synchronous because, if I remember correctly, for old systems it's better to sacrifice a little bit of speed in order to keep the RAM and FSB synchronous.
Correct me if I'm wrong though.
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Tempting, but no thanks. My RAM sucks anyway and don't want to have to OC that as well. I might have this all wrong but I'd like to keep the RAM and FSB synchronous because, if I remember correctly, for old systems it's better to sacrifice a little bit of speed in order to keep the RAM and FSB synchronous.
Correct me if I'm wrong though.
Well that's the beauty of changing the multi is the fsb stays the same.
lets use my 1800+ for example
see 133 x 11.5 1.53ghz (1529.5mhz)
now 133 x 14 2.0ghz (1995mhz) FREE upgrade But I rammed the sucker with voltage
Of course! Geez I can be slow sometimes..
I haven't delved into the bios for a while so I completely forgot about the multiplier lol.
Oh yeah congrats on the 1000th post. And you spent it on me 8) Way to waste your 1000th post lol.
j/k
edit: wrote voltage instead of multiplier. I'm not doing too well today 
lol
just remember they are multi locked. thats why I had to mod(place wires in the socket)
After a certain month/year they started super locking them. You had to cut the chips to fix this(not worth it to me, but mine was moddable with wires).
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