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brc80   08-12-2008 at 07:20:25 PM

Right now im running a AMD 3800 x2 @ 2.5, would i see any real world gains by stepping up to a 5400x2 black edition running around 3.0-3.2 or higher if it will go. I was thinking that it would be a good upgrade to hold me over until i rebuild early next year.

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falcodakrzz   08-12-2008 at 07:36:48 PM
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There will be a fair performance gain, but nothing massive. It depends, are you noticing slowdown in any applications/games at the moment? If so post your GPU and ram.

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jtt283   08-12-2008 at 07:47:35 PM
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Yes, it depends on where you are expecting to see gains. You might be more limited in some applications (e.g. games) by your GPU.

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brc80   08-12-2008 at 07:55:40 PM
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I have 4x1 of geil dd2 800 and a 8800gts 320. I game on a monitor with a max res of 1280/1024

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falcodakrzz   08-12-2008 at 08:21:47 PM
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Your card is pretty good, so the cpu upgrade would be worth it. There would be no point in going for a card upgrade unless it was significant, i.e. sell you old 8800 and get a 4850.

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chookman   08-13-2008 at 12:12:50 AM
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at 1280x1024, i dont think you would notice much gain IMO

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brc80   08-13-2008 at 09:06:38 PM
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Thanks for the reply's.

On a side note if i did buy the processor, do you think i could get away with using the heatsink form my 3800x2 being that the 5400 black is a 65nm chip?

Thanks

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