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stryoftheyearxx   09-21-2008 at 04:03:18 PM

Hi I was wondering if I upgrade from a AMD AThlon X2 5000+ to a AMD athlon X2 6000+ will there a huge increase? Like more FPS in Crysis and future games? And will opening and running more than one program increase performance? Right now I have a AMD Athlon 5000+, 2GB ddr2 ram, a PNY XLR8 8800GT, 160 GB SATA HDD, and 500W Antec Powersuppply


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dagger   09-21-2008 at 04:05:00 PM
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No, you'll hardly notice a difference at all. Save money for a graphics upgrade or new system.

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PCSoul   09-21-2008 at 04:25:37 PM
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Take a look at tom's CPU chart and compare them. See if the increase is enough for you to be worth it.

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bobbknight   09-21-2008 at 04:57:26 PM
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No not even minuscule, save you money and get the next thing from Intel or AMD.

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one-shot   09-21-2008 at 05:06:10 PM
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Not enough of a gain for the difference in price. Save your money for a rainy day.

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stridervm   09-21-2008 at 05:06:50 PM
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I suggest you just overclock your current processor.

With some luck you might reach 6000 speeds (3Ghz)

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jj463rd   09-21-2008 at 06:39:58 PM
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What motherboard do you have ?
Is it an AM2+ board ?

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megamanx00   09-21-2008 at 06:55:29 PM
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Well, you're talking about a 13% increase in core speed when comparing the 6000 to the 5000. If you have a windsor core that 13% is going to be the max increase, of course if you have a Brisbane core then the performance increase is going to be close to 20% :D . I still don't see why AMD gave the Brisbane cores a lower clock per clock performance than the Windsor cores. You might as well just go with the 6400+ so you can get a more noticeable increase in speed. If your board supports the Phenom processors then I say just go with a Phenom. If you can wait till January, you might be able to upgrade to the 45nm Phenoms.

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