upgrade from 5000+ to 6000+

[stryoftheyearxx]

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


Thanks for the responses

 

[dagger]

No, you'll hardly notice a difference at all. Save money for a graphics upgrade or new system.

 

[PCSoul]

Take a look at tom's CPU chart and compare them. See if the increase is enough for you to be worth it.

 

[bobbknight]

No not even minuscule, save you money and get the next thing from Intel or AMD.

 

[one-shot]

Not enough of a gain for the difference in price. Save your money for a rainy day.

 

[stridervm]

I suggest you just overclock your current processor.

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

 

[jj463rd]

What motherboard do you have ?
Is it an AM2+ board ?

 

[megamanx00]

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% . 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.