I currently have an AMD 64 x2 4200+, 4GB DDR memory (actually sees 3.2GB) and ATI X1950XT and have been looking to upgrade. It looks like it will cost around $650 to change to a top Intel Quad or C2D + 4GB memory which I don’t feel like spending. I’ve been thinking about getting the 185 which may be able to take my system into mid 2008 before I have to start thinking about upgrading again. I don’t know much about the Opteron’s. At NewEgg they state HT is only 1000 vs the Athlon’s 2000… What’s the deal there? I though Opteron’s were just cherry picked Athlons or am I wrong? Will I see a good boost in power with the added 400MHz?
I use my computer for heavy photo editing using Adobe Lightroom 1.2, Photoshop CS3 and Image Stacker – all which I often see my CPU usage being topped out. I do light video editing and play Dungeons and Dragons Online which keeps both my CPU cores humming at 75%-90% usage almost 100% of the time. I usually will be working in Photoshop and Lightroom at the same time and have either video (AVI movies) or music (MP3’s) going at the same time. I really torcher my machine… Oh, and I run Visa too. Right now speed is tolerable.
Thanks for any advice.
I use my computer for heavy photo editing using Adobe Lightroom 1.2, Photoshop CS3 and Image Stacker – all which I often see my CPU usage being topped out. I do light video editing and play Dungeons and Dragons Online which keeps both my CPU cores humming at 75%-90% usage almost 100% of the time. I usually will be working in Photoshop and Lightroom at the same time and have either video (AVI movies) or music (MP3’s) going at the same time. I really torcher my machine… Oh, and I run Visa too. Right now speed is tolerable.
Thanks for any advice.