Want to upgrade something

2007-01-22 16:54:05

#1

SealXo: Member; +309|6995

300gb sata
PD 3.0
x600 256mb.
1 gig of ram (1000mhz?)

Unchangable mobo. (Damn HP, i think)

I want to upgrade something.. Seeing that my current setup runs BF2 all on high with little to no lag, I've been eyeing a 1.86 C2D.

Do you think that will spike my proformance overclocking or should i get a 2gb ram set?

I heard the C2D 1.86 is easily overclockable to 2.6 (:

What are you thoughts?

2007-01-22 16:54:59

#2

LT.Victim: Member; +1,175|7022|British Columbia, Canada

Does your Mobo even Support C2D?

2007-01-22 16:57:35

#3

majorassult: I <3 ak101; +307|7122|under there hayousaidunderwear

LT.Victim wrote:
Does your Mobo even Support C2D?

2007-01-22 17:00:19

#4

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6898|King Of The Islands

majorassult wrote:
LT.Victim wrote:
Does your Mobo even Support C2D?

Pfft, like that matters.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-01-22 17:01:15

#5

SealXo: Member; +309|6995

its a ASUS P5LP-LE

isnt the Pentium D socket the same?

2007-01-22 17:01:56

#6

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7302|Alberta, Canada

I have a 1.86GHz C2D, it doesn't need any overclocking, it's pretty fast. Anyways, I'm not gunna risk overclocking my processor.

2007-01-22 17:05:28

#7

SealXo: Member; +309|6995

There both LGA slots, ittl fit apparenty.

2007-01-22 17:09:06

#8

majorassult: I <3 ak101; +307|7122|under there hayousaidunderwear

You say it runs good on high settings but how good? FPS?

2007-01-22 17:11:01

#9

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7040|SE London

The E6300 will reach about 3.5GHz from 1.86GHz. Depends on what FSB your MB can handle. 2.6GHz should be easy.

2007-01-22 17:12:46

#10

FirePhoenix: Member; +18|7098|hamilton, scotland

you play everything on high? with what resolution? 1024x768?

2007-01-22 17:14:49

#11

vpyroman: Aeon Supreme commander; +16|7076|UCF

Unless you're going to get the next generation PC Games of 2007, more memory will be best.

2007-01-22 17:26:45

#12

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6830|Pittsburgh, PA USA

You ALWAYS need more memory, always

I'd go for the C2D chip though, also your video card blows ass, I can say this because I owned one for 2 years & played a good bit of BF2 on it before upgrading.....it's horrid, so try to put some change aside for a new gfx card soon, it'll work until then but it really is a bad card for gaming. I think it was made for like watching TV on MCE PC's & stuff like that

2007-01-22 18:12:04

#13

SealXo: Member; +309|6995

MagikTrik wrote:
You ALWAYS need more memory, always

I'd go for the C2D chip though, also your video card blows ass, I can say this because I owned one for 2 years & played a good bit of BF2 on it before upgrading.....it's horrid, so try to put some change aside for a new gfx card soon, it'll work until then but it really is a bad card for gaming. I think it was made for like watching TV on MCE PC's & stuff like that

I get like 35 fps on is steady gaming.
Maxed out 800x600 on my 21 lcd

Im saving for the DX10 cards "/

(:

EDIT also, to max overclock it, what tempetature should my PC be at in Ferenheit

Last edited by SealXo (2007-01-22 18:14:58)

2007-01-22 18:50:52

#14

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7101|Deep In The South Of Texas

More RAM. Then a better vid card.

And try and keep CPU under 120F or 50C.

Last edited by The Stillhouse Kid (2007-01-22 18:52:27)

2007-01-23 14:21:02

#15

Mad Ad: Member; +178|6970|England, UK

800x600 on a 21" lcd? And you want to waste money on a c2d? oh man

Tell you what, turn it up to 1600x1200 (what your 21" LCD *should* be working in for best clarity) and just go on a map and look how much nicer it is- ok I know youll stutter about and itll be hard to move but just stand still and compare the difference to your bitty old 800x600, take screenshots to compare - then go and spend money on a card that will get you 35fps in 1600x1200, which isnt a big deal these days, it shouldn't cost much more than a pair of enthusiast ram strips either.

As well as looking lush with 4 times the amount of screen realestate, youll be able to pull off those pixel perfect shots like you never could before (unless you have a crap mouse or DTs after a bender or something).

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