Can an Athlon X2 3800 still cut the mustard

conzy · 20-07-2008 11:50PM #1

A friend is looking to upgrade his ageing gaming rig. It was the bees knees when I built it for him around 2 and a half years ago :P

So.... Stick in a 4850 and motor on for another few months or go with a really good bang for buck intel upgrade such as an e2180 at 3ghz and 4gigs of DDR2 and maybe even a 4870?

Im just afraid that even if he gets a 4850 for his current system the relatively old CPU could cripple performance in newer titles

Suggestions? Im leaning more towards the overhaul

AlmightyCushion · 21-07-2008 12:09AM

I'd say the 3800 will be holding him back. Seeing as a 2180 is around €60, 4GBs ram is around €70 and a decent motherboard would be around €70 (gotta love hardwareversand) I'd go with the overhaul.

conzy · 21-07-2008 12:36AM

He since told me he has a much bigger budget than I anticipated so its Overhaul all the way, might even squeeze in a Q6600 with the new budget

AlmightyCushion · 21-07-2008 12:38AM

Sweet!

jonski · 22-07-2008 11:07AM

Hope you don't mind if I tag on to the end of your thread but seeing as ye are discussing it ye might just be the people with the answer to my question .

I have an AMD 3800 dual core on a giggabye ga-m57-sli mobo , with a 640 mb xfx 8800 gts graphics card . I only have €100 to spend and was wondering if I would notice much of an improvement with a 6000 amd dual core for €92 from komplett ?

Any advice

Thanks

John

the_syco · 22-07-2008 03:54PM

As you can see in the sig, my machine is old, but still keeps up with it. IMO, it depends on the system + graphics card. May get a cheap GX 280 over in the States in September: may get a bit more from my system.

Can an Athlon X2 3800 still cut the mustard

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