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Old January 26th, 2007, 10:42 PM   #1
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Ok i've ordered an ASUS EAX1960PRO video card to remplace my PowerColor X700Pro. After this upgrade i will still have some money left over. I was just wondering which one of these two options would make more of a difference in gaming performance:

Upgrade CPU from P4 Prscott 530J 3.0ghz to Pentium D 945 Presler 3.4gz Dual-Core

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Change the 4x512mb DDR2-533 Kingston KVR DIMMs to OCZ XTC series DDR2-800 (2gb - 2x1024mb)

Thanks in advance for the help
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Old January 26th, 2007, 11:12 PM   #2
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CPU all the way, there is a big diference between prescot core and the other one.
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Old January 27th, 2007, 12:20 AM   #3
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get the dual core, two core are going to give you a better performance boost than faster memory
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Old January 27th, 2007, 01:07 AM   #4
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IModIntel I agree with the guys on the CPU upgrade as well
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Old January 27th, 2007, 02:12 AM   #5
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Ok, but now I have two CPUs that are about the price:

Intel Pentium D Presler 945 for 225$CAN, or the core 2 6300 for 30$ more which is better?
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Old January 27th, 2007, 10:02 AM   #6
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the C2D is so mutch faster and worth the extra 30$.
its faster
uses less power
new architecture (say bye bye to the netburst)
and is a overclockbeast.

but if you buy the C2D E6300 your ram wil be the bottleneck.
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Old January 27th, 2007, 10:18 PM   #7
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yep go for the core 2, it is better, and it runs cooler too
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Old January 28th, 2007, 05:41 AM   #8
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OK, the prices are down here in Montreal, the Core2 6400 is now 255$. Considering all the advantages it has over the 945, i will go for mthat once i have saved up enough money.
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Old January 29th, 2007, 01:30 PM   #9
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the C2D is so mutch faster and worth the extra 30$.
its faster
uses less power
new architecture (say bye bye to the netburst)
and is a overclockbeast.

but if you buy the C2D E6300 your ram wil be the bottleneck.

bottleneck? haha, no way dude, i can overclock my e6300 even with ddr 400 and its nowhere near instabilty or lower preformance or whatever.
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Old January 29th, 2007, 03:28 PM   #10
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With a C2D and DDR2 in dual channel mode the bottleneck is really moved more towards your HD's especialy when your doing say an big video encoding type of jobs.

Memory is not the bottleneck it used to be with Netburst core chips.
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