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[Skii]

Right then

I'm running

XP2200
Abit KD7A
1GB PC2700
FX5950 Ultra

Worth upgrading to an XP2500 ?

[serlex]

i say not, i got a similar system (rig) and runs everthing fine. i got a geforce 440, which is C**p at games, but u got a FX5950, which should run most games fine. i would wait for new stuff. PCi express-64bit INTEL- DDR2, when these come out, other stuff like amd64 3200 will be cheap.

but if u loaded with cash, go for it.

but thats just me...

[0iD]

Maybe if you're going to o/clock it to 3200+ speeds, but that would necessitate PC3200 ram probably. U clocked the 2200 much?

[Skii]

but if u loaded with cash, go for it.

me ? loaded ?

never

Cheers anyway, I was just looking at the 2500 as it was only £50-60 which seems a good deal considering how much it overclocks

[serlex]

yeah, for overclocking its good, but performance it isnt good as a athlon XP 3200+.

[daniel_owen_uk]

Why not chuck another tenner at it and pick up a 2500M from cpucity, might get you 2.5ghz on nice cooling plus its multiplier unlocked so you could keep that PC2700 for a while longer

[Skii]

Maybe if you're going to o/clock it to 3200+ speeds, but that would necessitate PC3200 ram probably. U clocked the 2200 much?

Nah - although its a T-Bred B the multiplier is locked so I can only up the FSB - causing instability over 2Ghz

So I figured getting rid and replacing with something more 'clockable'

[Skii]

Why not chuck another tenner at it and pick up a 2500M from cpucity, might get you 2.5ghz on nice cooling plus its multiplier unlocked so you could keep that PC2700 for a while longer

hmmmm tempting

http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...roducts_id=392

[0iD]

Yeah, got one of them last week, Currently sitting @ 198x14 2772MHz

[serlex]

what..., thats big, u water cool?

[0iD]

Indeed it is. 12x210 was best I got on air (SLK800+ 80mm Sunon)

[BUFF]

yeah, for overclocking its good, but performance it isnt good as a athlon XP 3200+.

It is when it's at 11x200 - exactly the same as an XP3200+

I get 2.6GHz on air quite easily with my XP-M (could probably get 2.7 without much hassle) but it's rather noisy cooling that.

[0iD]

It is when it's at 11x200 - exactly the same as an XP3200+

I get 2.6GHz on air quite easily with my XP-M (could probably get 2.7 without much hassle) but it's rather noisy cooling that.

Get's a bit warm tho at those speeds. Even with the Sunon going flat out it was 48deg under stress. But then any bog std 2500 will do 11x200 without much effort.

[serlex]

any one got this months 'Custompc' mag, they say that AMD put 'super-locking' on the barton cpus, so its no longer possible to change the multiplier.

[BUFF]

any one got this months 'Custompc' mag, they say that AMD put 'super-locking' on the barton cpus, so its no longer possible to change the multiplier.

They did that about week 39/40 last year.
There is a way around it on certain mobos (involves making the board think that it is a Mobile) but nobody has yet found a way for that to work on nForce2 boards.
On the other hand all XP-M's are unlocked which is 1 of the reasons that people are using those now.

[0iD]

Which is why a Barton 2500 is still a good bet as it's multi is 11. Just means bumping the fsb to 200.