Well my trusty old Pentium 4 has finally gone and died - I was hoping it might make it till next year when I was planning a brand new build with a dual core, vista and a dx10 card but it is gone.
That being said I don't have a lot of cash at the moment so I have managed to get myself a new motherboard (asrock 939 dual sata) and an Athlon 64 3500 (Venice Core) cpu for a really cheap price of around £80 (around $150) from ebay - now these are already bought I am just waiting for a new case to arrive as the mobo doesnt fit in my old case
I am also investing in 2gb of PC3200 ram to replace my old 1gb of PC2100 for the gaming boost - I also already have an agp 7800GS (which dictates the mobo as Im not ready to get rid of that just yet.
Sorry to be so long winded but my question is will I see a performance gain or indeed drop (really worried about the drop) going from the Pentium 4 3.06ghz (Northwood core ) to the Athlon 64 3500 (Venice Core). Will it be comparable or will I have to overclock to see a good gaming performance?
Thanks a lot