hi i im looking on upgrading my cpu i have a amd 64 x2 5000+ brisbane 65mn

[darbz1987]

hi i im looking on upgrading my cpu i have a amd 64 x2 5000+ brisbane 65mn and am looking to get a amd ii x2 245 will there be a big increase in performance?thanks


and also just curious as why amd are alot cheaper then intel??????

 

[87dtna]

As long as your motherboard supports it, shouldn't be a problem on the upgrade. Make sure you have the latest Bios before upgrading.

But actually, I'd say no to it being a large increase. There will be some increase, but nothing big.

Compared to intel what? The intel equivalent's are typically around the same price, maybe a couple bucks more. Since there is no AMD equivalent for the I7, thats why the I7 is much more expensive. The Phenom II quads can't even beat the I5 750. And actually the 1090T, AMD's newest hex core, barely beats the I7 in multithreaded apps but still looses in single threaded ones....but it's more expensive than the I7.

 

[curtains]

Personally I don't think its worth the money for 300Mhz more of performance (same architecture that is), I don't think you'll see much performance increase.

If your gonna spend money on a upgrade i'd say make it worth your time and money.