upgrade - CPU 4 300$ ?

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KnockAr0und

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I wanna upgrade my computer, but I am willing to wait a lil' more if there are any new technologies coming out.....but for now, what the best CPU for $300 today ???
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
but it depends on what are you gonna use it for
basically AMD for Gaming and graphics stuff
 
AMD gs player said:
yes new technologys is coming out soon its called am2 but its aa litle over ur price range
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The AMD X2 3800+ AM2 will only cost ~$303.

As tweaker and others have said, the X2 3800+ would be the best for the money. But if you have an Intel system, the Pentium D 9xx would be the best.
 
liquidshadow said:
AMD has to stop basing their processors off the K8 anymore. That design won't use the DDR2 RAM efficiently.
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Which is partly the reason why in recent benchmarks, the AM2 doesnt show much improvement over current CPU's. But in the future maybe they'll upgrade it so it will use it more efficiently.
 
x2 3800 is good enough for future use,

but just put this in mind, about a half year from now, window vista might come out,

then you need like 1.5~2gb ram, and direx 10 support video card.

and of course dual core cpus like x2 3800. would be minimum requirement.. (for proper usage predicted)
 
liquidshadow said:
AMD has to stop basing their processors off the K8 anymore. That design won't use the DDR2 RAM efficiently.
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Actually AMD is still using the K8 platform, which is exactly why DDR2 hasn't been improving performance much; AMD's memory controller loves low latencies.
 
cant beat the intel 930 for 200 even, 940 goes 260 and 950 340
im pretty sure all those 800mhz 775 preslers are nearly the same chip with different clocks
 
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