6800 GT 256 mb , IS cpu bottlenecking?

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Chingy

Hi all

I got 2 gig p4 cpu, 2gig ddr RAM, 120 gig hdd, and 6800 gt 256 mb card.

I know my cpu is causing bottleneck, If I were to upgrade CPU only that
would cost me lot less than going for new cpu+mobo+memory combo(eg athlon64
route).

What I want is upgrade CPU to like 2.8 gig p4...is that a good upgrade for
atleast 1 yr???

Also my mobo is VIA p4pb400-fl, what kinda processor speed this mobo can
handle easy and what core of the processor eg northwood or prescott or
either?

cheers
 
Yeah purchasing a 2.8gig processor would last you another year. You could
also overclock it slightly. I say slightly because your motherboard doesn't
have a pci/agp lock.

In my own opinion I would purchase the northwood core due to the lower power
requirements.

Dan
 
Dan said:
Yeah purchasing a 2.8gig processor would last you another year. You could
also overclock it slightly. I say slightly because your motherboard doesn't
have a pci/agp lock.
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I'd recommend a 3.0 or 3.2 Northwood that would last you even
longer,because all of your system specs are top-of-the-line and with a
3.2 P4 you'd be upgrade free for at least two years.
 
Glitch said:
I'd recommend a 3.0 or 3.2 Northwood that would last you even
longer,because all of your system specs are top-of-the-line and with a
3.2 P4 you'd be upgrade free for at least two years.
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Yes but his motherboard can only handle 400/533FSB processors so the fastest
available processor would be the Pentium 4 3.06Ghz which is increasingly
difficult to find.
 
Yes but his motherboard can only handle 400/533FSB processors so the fastest
available processor would be the Pentium 4 3.06Ghz which is increasingly
difficult to find.
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Very hard to find. The place I usually shop online is www.ncix.com and
they no longer carry any Northwoods.
 
so If I purchase a 800 fsb cpu it won't work? I thought 800 fsb should work
eg @ 533 fsb but not at its full 800 fsb.?
 
It will work just fine. However if you purchase a 3ghz 800FSB processor it
will only run at 1995mhz! Slower then your current processor! FSB *
multiplier = frequency. The 3ghz 800FSB has a multiplier of 15. 15*133
(quadpumped) = 1995mhz. Intel lock multipliers, amd do not.

dan
 
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