AthlonXP 1700 to 2200: is it worth it?

[Gator]

With my current configuration, is it worth upgrading from 1700 to 2200 for $150us? Am I better off waiting for 2600 and what would of price of that be?

Primary interest: UT2k3 and Unreal2

[[Corporal Dan]]

Wait for the 2600

[Essense]

I doubt going from a 1700 to a 2600 is even worthwhile. Cause a 1700 with a Radeon 9700 or NV30 gonna drive Unreal over 100 FPS easy.

Regards,
Mike

[thcdru2k]

plus you will be saving more money that you can put towards that r9700 or nv30

[Gator]

u guys r right, i'll stick with the 1700 for now, thanks! :)

[[Corporal Dan]]

Originally posted by Gator
u guys r right, i'll stick with the 1700 for now, thanks! :)

Np man

1700 = 1.53 GHz, right??

maybe when the speeds increase a lil' more, consider upgrading.

[CainSyris]

Originally posted by [Corporal Dan]


Np man

1700 = 1.53 GHz, right??

maybe when the speeds increase a lil' more, consider upgrading.


Athlon XP 1800+ = 1.53 ghz as far as I know.

[CainSyris]

Originally posted by Gator
With my current configuration, is it worth upgrading from 1700 to 2200 for $150us? Am I better off waiting for 2600 and what would of price of that be?

Primary interest: UT2k3 and Unreal2


2400+ will be less than 200 dollars supposedly at launch. Then again, why go that route when you can get a 333mhz fsb CPU in October? Then again, why go that route if you can go Barton a month or so later?

Then again, why go that route if you can go Hammer a month or so later?

See where I'm going with this? ;)

[SavagePaladin]

yeah one might as well wait for an extreme upgrade wrt processors
2400+ would be decent once its cheap enough.

[Gator]

you guys make some excellent points. I think what I'll do is simply wait for the official release of UT2k3 and Unreal2. I need to see how they really run on my system, not the stinkin beta builds. It runs decent now, but I feel like it could be running better.

What I will do though is if my girlfriend decides she wants to upgrade from her PIII, I'll likely give her my chip and get the fastest available AthlonXP I can. I'm not anxious to give up my motherboard because I really like the one I got. This has to be the most stable computer I have ever owned. :cool:

[SavagePaladin]

It's widely known that the beta builds run like crap. It's why they weren't supposed to be leaked, people 'assume' its just like final code, and thats retarded.

[Chiles4]

Honestly, I don't even think you'd be able to tell the difference between the two cpus. The only time I ever noticed a difference was when I went from a Duron 650 to a 1.2G Tbird. Upgrading your cpu does nothing for the slowest components in your system - your hard drive and to some extent your memory bandwidth.

Why not overclock your 1700+? I've got a locked 1600+ oc'ed just shy of a 1900+ at stock voltage. I simply bumped my FSB from 133 to 150 and it worked without a glitch. The 1600+ is a great oc'er - maybe the 1700+ is too.

[panzaman]

the 1700+ is enough to run UT2k3 and Unreal 2.