1.2 T-bird to 1800XP

[Despotes]

What kind of performance increase should I expect when upgrading from my 1.2T-bird to the 1800XP? Will it be significant?
Thanks

[nikhsub1]

That really depends on what apps you run. For surfing, word processing etc., no not really. Games and image rendering/3D, for sure you will notice a big difference.

[Despotes]

Basically gaming and such. Any idea percentage wise of the increase?
Thanks

[nikhsub1]

Precisely 27.75%, not overclocked of course.

[Despotes]

Originally posted by nikhsub1
Precisely 27.75%, not overclocked of course.


Hehehe. Precisely? :) I know the 1.53 is 127% of 1.2, but with the additional instructions (SSE) I should see what kind of an average increase in game performance?
Thanks again:)

[nikhsub1]

Well I'm not a gamer but if you run apps that utilize SSE, which alot of games do, you should see a HUGE difference in performance, probably like 75% vs the 1.2.

[el]

I would say you will see a nice bit of improvement but not 75% faster. you could check at madonion.com for results and compare the averages and see if your favorite game will show improvements.

[OC-Master]

DONT do it, thats a huge waist of money, wait till the XP2200 CPU's come out and then youll notice a improvement for sure. Thats a waist to jump only 333MHz in a processor. Jump at least 600MHz

[-EternitY-]

Originally posted by nikhsub1
That really depends on what apps you run. For surfing, word processing etc., no not really. Games and image rendering/3D, for sure you will notice a big difference.


I Disagree...

A) If you have a GF3, Or GF2 GTS Your not going to NOTICE Any Difference from a 1.2 and a 1.8 XP ( True clock 1.58?) You can probably get that 1.2 Clocked to atleast 1333 Stable...

Benchmarking score's shure..

Gaming.. Negative.

Personally, Over 1Ghz I See NO Difference, The processor is already going to fast.... You wont even notice it.