windsor vs brisbane

[strikertom]

hi im hinking of buying an am2 3600brisbane core, will i see any difference over my am2 3800 windsor core.
in overclocking capability.
will their be any difference or should i not bother.

 

[Rinne]

Brisbanes are told to overclock to at least 2,8 GHZ, but maybe with some tweaking to your own settings you will achieve that with the windsor as well...

Also I don't really know if the difference is worth a new Processor..

If you plan to upgrade from your current Processor, then I would not recommend it, if you want to get an additional system, I think the 3600+ is the best bang for the buck..

 

[David_N]

Welcome!

My opinion is that if you are upgrading your current system, it will be an improvement, however not as significant as other things you could do; for example, another gig of ram.

As Rinne said, most Brisbane's will go to 2.8 or beyond, but that's the only significant difference you will see. Unless you have a buyer lined up for your 3800+, I suggest getting more ram.

 

[funnyperson1]

Yea the Brisbane should be good for 2.8+ easily,, the question is whether a couple hundred mhz is worth the cost of buying a new CPU. Now if you could sell the 3800+ for about as much as the Brisbane costs it might be worthwhile. Really though, you won't notice an actual performance difference.

 

[strikertom]

i am getting new ram im going for 2 gigs of corsair xms2 6400.
i ws thinking of the overclockabiliy of the 3600 because i have hit a wall so far with my 3800 at 2.7 on air.
might just wait til amd brings out faster cpu's.

 

[AlabamaCajun]

That's a good recommendation. You may actually get more out of the CPU with new ram, it's one of those things. Even if 2G drops your top CPU speed a little (which I DON't think will happen) the extra RAM will be a huge boost anyway.