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Worthwhile upgrade?

post #1 of 2
11/2/05 at 12:24pm
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I have a 5680 with
P4 2.6 800fsb HT
512 DDR
9600 128 (standard there)
40gb 5400rpm hd

I am looking at
P4 3.4 800fsb HT
2GB DDR
Soon after, a 7200rpm hd (probably 80 gig)

I mean thats a 800mhz increase, and 4 times the memory.

WHat do I want this for? Gaming. Its not my main rig obviously, but I want to be able to play newer games are "acceptable" framerates. I know it wont be a fps monster, but will that help in games like BF2 and Counterstrike Source?

I am going to look into getting ahold of a 5690MB so I will have the 9700 128, and before I buy the proccy, I want to find out what the max proccy speed in the 5690 was, because if its higher than 3.2, I will wait and buy the proccy with the 5690mb (if I can)

Are we 100% that the 5690 MB will fit the 5680 chassis?
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post #2 of 2
11/30/05 at 7:27am
Hello dont know if you done anything to your lappy ,but IMO i think just the memory and maybe the Hd will be plenty.I dont think the cost versus the performance of the processor and new MB with the 9700 would be that significant.
I have the same specs on my 5680 except i have 1 gig of memory and i play eq2 med setting with lag only in really crowed areas. i know if i upgrade to 2gig it would be just fine.I also have played the BF2 demo with out a problem on medium setting.
On another note,the 5680/5690 are very picky about the ram you put in them.
Hope this helps if you hadnt already done the upgrades..

And yes before you all ask i also own the lappy in my sig too,the sager is my hydra box.
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