CPU upgrade

Question

Sorry for duplicating my post, but I may have posted it in the wrong thread

I am not sure of my specs, so sorry if this is asking the same question.

My 8400 is year and a half old , and to date its been a very good system..

Would my mother board accomodate an upgrade to a 64 bit dual core ptocessor? Here is the info from CPUZ

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Also DX10 is something to consider and if my ATI X700 pro pci express will be able to make use of it. I am into Flight simulator big time and the next version will have DX10 support. I wrote ATI but no response

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Appreciate the response

Thanks
Bill

Message Edited by wfcr on 01-20-2006 03:38 AM

rollainm · Answer

Yeah...completely wrong board. Your question belongs in the Dimension Desktops - Upgrade Hardware board.   But the answer to you question is no. No dual core. You can upgrade to any 6xx processor, but considering you already have a 550, it's probably a waste of money. All you'll gain is 64-bit support and an extra mb of L2 cache. Your processor is fine. Take that money and buy a 7800gt. Or give it to me so I can buy one :smileywink:   By the way, you're lucky that x700 works in your 8400. The two don't tend to work well together.

wfcr · Answer

Thanks for the response. I posted it here because of Windows Vista and I saw other posts along the same line.

Anyway I am not surprised and as you say its not worth the money for 64 bit support.

The X700 works great. Never had a days trouble with it. :-)

I guess I will keep the system as is for a while longer..If it doesn't break. The only thing I will do is get a 20 inch LCD...looking at the Samsung 204T

Thanks
Bill

IDirect3D9 · Answer

I must provide a dissenting opinion about 64-bit CPU's. In my experience they are worth the upgrade, I have recently built two systems based on the Intel 8xx/ASUS P5LD2 and a backup server based on an Intel 630. I can say with great certainty that 64-bit systems vastly outperform any 32-bit system. But frankly, the best reason to get 64-bit is that only 64-bit chips from Intel (AMD has Execute Disable on both 32 and 64 bit) come with Execute Disable. The security benefits from XD alone are worth the price of upgrading. Also the difference running Windows Vista on 64-bit is night and day, versus 32-bit. The rumblings from Microsoft are that they only support 32-bit becuase people don't want to, or can't, upgrade. Windows Vista is most likely to be the last version of Windows to support 32-bit.

As a developer, I can say from experience, maintaining two codebases for both 32 and 64 bit is a special kind of nightmare I wouldn't wish on anyone, especially given Vista's size.

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