Phenom to Phenom II

[jfella91]

I have a phenom clocked at 1.8 right now, it runs the games I like to play fine though. Is it worth upgrading to a Phenom II (which will have better specs and clock speed closer to ~3)? Would much be noticeably different??

[Eiliosdraye]

Are you crazy? Of course upgrading a processor will make it faster.

[brohana]

Your quad is running at 1.8?

Wow

Yes you will definitely notice a difference.

[skarm]

the 1.8 phenom quad is the worst phenom quad

[jfella91]

Okay guess Ill upgrade when I can spare the money.

[TopHatMan]

This 2003 computer, with original drive, gets at least 2 :confused:
Go upgrade now. In fact, buy two.

[jfella91]

This 2003 computer, with original drive, gets at least 2 :confused:
Go upgrade now. In fact, buy two.

Ah but you're forgetting it's theoretically 1.8x4

...theoretically

[Ryuk]

Ah but you're forgetting it's theoretically 1.8x4

...theoretically

That means nothing, games still operate on one thread(a few operate on 2), making the cores perform serially.

[jfella91]

That means nothing, games still operate on one thread(a few operate on 2), making the cores perform serially.

Theoretically

[Ryuk]

Theoretically

Well, it doesn't, yet...

Dx11 architecture allows the usage of multiple threads inside the games, so a slower clocked quad might be able to perform on the level of a faster clocked duo core.