Boosted my old computer 3x with Phenom X3
I had this old Windows XP machine with an Athlon 64 3000+, which used to score higher than a Xeon 3.0GHZ in various benchmarks, but it has gradually become too slow... I finally decided to do an upgrade. Bought a Phenom X3+a AM2+ MB, added more memory. Just hook the old hard drive to the new box, Windows XP reactivated itself, and everything runs fine. It is like putting a jet engine on a motor cycle.
posted by Sharikou, Ph. D. @ 9/22/2008 04:05:00 PM
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Megahertz is written like this: MHz
Mega (M) + Hertz (Hz)
I see it's written wrong all over your page.
Putting a jet engine on a motor cycle is actually not a good idea.
Cons:
*Expensive
*Bad for cornering
*Heavy
*Fuel economy becomes very poor
*The force is pushing the bike straight forward, the wheels don't push the bike giving less traction.
I'd rather say it's like putting a better performing engine into your car, with little extra fuel consumption. Then you also add a AWD system to the wheels and transmission (or shall we say 3WD)
Dude, reinstall that OS for more performance.
Good for you!
I'm tryin' to boost my PC from my old Q9450 @ 3.48 GHz to Shanghai 3.0 GHz A.S.A.P., because I'm NOT so happy about Intel's Q9450 CPU as everybody says. Ok, ok, it's good, but not so good in my opinion; FSB strangles the hell out of him in almost 75% of tasks. So... FSB sucks BIG time!
Maybe, Nehalem? Hmmmm... AMD's clone. No, no!
wanting to say for a long time, but in the computer world where 2 and all the powers of 2 rule, a tri-core in the form of X3 comes as a bit of surprise :O
Awww... poor AMD, no longer a fab... just a designer.
AMD lost the race.
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