Chnage from Athlon 64 X2 6000+ worth it?

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  1. Joebhoy

    Joebhoy Member

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    Was thinking about upgrading to AMD Phenom II X4 940 3 GHz what would be your advice?

    Much difference between 2.2GHz ansd 3GHz?
     
    Joebhoy, Jun 25, 2010
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    Going from 2.2 to 3.0 would be a good boost by itself...going from a dual core to a quad core will be a bigger boost to most new applications and games.

    Just make sure you mainboard supports it; some AM2 mainboards can accept newer chips, most cannot.
     
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    Yeah my Motehrboard brought out a bios update so it supports it.

    Look like I'll try get the 3.2GHz!

    Thanks
     
    Joebhoy, Jun 27, 2010
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