Re: UPGRADING from Duron to Athlon !

Scott Simontis wrote:
> (shoshe) wrote in message
news:<. com>...
> > hi to all ..
> > i wanna upgrade my system from a 1.3 Duron to Athlon XP 2500 . how
> > much performance increase should i get if i go for that upgrade
also
> > im gonna increase the RAM from 256 to 512 !
> > my main purpose is gammin and for that i have a good graphic card
as
> > well (Radeon 9600 128MB).
> > is it a worthy upgrade ?

> You might already know this, but AMD
> processors can heat up very easily

actually, AMD processors have never heated up as quickly as Intel in my
experience. And thats with Retail Fans. thats why AMD takes longer in
processor development.

"Pandora Xero" <> wrote in message news:<cfhd9t$>...
> Scott Simontis wrote:
> > (shoshe) wrote in message
> news:<. com>...
> > > hi to all ..
> > > i wanna upgrade my system from a 1.3 Duron to Athlon XP 2500 . how
> > > much performance increase should i get if i go for that upgrade
> also
> > > im gonna increase the RAM from 256 to 512 !
> > > my main purpose is gammin and for that i have a good graphic card
> as
> > > well (Radeon 9600 128MB).
> > > is it a worthy upgrade ?
>
> > You might already know this, but AMD
> > processors can heat up very easily
>
> actually, AMD processors have never heated up as quickly as Intel in my
> experience. And thats with Retail Fans. thats why AMD takes longer in
> processor development.


thanks for the replies guyz ...
but what abt the performance increase in GAMES ??? how much can i
expect in THEM ... heat may not be that much of a matter right now !