Help with Motherboard and CPU selection...experts needed!

I posted earlier and got no reply it may have been my header so here goes
again!
I currently have an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mobo with a Barton 2500+ clocked to
3200+ by increasing the FSB to 200MHz, it works fine, however I need more
speed for mathematical functions...example, rendering a video for DVD
burning.....taking an avi file and doing the conversion to make it
compatible with all the set top boxes on the TV sets. I am into gaming
SLIGHTLY like an occasional air combat type game, but this is VERY rare. I
have an ATI 9000 All in Wonder, and I know this is weak, but I am looking
for speed that has not much to do with frame rates, more like the time it
takes the computer to get work done....in the vein of Seti or folding......
I want to get a new chip and MoBo. I want to use my current memory (1 gig of
PC-3500)
Any Help Out There????
Thanks
John

 

Abit AV8/ AMD Athlon FX-55.

Bill

 

: In article <f%lXd.8367$>,
: says...
: > I posted earlier and got no reply it may have been my header so here
goes
: > again!
: > I currently have an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mobo with a Barton 2500+ clocked
to
: > 3200+ by increasing the FSB to 200MHz, it works fine, however I need
more
: > speed for mathematical functions...example, rendering a video for DVD
: > burning.....taking an avi file and doing the conversion to make it
: > compatible with all the set top boxes on the TV sets. I am into gaming
: > SLIGHTLY like an occasional air combat type game, but this is VERY rare.
I
: > have an ATI 9000 All in Wonder, and I know this is weak, but I am
looking
: > for speed that has not much to do with frame rates, more like the time
it
: > takes the computer to get work done....in the vein of Seti or
folding......
: > I want to get a new chip and MoBo. I want to use my current memory (1
gig of
: > PC-3500)
: > Any Help Out There????
: > Thanks
: > John
: >
: >
: >
: Abit AV8/ AMD Athlon FX-55.
:
: Bill

Seconded

Amir

 

Isn't it great spending other peoples' money? Last i checked the FX-55
was around $1000US... maybe a little less depending on exchange rates
and where you buy...
Mind you, I guess John never specified a budget ;-)
JB

 

I don't think John will be happy until DVD rendering takes less 3 seconds

 

Joy for John:

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Bill

 

I wouldn't be either... Ideally I'd like to render a DVD in 12ms....

 

Unreasonable expectations. Next thing you'll want a register add to take
less than 10 ns

 

Umm ... this was a joke right? On any halfway modern CPU you're looking at
less than 500ps latency per add, and 1 add completing (on average) every
~170ps or less.

K7/K8 at 2GHz: 3 integer units so 6*10^9 adds/sec = 167ps per add (500ps
latency)
Pentium 4 at 3GHz: 2 double-pumped so 12*10^9 adds/sec = 83ps per add (167ps
latency). But the core can only dispatch/retire 3 uops per cycle so in
reality it's limited to 111ps per add (still with 167ps latency).

 

Yes it was a joke