Right now I have a socket 754 motherboard (with a sempron 2800) Along with that I have DDR SD 3200 ram (2 sticks of 512). In addition I have a 6800 gs. I don't know, but I am sure that the processor is holding the video card back in certain situations. In first person shooter games, where everything is in a small space, I get smooth frame rates, but in a game like oblivion, my CPU suffers! It is practically on 100% load the whole time. I have done some tweaks, but it doesn't stop the constant studders I get, especially in battle.
Anyway, I was thinking about upgrading to the AM2 socket. This motherboard looks really good to me:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135028
The motherboard and the CPU seem like the cheapest. I was looking and DDR 2 800 memory is expensive. I got my 1024 mb of ram for like $60. I was wondering if that old memory would work in this new motherboard. If it does, would it even be worth it? Would it slow down the rest of the system?
Thx
2006-12-24 14:27:43 · 6 answers · asked by Jeremy J 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
DDR2 DIMMs are not backwards compatible with DDR DIMMs. The notch on DDR2 DIMMs is in a different position than DDR DIMMs, and the pin density is slightly higher than DDR DIMMs. DDR2 is a 240-pin module, DDR is a 184-pin module.
:Edit: As far as price goes, a gig of DDR2 800s is about $100, but keep checking Newegg for specials.
2006-12-24 14:35:09 · answer #1 · answered by NumberSix6 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you go with an ASUS mainboard. You're complaining about performance and you're staying with a cheap product. You have to realize that Processor and RAM do not entirely make up the system or the bottlenecks. You still have the hard disk and it's access time and the video adapter in addition to the amount video RAM.
As far as the PC3200 memory working in the new board, probably not. DDR slots are 184 pin while DDR2 are 240 pin.
Don't forget you may have to reinstall Windows when you swap out the mainboard.
2006-12-24 14:38:45 · answer #2 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for one thing .. the videocard alone is holding u back on oblivion and going to another cpu isnt going to help much if at all ... if the new board doesnt have slots for the old ddr then it wont work. the best thing to do is upgrade it all at once ... ur gonna need a 7950 to get oblivion looking good and smooth at the higher settings.
2006-12-24 14:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd advise you do no longer upload something till you examine the motherboard specs. next would be no count in case you're utilising a 32 bit or sixty 4 bit working gadget. 4 gigs is the tops you may run on a 32 bit gadget no count how lots ram the mobo would be equipped with. in case you're working a sixty 4 bit working gadget, you're nevertheless constrained to the max ram for that mobo.
2016-12-15 07:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by lesniewski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me like you really need to install the latest greatest everything to get the performance you need.
2006-12-24 14:36:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
old in the first slot and new in the second slot.
have a driver for you video card .it will fine for you computer.
2006-12-24 14:41:35 · answer #6 · answered by tiger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋