Athlon 64 X2 upgrade.

skiltrip wrote on 1/22/2008, 5:10 AM

I am running Sony Vegas Pro 8 on an Asus A8N-SLi motherboard with an Athlon 64 3700+ 939 cpu, with 2GB of PC3200 RAM. I'm considering upgrading my CPU to an Athlon 64 X2.

How much can/will Vegas take advantage of the dual core thing?

Say... an X2 3800+ vs. my current single core 3700+. It is like twice the power or it doesn't really work like that?

Comments

JJKizak wrote on 1/22/2008, 5:55 AM

I have three machines, AMD 3200, 3800 X2, and 4600+ X2 and each one is visably faster than the other, particulary when you get to the X2's.
JJK

TheHappyFriar wrote on 1/22/2008, 5:59 AM

get a faster one instead:
http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=693

get the fastest one you can, it will make a HECK of a difference. But x2 939's are getting REAL scarce. The time to upgrade was ~2 months ago when they were ~$80 each. Now, it might be cheaper/same price to get the AM2 CPU & same board, but in AM2 slot:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103778
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131234

actuatly, it IS cheaper. That's an AM2+ board so it supports HT3 too.