It will help you quite a bit with normal softwares.. and A LOT with photoshop & co.
2006/10/3, cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Back from the dead: > I cracked the case today to look at the memory and low, it's pc3200. So, if > I get another stick of memory another CPU, I 'll be rockin' Fo' Shizle. > right? > > Cory > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cbwaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:29 AM > Subject: Re: OT: CPU question > > > > Thanks Mat. > > This ASUS does support dual channel RAM. > > ftp://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/p4p800-mx/e1880_p4p800-mx.pdf > > > > Looks like, if I moved up to a 800Mhz FSB, I'll have to get new RAM. :( > > > > CW > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mat Maessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:11 AM > > Subject: Re: OT: CPU question > > > > > >> On 9/29/06, cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> My PC is a P4 1.7 (don't know the FSB speed) and I've got 504MB of DDR > >>> DIMM > >>> RAM (not sure of the speed there either) > >> > >> It's probably DDR400 RAM. The processor is 400 MHZ FSB. If you don't > >> have DDR400 memory, you'll see a performance increase just by > >> upgrading that. > >> > >>> Without switching motherboards, I can move up to around P4 3.0 with an > >>> 800Mhz FSB and hyper-threading for about $85. > >> > >> Honestly, unless you move up to a motherboard that either has > >> dual-channel RAM access, or uses DDR2 RAM (not backwards compatible > >> with your DDR RAM), you probably won't see much of a performance > >> difference. The real bottleneck is between the memory and the > >> processor. > >> > >>> How would one describe the improvement is speed here? 1-10 with ten > >>> being > >>> "waoh, that's the best $85 I ever spent!" > >> > >> Probably about a 2 or a 3 on that scale. Honestly, your money is > >> probably better spent in getting more memory. Photoshop is MUCH > >> happier on my machine with a gig of RAM available than it was with > >> only 512 megabytes. > >> > >> If I were in your position, I'd probably spend $50-60 to throw another > >> 512 megabytes of RAM at the machine, and start saving up for one of > >> the Intel-based macs. The Core 2 Duo would be a significant > >> improvement over what you have now. > >> > >> -Mat > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006 > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006 > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
