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"Steve" <sw@codon.com> wrote in message
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> > > I have an Athlon XP-M 2500+ (an
> > > $85 chip), clocked to a bit over 3200+ levels, and it runs D3 with all
> > > bells, whistles, and options turned on quite smoothly on my 6800GT.
> >
> > The 6800 GT is a great chip. Your cpu is a probably a bottleneck for it,
> > especially in Doom 3.
>  Notice on the link I gave that the fps doesn't drop
> > much for the XP chips as the resolution increases. That is the clue that
the
> > cpu is holding back the  6800 Ultra graphics card from achieving its
> > potential. The small change when resolution increases is probably
> > similar for the 6800 GT.
> >
> > The XP 2500+ is a great chip for business software, but doesn't
> > really have the muscle to run demanding games as well as the
> > Athlon 64 chips.
>
>     Wow.  I'm guessing that you haven't played D3 on one, have you?
>
>     I'm guessing you haven't, especially since you're talking about a
> regular XP 2500+.  Like I said, I'm talking about an overclocked
> Mobile AthlonXP - the same core, but hand-picked from the bins.  I've
> never heard of one that would *not* overclock to a *minimum* of 3200+
> levels.  Mine's running noticeably faster than a 3200+.
>
>     Like I said, with all bells and whistles on, it plays D3 smooth as
> silk on my machine.  I have a hard time believing that it doesn't have
> the muscle for games.  Now I'm not a game addict, I haven't tried
> every game out there, but so far I haven't found a single game that I
> can't play in a *minimum* 1024x768, 4X antialiasing, 8X anisotropic
> filtering with perfectly acceptable frame rates.
>
> steve

I have a 2800 Barton core CPU and that, along with the mobile 2500 mobile
that legions of folks have OC'ed are still very viable CPU's. It's the 512Kb
of L2 cache that keeps this CPU strong. Non Barton XP's do have a more
difficult time with D3. I was on the verge of going to a 3200 64 but the
benches don't show that much of a difference and I'm getting great game play
from my system with a 5900 card and a 1 GB of dual channel ram. Fluid frame
rates and no stuttering. I had no trouble with Painkiller or FarCry, all
played at 1024x768 with most options on. I plan on going to the 3800 64
socket 939 when prices come back down to earth.