Celeron 2.8ghz to Athlon64 2.0ghz, good chioice?

[BigLu]

I've decided to go ahead and upgrade, now, this has probably been asked a trillion times, but. I cuerrently have a Celeron at 2.8 ghz, I found a great deal on a Athlon64 3200+ at 2.0ghz. Will this perform better than my celeron.Also, i want to be able to play all the new games, like Half-Life2. Will this processor be good for me?

 

[jack22]

Wow...anywaqyz a 3200 is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better then a celeron, the GHZ dont match u[p so dont look at it. A 3200 Is as good as a 3.2GHz P4, that shows you a comparision that you'll know. Now i hope you know youll also need a new mobo which i'll be gad to pick out for you if you need me too.

 

[BigLu]

no i got one picked one out, i don't care that i can't OC, i don't know how, but MSI "RS480M2-IL" ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Chipset Motherboard

 

[jack22]

Yea the 3200+ is a greatt upgrade.

 

[TibsBeatAll]

btw, i've been looking at that mobo, how is it??? DId you find any reviews on it that show it's abilities???

 

[BigLu]

Yea, it is supposed to be great, able to play halflife2 pretty well, great sound, smokin fast, stays cool

 

[TibsBeatAll]

interesting. How does it compare to some of the other quality boards like the MSI neo plat's and the DFI lanparties.

 

[BigLu]

Well, for its price, it's the best i've been able to find, also, the integrated graphics save you a couple hundred bucks on a video card, so does the integrated audio (supposedly better than a platinum soundblaster)

 

[TibsBeatAll]

Well, integrated graphics are terrible, so that doesn't amount to much.

Or, did they come out with some new technology in their integrated graphics???

 

[TibsBeatAll]

And what exactly do you mean when you say, it can play hl2 great??