pc spec help

ive got a 2.93 ghz intel celeron at the moment and was wandering if the very basic 1.6 ghz intel dual core would improve processing the fixtures.

any help would be much appreciated

Yes probably. Celerons are crap.

Two answers to that question. Firstly, yes, without any doubt. Any Intel Core 2 Duo will hammer the Celeron processor into the dirt and you'll see a considerable leap in performance (Fm is quite simply, processor and ram intensive).

However, before you rush out to buy, your current processor (Intel Celeron D 340 / 2.93 GHz) is a Socket 478 processor. Intel dual-core processors- which is what you want- are Socket 775. Which basically means they're incompatible; so you'd need a new motherboard as well. Still, its more than possible and easier than you'd imagine, but probably not what you were initially thinking of I'd guess?

Also, you make reference to the very basic 1.6 ghz intel dual core (Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200, Socket 775, 1.6GHz?).

Dont confuse this with anything to do with the Core 2 Duo; they are a completely different family and you won't see anything like the performance gains you'd be expecting.

But seeing as you were thinking of just spending £32 on that, and the worst Core 2 Duo is still £100 its a big leap in budget before youve even got to the motherboard. The cheapest way to get a big leap in performance at the moment for you would be to go the AMD route- but thats a different story.

Two answers to that question. Firstly, yes, without any doubt. Any Intel Core 2 Duo will hammer the Celeron processor into the dirt and you'll see a considerable leap in performance (Fm is quite simply, processor and ram intensive).

However, before you rush out to buy, your current processor (Intel Celeron D 340 / 2.93 GHz) is a Socket 478 processor. Intel dual-core processors- which is what you want- are Socket 775. Which basically means they're incompatible; so you'd need a new motherboard as well. Still, its more than possible and easier than you'd imagine, but probably not what you were initially thinking of I'd guess?

Also, you make reference to the very basic 1.6 ghz intel dual core (Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200, Socket 775, 1.6GHz?).

Dont confuse this with anything to do with the Core 2 Duo; they are a completely different family and you won't see anything like the performance gains you'd be expecting.

But seeing as you were thinking of just spending £32 on that, and the worst Core 2 Duo is still £100 its a big leap in budget before youve even got to the motherboard. The cheapest way to get a big leap in performance at the moment for you would be to go the AMD route- but thats a different story.

thanks for the help

my motherboard is a Asus p5s800-vm/s which i think has a lga 775 socket.... the basic dual core i was talking about was the Intel Pentium Dual-Core 1.8 E2140 which is just a budget £50. will this be better then the intel celeron d 2.93? . The core 2 duo's are a bit pricey seen as im upgrading just to improve my fm experience nothing else

Yes, it will be better. Dual Core is just a good processor to dual thread your game.

However, just as important, is your memory. You need to combine Dual Core with DDR2 memory. FM uses a lot of memory so make sure there is enough to play with!

Ahhh.. okay then: all is good ... and the benchmarks on that chip dont look too shabby either. Definitely worth a punt.

And as the man says ^; try and put 2gb of ram on the board that the ASUS_P5S800_VM can take; it'll make a big difference to the size of database you can run. Be sure to get DDR though (not DDR2). With the price of ram being as low as it is, it'd be daft not to.

"Compatible Processors: Pentium 4, Celeron D"

Are you sure that a Core 2 Duo processor will fit in the motherboard mentioned above?

If not, you need to buy a new motherboard in order to let it run with the Core 2 Duo. And buy new memory modules since they work with DDR2 now and you are currently using older modules, DDR.

It can be a pain in the ... sometimes.

As for getting DDR or DDR2, here in Holland, DDR is more expensive than DDR2 lol. It's getting old!

The FSB on the motherboard probably cant handle it, just google the board + core 2 duo.

+ The low end chips arnt really worth having unless you're planning to seriously overclock them, Id wait and save for a better one if this isnt the case.

That motherboard only supports up to P4-762. No dual or quad core processors for you! At the same time, you can get a chunky good processor (compared to what you have) for about £50.

That makes more sense. Definitely unsupported. New mobo required mate.

P5S800-VM Product Compatability

thanks for the help..

no support for dual-core damn... i cant be asked to change the mobo thats abit of a hassel, just changing the cpu would have been simple, ill probably just upgrade to a p4 if i can find one

Its not worth upgrading to a pentium 4.

Its not worth upgrading to a pentium 4.

when the results of the league im in are simulating it takes like 12 secs to do each result on my intel celeron d as apose to 6-7 secs on my bros 1.7ghz intel centrino... not much difference but accumulate that and the celeron is left tailing

That isnt a pentium 4...

That isnt a pentium 4...

i dont know where i said anything was a p4 i was jus comparing my celeron to the 1.7ghz processor that came in the centrino pack

You quotedwhat I said.

You quotedwhat I said.

oh i see.

nah i was simply trying to say that there is no way it would not be beneficial upgrading to a p4 when ive been strugling through my fm days with a celeron