6800 GT 256 mb , IS cpu bottlenecking?

[Chingy]

Hi all

I got 2 gig p4 cpu, 2gig ddr RAM, 120 gig hdd, and 6800 gt 256 mb card.

I know my cpu is causing bottleneck, If I were to upgrade CPU only that
would cost me lot less than going for new cpu+mobo+memory combo(eg athlon64
route).

What I want is upgrade CPU to like 2.8 gig p4...is that a good upgrade for
atleast 1 yr???

Also my mobo is VIA p4pb400-fl, what kinda processor speed this mobo can
handle easy and what core of the processor eg northwood or prescott or
either?

cheers

 

[Dan]

Yeah purchasing a 2.8gig processor would last you another year. You could
also overclock it slightly. I say slightly because your motherboard doesn't
have a pci/agp lock.

In my own opinion I would purchase the northwood core due to the lower power
requirements.

Dan

 

[Glitch]

Yeah purchasing a 2.8gig processor would last you another year. You could
also overclock it slightly. I say slightly because your motherboard doesn't
have a pci/agp lock.

I'd recommend a 3.0 or 3.2 Northwood that would last you even
longer,because all of your system specs are top-of-the-line and with a
3.2 P4 you'd be upgrade free for at least two years.

 

[Dan]

I'd recommend a 3.0 or 3.2 Northwood that would last you even
longer,because all of your system specs are top-of-the-line and with a
3.2 P4 you'd be upgrade free for at least two years.

Yes but his motherboard can only handle 400/533FSB processors so the fastest
available processor would be the Pentium 4 3.06Ghz which is increasingly
difficult to find.

 

[Chris Pound]

Yes but his motherboard can only handle 400/533FSB processors so the fastest
available processor would be the Pentium 4 3.06Ghz which is increasingly
difficult to find.

Very hard to find. The place I usually shop online is www.ncix.com and
they no longer carry any Northwoods.

 

[Chingy]

so If I purchase a 800 fsb cpu it won't work? I thought 800 fsb should work
eg @ 533 fsb but not at its full 800 fsb.?

 

[Dan]

It will work just fine. However if you purchase a 3ghz 800FSB processor it
will only run at 1995mhz! Slower then your current processor! FSB *
multiplier = frequency. The 3ghz 800FSB has a multiplier of 15. 15*133
(quadpumped) = 1995mhz. Intel lock multipliers, amd do not.

dan

 

[R. J. Salvi]

Very hard to find. The place I usually shop online is www.ncix.com and
they no longer carry any Northwoods.

http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=121

http://www.pcprogress.com/product.asp?m1=pw&pid=INP4-533-306OEM

http://store.yahoo.com/str8buy/inpen4p451l2.html

....or do a Google search for the following:

BX80532PE3066D

 

[Chris Pound]

http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=121

http://www.pcprogress.com/product.asp?m1=pw&pid=INP4-533-306OEM

http://store.yahoo.com/str8buy/inpen4p451l2.html

...or do a Google search for the following:

BX80532PE3066D

Thx, but I only shop in Canada.