upgrade proscessor from 2.8 to 3.4 any problems ?

[Mike Baudoux]

I'm going to upgrade the CPU and the old one is a 2.8 and the new one is a
3.4 Prescott do you think I'll have any problems with xp wanting to do a
repair install ?

thanks

Mike

 

[John John]

Shouldn't cause any problems... but anything is possible.

John

 

[Ghostrider]

I'm going to upgrade the CPU and the old one is a 2.8 and the new one is a
3.4 Prescott do you think I'll have any problems with xp wanting to do a
repair install ?

thanks

Mike

Just what does the motherboard manual and the motherboard board
manufacturer say since the old CPU pre-dates a Prescott. A bios
upgrade might also be in order. After taking care of any hardware
issues, Windows XP should probably boot up and run OK.

 

[Mike Baudoux]

the Motherboard is a Up to date one last yr and the 2.8 is one I had laying
around and now my father wants the fastest that will go in the Motherboard
so a 3.4 Prescott is compatible with the bios and chip set

He also want 2 gig more of memory so now he'll have 4 gig of memory with a
3.4 Prescott should fly !

 

[John John]

If you ask me, unless he is doing some really intense processing or
working with really large files he probably won't even notice the
difference, or at best he may only notice a slight difference. Going
from 2GB RAM to 4GB will only make a difference if he was already
exhausting the existing memory and making marked usage of the pagefile,
something that few users with 2GB RAM do. As for the processor upgrade
from 2.8 to 3.4 it will make a slight difference but it's no that great
a leap!

John

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

the Motherboard is a Up to date one last yr and the 2.8 is one I had
laying around and now my father wants the fastest that will go in the
Motherboard so a 3.4 Prescott is compatible with the bios and chip set

He also want 2 gig more of memory so now he'll have 4 gig of memory
with a 3.4 Prescott should fly !

The faster processor should make a discernable difference, but how much it
will be depends on what apps he runs. I wouldn't be surprised if the
difference is slight, though.

Regarding upgrading from 2GB to 4GB of RAM, my guess is that it's highly
unlikely that that will make any noticable difference at all. How much RAM
you need for good performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all situation. You
get good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using the
page file, and that depends on what apps you run. Most people running a
typical range of business applications find that somewhere around 256-384MB
works well, others need 512MB. Almost anyone will see poor performance with
less than 256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing
large photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding even more
than 512MB--sometimes much more.

Unless he edits large photographic images or video files, he probably won't
be able to tell the difference between 2GB and 4GB. In fact, the 2GB he
already has is probably way more than he needs. It's a rare person who needs
that much.