i need to upgrade my CPU in the near future, as this is currently lagging behind the rest of my system and half-life 2 lags a little at max settings and im currently running a 2.667 P4, @ 533mhz FSB Please dont mention AMD, i'll ignore you, sorry, im just like that What i would like to know what the advantages of a socket 775 processor over a socket 478 are, and what the future holds in terms of which one will last i am quite happy to spend the money if i think it's gonna be worth it, but £150 for a new mobo on top of ~£200 for a new processor is a little bit much if it doesnt give me that much so to sum up: will i need to upgrade to socket 775 eventually? what are the advantages? and also, does a 3.4 prescott running on socket 775 outperform a 3.4 northwood on socket 478 (i know that the northwood is the king of the socket 478) any help would be appreciated Cheers guys and gals
and also, does a 3.4 prescott running on socket 775 outperform a 3.4 northwood on socket 478 (i know that the northwood is the king of the socket 478) I'm almost positive it will. But ya never know, its intel :good:
LGA775 was built specifically with the Prescott core in mind, in terms of being able to handle the power and heat the chip gives off. The other thing it does deals with the locking mechanism for the CPU. Traditionally, there's been a heavy reliance on the heatsink's weight to keep the CPU in the socket. With LGA775 it transfers this to the retention mechanism on the socket itself. The heatsink installation should be even less grunty than the installation of S478 and the likes of S754, S939, and S940. Now, it's true, that LGA775 is made for only 20 insertions, but so is S478. One thing that is up in the air is the life of LGA775. There were going to be a couple of cores coming after Prescott that would be LGA775, but with Intel cancelling these cores and moving toward dual cores, I dunno. As far as the i915 and 925X, you're really not getting an advatage at this point in time. The move to DDR2 that these chipsets provide will be necessary. Right now, it's not, and quite honestly even if you are in the Intel-only camp, I wouldn't move from what I have now. As far as what you'd need: -New motherboard (duh) -New CPU (duh) -New heatsink (optional, if you get the retail CPU) -DDR2 (unless you went with a 915 board supporting DDR) -EPS 12V+ power supply (with 24-pin ATX and 8-pin auxillary power connections) -PCIe (PCI Express) video card (using the pseudo-AGP slots=crappy performance) Now, there are a few boards out from Soltek, Abit, and DFI sporting the LGA775 on the i875 or i865PE chipsets. That's really kind of a dumb move in the end as the future is moving toward PCIe and DDR2, and you're just getting a motherboard to support a different CPU socket. If you're going to upgrade the motherboard, you really ought to look at jumping to PCIe now as that is the future. Sure, it's going to be expensive, but it's the smarter move in the long run.
