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Originally Posted by Menoman
I just have a couple questions, you said that that athlon 3200 is made for gaming, but it doesnt appear to use Hyper Thread technology.
How much does this HT tech actually improve processing speeds? I don't really understand what I've been reading about it so maybe someone could explain to me in lamen terms.
Also, You said not to get super high quality RAM if I'm not going to overclock, I do plan to overclock the video like Blitz said with coolbits. Would that mean get the higher RAM? Or is that for overclocking your processor?
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HT is an extra feature that Pentium 4's have. It allows some really good performance in applications and boosts the initial performance of the processor in the aformentioned applications. Overall, the fact that the HT Pentium 4's are 200 MHz FSB has a much bigger effect than the HT aspect. AMD Athlon 64's don't have HT, but neither does any AMD processor. Intel's Pentium 4 and Xeon series are known for HT...none other than those. AMD does have a Hyper Transport ability on their Athlon 64 processors, but this simply means that the theoretical FSB is astronomically high (around 1.6 GHz). This isn't the true FSB...just the "market" FSB. In other words, don't buy a P4 just because it has H Threading and don't buy an Athlon 64 just because it has H Transport. Buy a processor based on how it performs in games. I'd personally go with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+.
Really good RAM is for overclocking your processor, not the videocard. Overclocking a videocard is done with programs or installing a different BIOS on the videocard. NVIDIA's drivers have a hidden program that can be unlocked with a registry edit called Coolbits. This program allows easy overclocking of NVIDIA cards (if the card is up to the challenge...most 6800 GT's are). GeForce 6800 videocards also have thermal throttling. This means that it's nearly impossible to break a card through overclocking it.
-Lasereth