ok i have just bought some new stuff to upgrade my pc since it burnt out on me the other week here are the stuff i bough

Upgrade Kit AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+,
Mainboard, 2048MB, PCI-Express

GeForce 6800GS 256MB
GDDR3, PCI-Express, 425Mhz/1GHz,w/Farcry


just wondering if buyin these will change my runing speed from my old stuff which was

amd sempron 2.3ghx 3200 (or something)
2gb ddr ram
geforce 6600 256 agp card


will i notice a vast improovement in speed and quality

Hi gaz,

I wouldn't say a big difference when running apps, definately noticable. Where you will notice the most difference is when playing games. You will notice you will be able to run much smoother and better quality game play than your used to.

Yes definetly in games, not so much apps. The thing is with dual core technology mate, is that there's not many things being written that are actually designed to take advantage of it, so really you have two cores, with only one being put to good use. I'm sure things will start being written to use dual core CPU's properly soon, however in my new system, I'm going with a single core CPU because of this. Some single cores actually perform close to/about the same/or sometimes even better than some dual cores, or so I've heard...

Not for long I'm betting though, It's going to be a quick and inexpensive upgrade for me anyway.

I wouldn't say that PGH - i would definitely go with a dual core processor, they are a lot faster especially when multitasking.

Just look at Tom's hardware CPU Charts

so have i made a wise upgrade

Yes, definetly.

I agree upgrader, however I would say in some tasks, you probably wouldn't notice the difference between a dual core and single, or it would at least a minimal one. But if your a gamer who needs every ounce of processing power, or an avid multitasker, then it's probably essential.

I'm neither, so that's why I chose a single core. However, if it doesn't tip me much over budget, I may go with a dual core just to save upgrading in the future.