P4 2.8 Or 3.0ghz?

[Keikan]

I really can decide which one to get

Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz 800fsb $419
Intel Pentium 4 3.0ghz 800fsb $599

I save around 200 dollars for 200mhz

Which should i get?

[3rd gen noob]

if you have copius amounts of money, get the 3.0GHz chip.
otherwise, the 2.8GHz chip should easily suit your needs

[Keikan]

One more thing i want my cpu to last as long as possible before 3 years later when games need like 3ghz as mininum

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by Keikan@9 September 2003 - 05:04
One more thing i want my cpu to last as long as possible before 3 years later when games need like 3ghz as mininum

basically it depends how much money you have
i'm not trying to be rude, but if you are rich then get the 3.0GHz chip (obviously), if you've been saving up for a while to get a new cpu, it may be worth getting the 2.8GHz chip and uprating other parts of your system (gpu, ram, motherboard...)

[Keikan]

Would my pc be fast if i had 2.8ghz 2gig o ram?

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by Keikan@9 September 2003 - 05:17
Would my pc be fast if i had 2.8ghz 2gig o ram?

there's no real point having anything more than a gig or a gig ad a half of ram unless you plan to do some pretty heavy 3d work, or want to run 20 instances of a program at the same time
1 gig of ram should do you fine
what gpu you got? might be worth upgrading that

[Keikan]

My needs:

Playing Games
Encoding VCD/SVCD mpegs (In less than 4hrs please!!&#33
WAtching divx movies
Everyday stuff (e-mail,web surfing etc.)
A pc that will meet the mininum requirements of games for more than 3 years if possible

What i'm looking at

P4 2.8ghz/3.0ghz
1024mb ram
GENERIC geforce fx5600 256mb vid card

[theprisoner]

if they both have the 800mhz front side bus i would get the 2.8. There is a very little difference in processers, the bus is what matters. I have a 2.4(533 fsb) and my friend has a 1.2ghz(533fsb) and theres a very little difference. Also go a little higher and get the fx5900(the 5600 is very lound and it tested below the ati radeon 9700) or radeon 9800 256mb

[Broken]

2.8 or 3.0 ghz... it really doesn't matter. In 8 months they'll both be obsolete. Save the money and get ready to buy the computer after that if you wanna stay current. B)

[3rd gen noob]

that setup should do you well
the only possible weak point is the graphics card. you might want to be prepared to replace that in about a year or so, apart from that, it's a nice setup

as for the encoding you mention, my current setup (athlon 2700+, 512MB ram) takes approx 1.2 times real time to encode avi to vcd, so your proposed setup should do avi to vcd in real time or better