OT: Upgrading an AMD processor

[Tycho Andersen]

Nigel:

How much RAM does the system have, and do you know if you can add more? That
may be another (possibly cheaper) option to upgrading the system, and you
might see better results depending on where the bottleneck is.

Tycho

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Nigel Ridley <nigel at prayingforisrael.net>wrote:

> I have a 4 year old AMD Athlon 64 3000 Venice 939 processor on a MSI K8N
> Neo4 mainboard. My two
> boys are complaining that Kubuntu 8.10 is running too slow for them.....
>
> I am thinking about upgrading the processor to something more modern. The
> fastest similar
> processor that I can find is the AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Socket 939; but there
> is also an Athlon 64
> X2 4600+ Socket 939.
>
> Are the X2 processors compatible with older mainboards? Or would a BIOS
> update take care of things?
>
> Blessings,
>
> Nigel
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