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XPS Gen3 Upgrade
I would like to know if it is possible to upgrade my processor on my older XPS System. I would like to go to an Extreme Processor if possible. I don't know how to find what processors are compatiable. Thanks for any information you can help me with.
Motherboard Properties: Manufacturer Dell Inc. Product 0K3464 Serial Number ..CN4811147901BR.
Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 540, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension XPS Gen 3 Motherboard Chipset Intel Alderwood i925X
System Memory 3072 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM) BIOS Type Phoenix (07/19/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Processor Properties: Manufacturer Intel External Clock 800 MHz Maximum Clock 3600 MHz Current Clock 3200 MHz Type Central Processor Voltage 1.5 V Status Enabled Upgrade ZIF Socket Designation Microprocessor
BIOS Properties: Vendor Dell Inc. Version A01 Release Date 07/19/2004 Size 512KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, LS-120 Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP Expansion Capabilities-PCI, USB
Chipset Properties: Motherboard Chipset Intel Alderwood i925X
Memory Timings 4-4-4-12 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
Graphics Processor Properties: Video Adapter ATI Radeon X800 XT PCI-E (R423)
GPU Code Name R423 (PCI Express x16 1002 / 5D57, Rev 00)---GPU Clock 506 MHz (original: 500 MHz)
Memory Clock 500 MHz (original: 500 MHz)
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I know I need to just by a new system but I would like to upgrade this one for my younger boys. I figured just upgrading the processor and stepping up the videocard would give them all they need to play racing games. If anyone knows how I can found out what processor I can upgrade to that would be helpful. Thanks
Another forum member and myself went through just about all the upgrade possiblities for the GEN3. Bottom line is the performance increase was negligible and the cost did not justify it. You are stuck with a P4 processor and upgrading to an extreme edition will not be worth the cost for a few extra frames per second. Any video card upgrade will still be seriously bottlenecked by the processor and also not worth it.
sorry for the bad news.

TurboShane
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Posted June 21st, 2008 04:00