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88Fan

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88Fan

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June 21st, 2008 01:00

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)

  • TurboShane

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    Posted June 21st, 2008 04:00

    If I were you I would save your pennys til you can afford a new system with a core duo. Any core duo system will blow a way a xps generation 3 sytem extreme processor or not. By the way I used to have a Gen 3. I would spec out a XPS 420 and call it a day.
  • 88Fan

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    Posted June 21st, 2008 22:00

    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

  • Dwindle

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    Posted June 23rd, 2008 13:00

    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.