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Can somebody translate this to non-computer terms?

I have an AMD 1100mhz processor from Gateway that is no longer powerful enough. What type of deal is going on and is AMD still consider a good processor? What is consider fast today?

Thanks

[EagleUSA]

Can somebody translate this to non-computer terms?
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I will try. You have an old computer with an old mother board. It most likely is not upgradable to any significant extent due to limitations of the older mother board to take the more modern CPU designs. This is just conjecture on my part based on what you said.

AMD is just announcing a LARGE price cut in its mainline CPUs. If you have/had a mother board that would support one of these newer CPUs, you could take advantage of the enhanced processing power of them. If your mother board is older, I would advise you to "gut it" and replace it with an up-to-date design and take advantage of the price decrease on these new CPUs.

Good Luck !!! :-)

[Echo Talon]

Can somebody translate this to non-computer terms?

in your situation, and for everyone this news tells everyone to wait a a few weeks to upgrade to let the price cuts to take effect... In your personal situation you will need pretty much a total upgrade... The new Intel Core2Duo(Conroe) is the king, BUT AMD X2 cpu's are still a good buy(And AMD Athlon64's are still good for a budget computer)... If building OR buying a new system I personally would suggest the Intel Core2Duo E6600 2.4GHZ, IF you already have a Socket939 processor and your motherboard supports the AMD X2 I would suggest buying one of those after the price cuts take place... :)