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Originally posted by alegator
My question is how much faster a current top of the line PC would perform with certain tasks.
A lot faster. Don't expect anyone to put a number (like 2x or 4x) on it though, there are too many variables.
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Originally posted by alegator
I do feel my system is slow when video editing, specially High Definition video.
That will benefit greatly from a faster, dual or quad core CPU.
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Originally posted by alegator
Also, some games like Flight Simulator run really slow, specially when running it at full specs.
The games will benefit from a faster CPU as well, but even more so from a better graphics card.
One of the reasons I am still satisfied with a 3GHz machine similar to yours is that the graphics card was upgraded about two years ago and was top end when I got it. That upgrade made sense at the time, even though AGP was on its way out already. I wouldn't bother with that now, with the rest of the system older by another two years.
