Recent content by se7en16

WOW! That Tom's Hardware comparison site you gave is great! However, I looked into the CPU upgrade and compared it to a Video card upgrade, and it seems the performance jump is higher when going from my Athlon 64 3800+ to an Athlon X2 4200+, which is only $75 on Newegg.

My budget won't get me an 8800. I did find an EVGA 8600GT 256MB for $90 after the rebate on NewEgg. That's more in my price range. Do you think that will give me a big boost?

Hi! I'm a PC gamer, and would like to upgrade my machine to get better performance in some newer games (like Bioshock...it runs pretty good @ 1280x1024, but all options are turned off). My Rig: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4GHZ Mobo: ASUS M2N4-SLI Video: EVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB RAM...

My current setup: ASUS M2N4-SLI mobo AMD Athlon 64 3800+ @ 2.4 Ghz 1 GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) RAM The timings on my current RAM are 5-5-5-12. I'm thinking of getting more RAM, but here is my question. Which is better? 3 GB of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) RAM @...

Here is my setup: ASUS M2N4-SLI mobo AMD Athlon 64 3800+ @ 2.4 Ghz 1 GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) RAM 500W Power supply I noticed that it is running as 200 Mhz FSB with a 12x multiplier (equals 2.4 Ghz). Shouldn't it be able to run at 400 Mhz FSB with a 6x multiplier, since I have...