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[jackace]

im planning on getting an amd athlon 64(3200+ or 3000+), dfi lanparty motherboard (pci-e), and some value ram. I am going to need a new vid card as mine is agp.

What would you get as a vid card...a 6600 gt and wait 6 months or go for a 6800gt and call it good for atleast a year?

also in your experience is the $50 difference in the 3200+ and 3000+ worth the upgrade?

i mainly play WoW and other games, and listen and watch some movies too

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: jackace
What would you get as a vid card...a 6600 gt and wait 6 months or go for a 6800gt and call it good for atleast a year?

I went with the 6600GT. If it can't play BF2 and AoEIII, then I'll upgrade and lose $20, if it can, then I'm happy.

also in your experience is the $50 difference in the 3200+ and 3000+ worth the upgrade?

This is being discussed in the CPU forum. I don't think it's a problem because it's been proven that a memory divider barely scratches performance. With the flexibility, depending on the chip, you could maybe squeeze another .05 or .1 Ghz out of a CPU, but, for me, that's not $50 worth of performance and isn't guaranteed either.

i mainly play WoW and other games, and listen and watch some movies too

6600GT has a working "video processor", FWIW. And it will handle WoW with ease. But for newer games, if you're a hardcore AA/AF junkie, then you'll need to look towards an X800XL or 6800GT....without AA/AF, there's very little practical difference between the performance of the cards at 1280x1024 in any current game.

 

[SomeDude22]

wait untill next month to build a A64 rig when the new venice cores are avaliable
and
i suggest waiting untill the next generation of cards

 

[jackace]

would love to wait as i could probably get more for the money but i have a p4 1.7 the original and i drag azz in WoW and other games and my 9500 pro is just not cutting it any more. I get pissed off more and more every time i play the game, and i have had it. time for upgrades

 

[Zebo]

I would never buy a 6600GT. The 800XL is 100% faster for only 50% mo money. Unless you just have a blind hatred for ATi the 800XL is *the* card to have right now at almost every price point. Even if you gave me $600 I'd get the 800XL instead of 850/6800's just on price/performance cost/benefit principle.

 

[Zebo]

also in your experience is the $50 difference in the 3200+ and 3000+ worth the upgrade?

Are you overclocking? Stock no way. Clocking?? very debatable on the winny due to multi issues and mem issues with the 9x.

 

[imported_Noob]

I would get a PCIe MB (Nforce 4 or VIA K8T890) and wait for the next generation cards.

 

[Pete]

If you buy now, you're better off putting that $50 toward a much faster video card rather than a slightly faster CPU.

 

[blckgrffn]

Here is what you should do: (my$.02, of course):

By the Biostar NF3 mobo from newegg for like $56, and the 2800+ Retail for $120, and the gig of corsair DDR for $85. Keep the 9500 Pro. Wait until next year. Upgrading that stuff will give you a HUGE increase in performance over your lowly P4, and I stand behind the 9500 Pro as an all time great card, and one that should keep you sane until you can blow your load on the next gen stuff. I would try holding out just a little longer on the PCIE stuff. Also, try the FS/FT forums. I just picked up a A64 2800+ and the Soltek NF3GB board for $150 shipped.

That said, I traded my 9500 Pro for a 9800 Pro, then Doom3 came out and I bought a 6800, and well, you can see how long that lasted by looking at my sig Good luck!

Nat