Been out of the loop. Need more powah!

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Replaced a 1.6A @ 2.4ghz a year and some months ago. I was upgrading my vid card (Ti 4400) at the time to a Radeon 9800 ($300). Dell had a sale on a system that had the card and a faster processor, etc. for $500, so just bought that. So now running:

P4 2.8B (? 400fsb)
Radeon 9800 (non-pro)
1 GB Crucial PC-3200 (2x512MB)
Whatever Intel chipset the Dell mobo has
450W Enermax Power Supply

Other fancies are 2x74GB Raptors in RAID 0
Audigy 2
Hauppauge 250 capture card

I've been reading a bit on the Athlon 64s and the new nforce3 DFI board, and something like a 6800 GT when a deal for around $320 comes around. Was just cuirous what I'd be looking at comparison wise to my current rig. What beats the rig I have right now, but isn't too expensive an upgrade.

Overclocking is fine. Only reason I don't do it know is because of the Dell BIOS.

This rig is 90% gaming, 10% forum browsing.

I'm just starting to have to run at 1280x1024 and no AA/AF when I've been running 1600x1200 no AA/AF.

Just curious what there is bang for the buck wise right now. Or if I won't see much gain bang for another 6 months or so.

 

[Operandi]

whats the question?

 

[whitelight]

best value is probably an overclocked 3000+ or 3200+. the biggest difference you'll notice is if you upgrade your video card. i wouldn't upgrade your cpu/mobo yet because i don't think it'll be worth it.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Wish I could remember that place that you can compare CPUs and vid cards side by side. select them from a menu and the chart pops up.

I'll check into the 3000 and 3200, thanks.

 

[footbal07]

with what you have u might be best just to sit on it till q1 05 and see what happens. your not goina get too much of a boost right now besides upgrading your video.