BFG 7900 GT + rig in my sig

[chocobaR]

Bottleneck?

 

[thuganomics]

Yes, the ram and CPU is getting old.

 

[chocobaR]

Should I add more of the same memory or just completely get new one?

 

[DaveSimmons]

My reading of the HardOCP's CPU scaling article from a few months ago (go look I'm too lazy to find it for you ) is that the 3000+ is not going to bottleneck much if at all with a 7900GT in most games.

Yes an entirely new core2 / 8800gts system would be nice, but it doesn't sound like that's in your budget.

Also, what specific games do you want to play? 2GB helps some, not others.

 

[chocobaR]

Mostly WoW right now. I don't think it would be worth it for me to upgrade too much, WoW is pretty much the only thing I play now.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Look under the Video tab or google for WoW benchmarks to see if you need a 7900GT for the resolution you want to game at. A 7600GT or 7900GS might be good enough.

If you get the cheaper video card, then 2GB RAM also gets more affordable

 

[chocobaR]

Which memory would you get? I will do no overclocking at all. I always buy my stuff in person from this place: MicroBytes.

EDIT: I think I'll go with a CPU + memory upgrade first since it will benefit me more because the 6600 GT is fine for now.