Christmas Upgrade

[UMfanatic]

while I am home for the holidays I am going to upgrade from my AMD X2 4200/4GB XMS DDR 400/460GB of HDD space/X1600XT to a Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe/2GB XMS2 DDR2 800/620 of HDD Space/ and Crossfire with dual X1600XT's will I be satisfied with my choice in upgrades?

 

[regnez]

the dual x1600's might not be the best investment, even though you already have one of them. I would either stick with your current single x1600 and upgrade to a DX10 card when the time comes, or spend $200 on a x1950pro now and save the upgrading for even later.

other than that, it seems like a good idea, although I don't know how much of a performance boost you will see in day to day tasks, as your current system is already quite powerful. go for that video card upgrade and you will definitely see a difference in games, however.

 

[UMfanatic]

yeah, I would like to go to an x1800 or higher, it just did not fit in the budget at the moment that was my problem, I actually had a really good video card before X800XT but when I swithced motherboards I had to get a PCI-e card and at the time it was affordable, I am a student in Germany, so computer parts are a little more expensive here, cause otherwise i order from Newegg,

 

[DaveSimmons]

For gaming your CPU is still good enough, spend the money on a 1950XT or better still an nvidia 8800 card. Look at the benchmarks in the Video tab.

For gaming you also don't get much use from 4 GB, so sell 2 GB now and get the 8800GTX

 

[UMfanatic]

well my problem is, is I have found no socket 939 Mobos that are crossfire compatible that have decent reviews, I keep seeing reviews about the motherboard coming DOA and what not

 

[DaveSimmons]

Have you read the reviews of the 8800GTX ?

 

[UMfanatic]

nope, I actually not owed an nvida graphics card in 3 years, but I am open to new ideas, I still would like to switch to the Core 2 Duo they seem to out preform my X2

 

[DaveSimmons]

Nothing wrong with moving to core 2 if you can afford it _and_ the 8800GTX, but if you can only afford one of the 2 right now then the video card will make much more of a difference in games.

 

[UMfanatic]

does anyone know if the 8800GTS is ok

 

[happy medium]

Umfanatic what do you do mainly with your computer?
If it's gaming theres no need for you to upgrade any thing but the video card.

Grab your self a 8800gts for 450.00$ and you performance will go up 4x or more.
or
Grab yourself a cheaper x1950xt for 250.00$ wich will keep you good for a good year.

Then grab yourself a real upgrade with a Intel quad core and the newest card later on (2 years?)
Right now your cpu and memory will push any game made just fine. You just need a video card!

2x----- x1600xt's suck!

 

[UMfanatic]

well I, do java and programing for homework, but yeah I have gotten into games more, and I saw that the conroe out preformed my X2

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: UMfanatic
well I, do java and programing for homework, but yeah I have gotten into games more, and I saw that the conroe out preformed my X2

I see a 8800gts in your future...................................

Good luck!

Pm answered!