Christmas Upgrading

[UMfanatic]

 

[happy medium]

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[UMfanatic]

sorry I hit enter before I could enter the data, I made a new post with the data pertaining to the topic

 

[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?

 

[Captante]

Fyi next time just choose the edit button underneath your original post.

In response to your question, we need to know more about how you intend to use the system, but I can tell you right off two things:

(1) Yes a C2D is a lot faster then a 4200+ X2, however if you already have 4gb's DDR1 I'd suggest hanging onto it & putting all your cash into other components.

(2) Forget the X1600XT Crossfire & sell the 1600 then put all your available cash into the fastest available video card you can afford... I'd suggest an 8800GTS/GTX because even with a 4200+ it'll smoke X1600XT Crossfire with a 6600 C2D, really it won't even be close.