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Gaming Upgrades?

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NitrouseXpress60

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i have a gateway 820gm, its specs are:

intel pentium 4 3GHz
1 gig (2 x 512) ddr 400MHz
250 sata
ati x300 (i overclocked it to 351/236
antec true power 480

its used only for gaming, yeah i know i didnt go amd, but i like intel 🙂
i would like to know what i can upgrade to get better gaming performance <$500
i upgraded my power supply because i wanted to get an ati x800xl, but i read that the new nvidia cards are coming out. should i upgrade my ram to corsair or something? new hdd? new cpu? (i asked gateway and it will accept any LGA 775 cpu which i think is pretty pimp)

thanks for replies

peace
 
get the x800xl. ATI is still on top of the game ahead of nVidial also, your RAM is fine, it's just the GPU that needs updating.
 
yeah an AMD would have been nice...but that video card you have just flat out sucks. invest in a new video card
 
Upgrade to crossair? That do you no benefits. You definitely need a new graphic card. X800XL is the best bang on bucks for now.
250GB HDD is good enough, you not even satisfied by 250GB? oO
 
No. RAID 0 yields you virtually no gain. MAximum 1-2 seconds of loading the game.
And going to RAID 0 means twice risky your data is, and you have to reformat your current PC. Definitely not worth it
 
well, it wont improve your framerates or anything (obviously) so i think the money is much better spent on a higher end graphics card (unless you really use >250gb.. i personally have yet to fill over my 80gb drive :l
 
ok im considering the nvidia 6600gt or ati x800xl. obviously the ati is more powerful, but which would be best for bf2. the demo kicks ass btw

intel 640 for the cpu?
 
Originally posted by: NitrouseXpress60
alright i will just upgrade the gpu, kooldrew, where did u find it for 275? the lowest i saw was $297 er sumthing at newegg
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The lowest price at newegg right now is $279 😕
 
dont upgrade the graphics card when the nextgen nvidia cards (g70) are coming out in 2 weeks. You'll regret not waiting.
 
The lower end G70s which will fit your budget would not come out till much later. Maybe Christmas or so
So no point waiting

The top-end G70 costs around $600
 
Originally posted by: Muscles
dont upgrade the graphics card when the nextgen nvidia cards (g70) are coming out in 2 weeks. You'll regret not waiting.
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Are they really, how much are they gonna be do you think?
 
Ahh you missed out on the X800XL $250 shipped deal @ monarch a few weeks ago. Yeah, I would get X800XL and get some cooling to replace your stock gateway cooling for cpu to overclock it. You might have some crap ram so you might have to run a divider & looser timings.
 
o snap thats alot for the high end, but this will mean that nvidia 6800 series prices will fall to the 6600 series, and generally lower the video card market?
 
Originally posted by: Shlong
Ahh you missed out on the X800XL $250 shipped deal @ monarch a few weeks ago. Yeah, I would get X800XL and get some cooling to replace your stock gateway cooling for cpu to overclock it. You might have some crap ram so you might have to run a divider & looser timings.
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i oc my x300 right now, i know any high end card would run hotter, but i bought gateway for a reason - BTX = 2 120mm fans intake and outtake, including fresh air right over muh vid card
 
I didn't mean cooling for the X800XL, I meant cooling for the cpu. It's just a stock cooler in over your p4 right?
 
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