Good Upgrade Path?

[SoundTheSurrender]

My Current system is

Amd Barton 2500+
512 Corsair Ram
Asus A8NX Motherboard
120 Gig WD harddrive, 80 Gig WD harddrive, and a 40 Gig Ibm Drive
Geforce 4 4200
Cheap 250 Watt PSU

I tried F.E.A.R and my system was crawling

Corsair Ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145026

Antec PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103934


Rosewell 256 MB 6600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814164043

I don't want to go ATI

 

[mwmorph]

why not ati? A 9800pro is easily faster than even a heavily oced 6600.
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/index.html
and you can have it for cheaped in FS/T forums.
256mb helps the 128 bit bus 6600 0%.
your only options are to drop $100 for a 9800 pro or $150 for a 6600gt.

also, the barton runs 333mhz so a pc2700 stick of ram is good enough. you will have no performance increase with pc3200 ram. AMD XP hate Async speeds so yuor pc3200 ram will downclock to pc2700 speeds anyway. just get whatever is cheaper.

and yuor psu can be found on fs/t for cheaper($30-35) search for it.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

ATI and Linux don't go very well this is why I don't want it. I *might be overclocking so I would just like to keep the same Ram.

I don't understand what you mean? When I had my Shuttle system, the Ram was clocked @ 400 while the Processor was @ 333mhz. I still want it just because I may be o/cing.


I don't really want to buy in the FS/FT I prefer if these items don't work that there will be a RMA instead of dealing with the person (who will probably stop responding to my e-mails if there is a problem)

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: djmihow
ATI and Linux don't go very well this is why I don't want it. I *might be overclocking so I would just like to keep the same Ram.

I don't understand what you mean? When I had my Shuttle system, the Ram was clocked @ 400 while the Processor was @ 333mhz. I still want it just because I may be o/cing.


I don't really want to buy in the FS/FT I prefer if these items don't work that there will be a RMA instead of dealing with the person (who will probably stop responding to my e-mails if there is a problem)

well then a 6600 is not a good buy. even with a 6600gt, you will still crawl in fear. Fear crawls in a x800xl down to 10x7. 6600gt will not do well in fear and 6600 will barely run it well at 800x600

AMD XP dont like to run 400mhz ram when your fsb is at 333mhz. kills performance. if your fsb is at 400 and your ram is at 400 good, but 333 and 400 dont go together well.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

There is almost no price difference between 2700 and 3200 thats pretty pointless to go for the lesser speed.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Gaming preformance overall is worse in Linux.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
Gaming preformance overall is worse in Linux.

ya I already know that.

 

[SGtheArtist]

I don't think your system could handle some of these new games even if upgraded, however I would recommend finding out the system requirements & then determine if it is CPU, RAM or Gfx limited.

Once you find out what is the limiting factor for the game then you can spend all your upgrade money (assuming your other components are enough) to upgrade the limiting part.