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i'm really getting the upgrade itch

ElFenix

ElFenix

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anyone else?

my current setup:
athlon xp ~3200+: really an overclocked mobile chip, i run it near 3200+ speeds, and that came out in may 2003. over 2 years old
radeon 9800 pro: as this is a somewhat minor refresh of the 9700 pro, i'll use the 9700's release date of august 19, 2002... this video card is almost 3 years old 🙁
a7n8x: the nforce 2 is almost 3 years old as well (oct 1, 2002) 🙁
pc-2700 hyper x: also 3 years old!

heck, i think my mouse is 3 years old too!

the only things remotely new are the monitor (2005fpw ftw!) and the plethora of seagate 7200.7 drives i have (4 at last count).

and yet, it still runs most games pretty well, 3 year oldness aside. i mean, people are putting 6600GTs in their systems that benchmark pretty similarly to the 9800 pro in many cases. i can't really justify a small upgrade like just a video card or just a new processor and mobo, because it would just be bottlenecked by the other old parts. and full upgrades are $$$. just have to hope that the release of the 7800GT and R520 push down graphics card prices quick, and maybe X2 processors drop a bit.

thanks for reading my livejournal post
 
Originally posted by: EyeMNathan
This belongs in P&N
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yeah yeah, i know, but i hate that place. no one is friendly there and the sky is always falling. i got hit with a piece of it.
 
what do you need the speed for?


-new member of team 2005fpw too.
-new member of team kingston valueram (512mb pc3200)
-new member of team mx510

that's about it for me.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
anyone else?

my current setup:
athlon xp ~3200+: really an overclocked mobile chip, i run it near 3200+ speeds, and that came out in may 2003. over 2 years old
radeon 9800 pro: as this is a somewhat minor refresh of the 9700 pro, i'll use the 9700's release date of august 19, 2002... this video card is almost 3 years old 🙁
a7n8x: the nforce 2 is almost 3 years old as well (oct 1, 2002) 🙁
pc-2700 hyper x: also 3 years old!

heck, i think my mouse is 3 years old too!

the only things remotely new are the monitor (2005fpw ftw!) and the plethora of seagate 7200.7 drives i have (4 at last count).

and yet, it still runs most games pretty well, 3 year oldness aside. i mean, people are putting 6600GTs in their systems that benchmark pretty similarly to the 9800 pro in many cases. i can't really justify a small upgrade like just a video card or just a new processor and mobo, because it would just be bottlenecked by the other old parts. and full upgrades are $$$. just have to hope that the release of the 7800GT and R520 push down graphics card prices quick, and maybe X2 processors drop a bit.

thanks for reading my livejournal post
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Damn we have almost the same rig.
1Gb PC3200 here.
 
Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
What do you hope to be able to do with a new upgrade? Whatelse will a new computer allow you to do that you can't do now?
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make me feel like i'm somewhere near the leading edge. and keep me from having the 'itch' for another 2 years
 
Yeah. My rig is now 1year old, and I'll probably not touch it for 12-18 more months. The only thing is I'm craving 2GB ram.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: jewno

by the way, can i have your xp3200+?
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when it goes up for sale you're more than welcome to bid for it
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but i think i have so many processors laying around.

three are in use (xp1700+, xp2000+ and xp2700+) out of five, another xp1700+ and xp2600+.
 
I've been itching for a new rig for some time now, but I'm kind of in a similar boat... nothing I can do won't be bottlenecked by all the other older components, and starting over from scratch is more money than I can justify for the performance boost.
 
I think I was satisfied with my computer. Recently built a friend an A64 rig and after playing around with his rig my itch to upgrade is stronger than ever
 
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: ElFenix
anyone else?

my current setup:
athlon xp ~3200+: really an overclocked mobile chip, i run it near 3200+ speeds, and that came out in may 2003. over 2 years old
radeon 9800 pro: as this is a somewhat minor refresh of the 9700 pro, i'll use the 9700's release date of august 19, 2002... this video card is almost 3 years old 🙁
a7n8x: the nforce 2 is almost 3 years old as well (oct 1, 2002) 🙁
pc-2700 hyper x: also 3 years old!

heck, i think my mouse is 3 years old too!

the only things remotely new are the monitor (2005fpw ftw!) and the plethora of seagate 7200.7 drives i have (4 at last count).

and yet, it still runs most games pretty well, 3 year oldness aside. i mean, people are putting 6600GTs in their systems that benchmark pretty similarly to the 9800 pro in many cases. i can't really justify a small upgrade like just a video card or just a new processor and mobo, because it would just be bottlenecked by the other old parts. and full upgrades are $$$. just have to hope that the release of the 7800GT and R520 push down graphics card prices quick, and maybe X2 processors drop a bit.

thanks for reading my livejournal post
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Damn we have almost the same rig.
1Gb PC3200 here.
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Same here except I have a 8500. I'm debating whether I should get a new video card or just go all out and build a new system...
 
Originally posted by: LordSnailz
Same here, been wanting to upgrade but I can't decide between upgrading my computer or getting a new camera ...
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for me, vacationing in the aegean won out...

almost guaranteed ass for 2 weeks or a new computer that i don't actually need...
 
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