Well, I just got my new viewsonic vp912b (love it with a native screen of 1280 x 1024) but can't run my games well enough on the vid card I have (ati 9800 pro).
My current system is amd 3400 (64), 1 gig memory, 2 72gig raptor drives, 530 power supply gigabyte k8n pro mb... etc. Its a decent system.
However, my ati just doesn't cut it.
Currently I have AGP with a good posibilty I will probaly upgrade my system in about 6-8 months.
What should I do? I know pci e is new and probally will be in my next system (hence making my $500 vid card I buy now worthless). AM I wrong to assume this?
So, the question is, do I upgrade cpu/mb now to get pci and then buy new vid card (which seems like a waste because amd 3400 is not bad) or do I just buy new agp card?
I want a top of the line card. I play a lot of bf vietnam and will probaly play a lot of bf2 when it comes out. (i'm in a clan so I do not play many games outside that although I did get farcry and doom 3 and might get half life2).
I cannot go 6-8 months playing at such poor framerates.
I was looking at x800xt platinum, 6800 ultra oc and ultra extreme. Any other thoughts? Please give manufacturer also (since you guys problaly know the good ones).
Finally, and probaly most important, if you know, please let me know a good place to buy it that has it in stock (seems like the only ones that do are raping us on price).
Thanks in advance for all your help!
My current system is amd 3400 (64), 1 gig memory, 2 72gig raptor drives, 530 power supply gigabyte k8n pro mb... etc. Its a decent system.
However, my ati just doesn't cut it.
Currently I have AGP with a good posibilty I will probaly upgrade my system in about 6-8 months.
What should I do? I know pci e is new and probally will be in my next system (hence making my $500 vid card I buy now worthless). AM I wrong to assume this?
So, the question is, do I upgrade cpu/mb now to get pci and then buy new vid card (which seems like a waste because amd 3400 is not bad) or do I just buy new agp card?
I want a top of the line card. I play a lot of bf vietnam and will probaly play a lot of bf2 when it comes out. (i'm in a clan so I do not play many games outside that although I did get farcry and doom 3 and might get half life2).
I cannot go 6-8 months playing at such poor framerates.
I was looking at x800xt platinum, 6800 ultra oc and ultra extreme. Any other thoughts? Please give manufacturer also (since you guys problaly know the good ones).
Finally, and probaly most important, if you know, please let me know a good place to buy it that has it in stock (seems like the only ones that do are raping us on price).
Thanks in advance for all your help!
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