To all who reply Thank You in advance.
Just so you know I am not an overclocker, but I am a gamer. I play Counter Strike Source and associated games, Battlefield 2142, Guild Wars, Company Of Heros, etc.
I currently have a Dell with a P4 3gig, 4gigs of PC667 and a ATI 1950XT video card. I have a different PCI-E card and memory that can go back into that machine so I can give it to my son.
Although I do not know this for a fact I would assume from what I have read elsewhere here that my video card is CPU limited. I am looking to rectify that situation.
So I'll have 4gigs of PC667 and a 1950XT to put into a new motherboard. I just don't know where my baseline is. In other words what CPU minimum should I be looking at? If better memory would make it considerably faster that is an option I would consider but obviously if I can keep what I have and still get the most out of my vid card I would prefer that route.
So what are my choices for CPU & memory (and motherboard type if you know)?
Thanks again,
Havoc13
p.s. I will check back often so if I have left anything out, please feel free to ask me.
Just so you know I am not an overclocker, but I am a gamer. I play Counter Strike Source and associated games, Battlefield 2142, Guild Wars, Company Of Heros, etc.
I currently have a Dell with a P4 3gig, 4gigs of PC667 and a ATI 1950XT video card. I have a different PCI-E card and memory that can go back into that machine so I can give it to my son.
Although I do not know this for a fact I would assume from what I have read elsewhere here that my video card is CPU limited. I am looking to rectify that situation.
So I'll have 4gigs of PC667 and a 1950XT to put into a new motherboard. I just don't know where my baseline is. In other words what CPU minimum should I be looking at? If better memory would make it considerably faster that is an option I would consider but obviously if I can keep what I have and still get the most out of my vid card I would prefer that route.
So what are my choices for CPU & memory (and motherboard type if you know)?
Thanks again,
Havoc13
p.s. I will check back often so if I have left anything out, please feel free to ask me.