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[Twista]

I need to know if its worth getting this stuff:

1- Do i really need a motherboard with DDR2? I see a 939 mobo that runs with ddr memory which i have. I found another motherboard, but it needs ddr2. Is there a big performance increase with it?


2- PCI-E. Is it good to have a motherboard with a pci-e 1x slot plus a pci-e 16x slot?

3- Radeon X800 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card- Is it much better than my old AGP radeon 9700 pro 128mb??

 

[mgacam2]

i cant back myself up with true hard facts exactly but i can back myself up with experience and ddr2 is significantly faster and more reliable. Get a motherboard with a pci x16 as it is the new standard for video cards. Your 9700pro is extremely slow..my 150 dollor 7600gt is around 4 times faster atleast...not to mention the ability to run the newer direct x. so the answer to the x800 being better is a deffinit yes. I wouldnt upgrade to an x800 though i would look at a x1900 pro instead

 

[Twista]

x800 128mb or the geforce 7300gt 256mb card? which is better?

 

[mgacam2]

get the x800 GTO if you can find it...cheap as hell and its pretty fast for the price

 

[Twista]

x800 GTO 16
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 939 with 512KB l2 cache
ASUS A8R-MX/SI motherboard

how does that sound?

 

[n7]

Let's slow down a little.

What's your current PC?
What do you want to use this upgraded system for?
How much do you want to spend?

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: n7
Let's slow down a little.

What's your current PC?
What do you want to use this upgraded system for?
How much do you want to spend?

My current pc:
amd xp 64 3000+ 754
aopen ak86-l motherboard
1gb of ram
9700 pro radeon died. Currently running on geforce 3


thats about it.

And the new system will be run acouple games. Mostly Sony's Planetside and Half life 2 mod FF (TFC)

Im only trying to spend 180

The newegg combo is 99.. so itll be like 101 shipped for the mobo and cpu.

Now the rest is left over for the video card. So that leaves like 78ish for a video card. Im not trying to buy a $300 card lol. Im trying to use NEWEGG only for everything. So if you could find the best open boxed(refurb) video card for that price go head please . IF you can find a better retail/oem card on newegg for that price please list it.

thanks

 

[mgacam2]

iv read all the reviews and for under 100 dollors the x800 gto is the best card youll get

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: mgacam2
iv read all the reviews and for under 100 dollors the x800 gto is the best card youll get

Thanks buddy.

 

[Twista]

Okay, heres my new rig.

amd64 3400+
MSI NF4 K8N NEO4
nvidia 7600 GT
1gb of ddr2100 ram

I will have to get (ddr3200) ram on my next okay size paycheck sadly. Is that a okay system?

Thanks

 

[Bill Brasky]

Have fun overclocking the new setup. I've got that same mobo, and the abundant voltage settings and the .5 incremented multipliers make it easy to find the sweet spot.