Upgrade advice

[t73]

My purpose for up grade is to make my rig hold for about 2 years.

I?d thought of 2 must upgrade HW-

VC - 7600GT or the x1950 pro AGP version. Waiting for prices and reviews to come...
And memory- here is where I need your advice the most, I'm not sure if I should go for a gig kit or a 2G kit, and which models.
I know the Samsung U/TCCC chips are favorable, but on which models?

Thanks,
t73

 

[pkme2]

If you upgrade 1GB more and use your present RAM to get 1.5MB, you got improvement. What the RAM manfacturer's want for their RAM is a ripoff.
I suggest you get these in the meantime.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85020-22
or anything else, but matching RAM is good.

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: pkme2
If you upgrade 1GB more and use your present RAM to get 1.5MB, you got improvement. What the RAM manfacturer's want for their RAM is a ripoff.
I suggest you get these in the meantime.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85020-22
or anything else, but matching RAM is good.

wow, I wish hyperx ddr2 was that cheap
Good find, I 2nd that suggestion, especially if you're ocing. They don't use samsung tccd chips, but something from samsung that's comparable.

 

[t73]

Isn't that means loosing Dual Channel? (On Intel rigs it supposed to be more significant - so I heard)
I'll have more RAM along w/my old KHX, but those are 256 vs 512 and the chips are different as well (Winbond BH-5 vs Samsung)