Upgrade

[Azarx]

Well i have been contemplating an upgrade to an athlon 64 but to pci express or agp and recently purchased a new case for the upgrade an antec tx 1050b with 500w smart 2.0 modular psw i have a nice setup beats a lot of friends 64 computers my current setup as follows
AMD XP 3000 400mhz special edition
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
1(512x2) Muskin Black level 2 3200 Winbond Bh-5
2xWD800JD in sata Raid 0
1 Maxtor 250gb ata100
Audigy Gamer
BFG 6800gt

 

[Rike]

Is there a question here or did just want to let everyone know what's happening in your computer world?

 

[gar3555]

I think he's asking: PCI-E or AGP. I would go with PCI-E.

 

[Azarx]

agp or pci e what problem being is a nforce 3 as good as an nforce 4 i already have a good video card

 

[Rike]

Upgrading is all about how much money you have to burn and the goal for which you upgrade. Without that info, it's hard to give any advice.

The OP's current system is solid. He should be able to do just about anything until the next gen vid-cards are out (post 7800 etc.), just not at high resolution or with AA/AF.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Ahhhh. Okay. I would go PCI-E, simply because they will be phasing out AGP at some point in time.
Tas.

 

[Azarx]

The bottomline is that i want to spend only 1k on upgrade and i use it for many things but mostly gaming should i just start a whole new system from ground up and just take the 2 hard drives and leave that machine alone with the maxtor

 

[AATRuler]

hmm you might sell the 6800, and buy some cheap ass card for it.. and us ethe money with the 1k budget for something which is totally rocking!!

 

[Rike]

From Monarch Computer:

Leadtek GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/VIVO/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) $549.00
DFI Lan Party UT NForce4 Ultra-D Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE/PCI-E/SATAII/DDR/ATX 64 939 $129.00
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512K 90nm Rev. E Venice (939) (Retail Box-w-Fan) $209.00
1 GB DDR (2 pcs 512) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Value VX (OCZ4001024WV3DC-K) $141.00
All items ship free.

Total: $1,028

It should OC well. Crazy fast gaming system.