Hi Guys
I currently have a Athlon 64 3000+ chip on a nForce 250 Ultra motherboard with 1GB of Corsair XMS DDR333 RAM. I am using a Nvidia Gforce 4200 Ti 128Mb graphic card. I just ordered a a 24" Flat panel from dell (Dell 2407fpw) and it appears that my graphic card can not support it (according to Dell's website). I want to upgrade but now sure what should i get. My MB does not support PCIe and I almost never play any games on my PC. I need something that is good... especially for watching an odd DVD, lots of Divx and everyday use. I don't care much for games but i don't want a sluggish graphic card either just in case i decided to play something (last game i played was Age of Empire). Any advice?
I have been a long life Athlon fan but with the specs on Core Duo 2 looking very good for Multitasking/encoding i am leaning towards getting one of those puppies. But that is something i want to put off till Vista comes out so i can pick the right hardware. At that time i will be getting a new CPU/Motherboard/Memory and most likely a GPU since what ever i get now won't be PCIe.
Any advice guys? gals?
Thanks
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Athlon 64 3000+
DFI Lan Party nForce 250 Ultra
Corsair XMS 1GB low latency memory
1x 74GB WD Raptor SATA HD
3x IBM/Hitachi 250GB SATA-II HD
Nvidia Gforce4 Ti 4200
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Dell 1905FP
Dell 2407FPW (coming next week)
NEC 3500A DVD/RW
I currently have a Athlon 64 3000+ chip on a nForce 250 Ultra motherboard with 1GB of Corsair XMS DDR333 RAM. I am using a Nvidia Gforce 4200 Ti 128Mb graphic card. I just ordered a a 24" Flat panel from dell (Dell 2407fpw) and it appears that my graphic card can not support it (according to Dell's website). I want to upgrade but now sure what should i get. My MB does not support PCIe and I almost never play any games on my PC. I need something that is good... especially for watching an odd DVD, lots of Divx and everyday use. I don't care much for games but i don't want a sluggish graphic card either just in case i decided to play something (last game i played was Age of Empire). Any advice?
I have been a long life Athlon fan but with the specs on Core Duo 2 looking very good for Multitasking/encoding i am leaning towards getting one of those puppies. But that is something i want to put off till Vista comes out so i can pick the right hardware. At that time i will be getting a new CPU/Motherboard/Memory and most likely a GPU since what ever i get now won't be PCIe.
Any advice guys? gals?
Thanks
____________________
Athlon 64 3000+
DFI Lan Party nForce 250 Ultra
Corsair XMS 1GB low latency memory
1x 74GB WD Raptor SATA HD
3x IBM/Hitachi 250GB SATA-II HD
Nvidia Gforce4 Ti 4200
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Dell 1905FP
Dell 2407FPW (coming next week)
NEC 3500A DVD/RW