What would be Better???

[HappyDude111]

gonna give my Computer an overhaul proably in like June. I have like 200 dollars to spend but i can go up a little. regardless my computer as of now looks like this

Athlon Xp 2000+
512 Pc 133 Ram
Radeon 9000
60 gig Hard Drive
Ecs K7s5a motherbaord

i was thinkning of either a 9500 Pro And a gig of DDr 2100 Ram or A 9700 (non Pro) and 512 Pc21000 Ram.

What would be better? And Will those be able to be bought for 200 bucks come June?

 

[minendo]

Get rid of the sdram.

 

[HappyDude111]

did u even read my post?

 

[Fudssa]

Originally posted by: minendo
Get rid of the sdram.

And the Athlon Xp 2000+ crap.

 

[Zim Hosein]

If I were you HappyDude111, I'd replace your video card, hope this helps

 

[HappyDude111]

2000+ is still a good processor

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Fudssa

Originally posted by: minendo
Get rid of the sdram.

And the Athlon Xp 2000+ crap.

 

[BatmanNate]

You would probably see the most gain at the point from switching over to a platform that allowed you batter memory bandwidth, such as DDR. I doubt that the upgrades you listed would be too financially feasible in just 3 months time, but time will tell.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
You would probably see the most gain at the point from switching over to a platform that allowed you batter memory bandwidth, such as DDR. I doubt that the upgrades you listed would be too financially feasible in just 3 months time, but time will tell.

Ditto.

I'g go with the 9700 non pro and 512pc2100 ram. The ram won't make much of a difference, only a few seconds in load up time maybe in big games or apps. But the graphics card will make more of a difference if you game. A Radeon 9000 card isn't fast. A HD upgrade would be beneficial if yoru current one is a no name brand or not so high spec. You didn't state which one you have.

I think your cpu is fine man. Unless your a hardcore gamer you won't need more and once the fps in games are about 50 solid you won't notice much in games. But in cs unless its 100fps constant I NOTICE the difference. In other games Q3, U2, UT2003 its fine and its no where near 100fps constant in U2 or UT2003 though......

 

[PCMarine]

There isn't THAT big of a difference between DDR and SDR RAM for AMD Processors. The only noticable difference is in benchmarks. If you are a heavy gamer I'd pick up a better video card.

 

[HappyDude111]

i was gonna do the video card and Ram both.