Upgrade now or wait?

[gregh]

Hi all,

I currently have an aging KG7 Lite with XP2000+, 512mb, which is fine for what I do today. Now I know this is a "how long is a piece of string" question, but I'd appreciate thoughts from those who know more about this than me.

However given how much I enjoyed playing the various Dooms, I want to upgrade when Doom3 is out.

I'm wondering wether now is a good time to upgrade, or is there something better (socket 939??) coming down the line which is worth waiting for?

Given I could get an abit nf7-s motherboard for £65 and a AMD Athlon "Barton" XP3000 with cooler for £110, do you think socket 939 mobos + CPUs will be anything like that price in 3-5 months, or indeed anything faster/better be around for similiar pricing?

thanks alot,

regards,

greg

 

[Cybercraig]

Stop monkeyin' around with XP's of any flavor. An overclocked Northwood will blow them into the weeds! Save your dough for an A64 on any platform. :lol:

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. Now, let's eat!

 

[TheRod]

If you had a better MB, it would have been a possibilty to upgrade your system.

If you want to upgrade for Doom 3, I strongly recommend you to wait and see what will be the best system to run the game. Because it would be a waste of money to get ana XP 3000+ now and learn that it will not run this game smoothly. Don't forget that the Athlon XP 3200+ = P4C 2.8GHz in performance.

Keep your money in your wallet and get the upgrade when Doom 3 will be out. I'm in the same situation, I wait for HL2/Doom3 to upgrade and choose my CPU/MB/GPU.

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