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Current system is athlon Barton 2800+ not overclocked on MSI nforce 2 ultra
mobo at 167 fsb (default settings) with an ati 9800 pro 128 meg at stock
speed.
Ram is 2x 256 megs OCZ pc 3200 with copper heat spreaders in dual channel,
all on win xp pro sp 2.
Question is for $350.00 cad I can upgrade the vid card (on sale at FS
Canada) to an ATI x800 xl 256 meg agp card or I can upgrade processor and
mobo to an athlon 64 3000 "Venice" s939 ($183.00) and asus a8n-e atx nforce
4 mobo ($141.00). I know that I should probably upgrade both, but I can't
cough up over $700.00 right now.
Only games we play are NFS Underground and MS flight Sim 9.
Which upgrade do you feel is most worthy?
This system needs to last about 2 more years and then a total upgrade would
be in order.
Cheers
Milo
Current system is athlon Barton 2800+ not overclocked on MSI nforce 2 ultra
mobo at 167 fsb (default settings) with an ati 9800 pro 128 meg at stock
speed.
Ram is 2x 256 megs OCZ pc 3200 with copper heat spreaders in dual channel,
all on win xp pro sp 2.
Question is for $350.00 cad I can upgrade the vid card (on sale at FS
Canada) to an ATI x800 xl 256 meg agp card or I can upgrade processor and
mobo to an athlon 64 3000 "Venice" s939 ($183.00) and asus a8n-e atx nforce
4 mobo ($141.00). I know that I should probably upgrade both, but I can't
cough up over $700.00 right now.
Only games we play are NFS Underground and MS flight Sim 9.
Which upgrade do you feel is most worthy?
This system needs to last about 2 more years and then a total upgrade would
be in order.
Cheers
Milo