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I just upgraded my video from a geforce ti200 to a radeon 9600 XT. HL2 is
quite playable in 1024x768 with my current setup. (60fps) I'm not really a
hardcore gamer anymore, rarely play anything anymore, although I did just
grab up doom3 for 9.99 and COD for the same.. gotta love them black friday
sales.
btw- I snagged my 9200 xt video card from bestbuy for $80 friday.
I'm impressed witht the quality in half life 2. The game looked SOOO much
better with antriscopic and anti aliasing turned on.
These were the first games I've bought in almost 2 years.
so I doubt I'll be buying any new titles any time soon.
I suspect with 1 gig of memory and my new 200 gig hard drive and a 2600 xp
266 fsb cpu, I'll be ok for a while, Im gonna try to nudge that 2600 cpu up
a bit if I can.
I suspect I'll easily get 18-24 more months outta this rig.
I was just wondering if I'd get any improvement outta going to ddr, I got
one stick of ddr 256 in daughters rig and was thinking of buying another so
I could run in dual data mode but if the improvements are unoticable, theres
little need. thanks,
JT
"Cuzman" <cuzNOSPAM@supanet.com> wrote in message
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> "JT" <jerrythrash@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:LCMqd.102131$6w6.30578@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
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> " If I was to get 2x256 megs ddr memory and replace my sdram would I see
> any real improvement? I'm also considering stepping up to a 1 gig too....
> "
>
> Upgrading to the same amount of DDR would only give a performance increase
> of a few percent. However, buying 2x512MB PC3200 should be worth it in
the
> long run, given it's still the standard for high-end Athlon64 systems.
You
> can use it in a future upgrade.
>
>
> " ...and while at it upgrade my cpu to the xp 2600 (largest chip my board
> will take) wondering if its worth it. "
>
> Just make sure it's the 266FSB XP 2600+, as the M7VIG won't support any
> version of the 333FSB 2600+.
>
http://www.pricewatch.com/h/prc.aspx?i=3&a=4961&f=1
>
>
> " I'm gonna have to get another 2 years out of this rig, so not ready for
a
> mobo upgrade yet. "
>
> Two more years playing new games? Even a 2600+ is starting to hold back
the
> performance of high-end graphics cards needed for the current-crop of
> high-end games.
>
>