I think I've reached the point where I need to either do a major upgrade or start again with my system -
(Not celery) P4 2.8
1.25Gb RAM
160GB + 80GB HDD (IDE)
BFG GeForce 6800 OC GS
Soltek Mother board (SL87 something) - AGP 8x, SATA connections, 4 RAM slots (unsure what rating), 400/800MHZ FSB.
Forgive the lack of info - I'm not on my home PC at the moment.
It's ok for now, but as well as gaming I'm starting to do a lot of intensive graphical work like 3D animation and film post-production and it's at the limit currently.
It originally started as a basic home-build with a 1.8 Celery, 512MB Ram, Radeon 9800 Pro etc and has gradually been upgraded to where it is now. However, I'm wondering whether it's worth upgrading - this would need a new mobo to get dual-core and PCI-express, plus a new processor and of course a new PCIE graphics card (I'm pretty sure you can't get a PCIE AND AGP mobo but please correct me if I'm wrong).
So considering the cost I'm wondering if it would be better to start with a new system, maybe using the old one as a file server or even a separate games machine.
Advice would be much appreciated.
(Not celery) P4 2.8
1.25Gb RAM
160GB + 80GB HDD (IDE)
BFG GeForce 6800 OC GS
Soltek Mother board (SL87 something) - AGP 8x, SATA connections, 4 RAM slots (unsure what rating), 400/800MHZ FSB.
Forgive the lack of info - I'm not on my home PC at the moment.
It's ok for now, but as well as gaming I'm starting to do a lot of intensive graphical work like 3D animation and film post-production and it's at the limit currently.
It originally started as a basic home-build with a 1.8 Celery, 512MB Ram, Radeon 9800 Pro etc and has gradually been upgraded to where it is now. However, I'm wondering whether it's worth upgrading - this would need a new mobo to get dual-core and PCI-express, plus a new processor and of course a new PCIE graphics card (I'm pretty sure you can't get a PCIE AND AGP mobo but please correct me if I'm wrong).
So considering the cost I'm wondering if it would be better to start with a new system, maybe using the old one as a file server or even a separate games machine.
Advice would be much appreciated.