bottleneck help plz guys

[frostys]

1st hi all

i would like you te check my comp spec so you could help me what is the biggest bottleneck on it

CPU AMD64 3000+ Venice s939
mobo Asrock K8 combo
RAM 512 mb PC2700 (333 mhz???)
gpu powercolor radeon 9550 256mb AGP 8x
hard drive WD 160gb

the rest seem irrevelant to me (maybe i'm wrong???)

thx for the info

and advice on what i should get as an upgrade coud be usefull

thx again

 

[PX7800GT]

First Of All Your RAM is The Biggest Bottleneck !
If You Even Buy a 7900GTX and still Have 512 mb Ram .... ( Dont Even Think About It )
Get Your Ram To 1Gb or 2Gb , And I Recommand To Buy DDR400 (PC3200)
Your CPU Is Fine , Also You Can OverClock it Like Me ... Hehe
and THEN Get a XFX 7800GS Extreme Edition or ATI X800 XT ... :twisted:
But You Can Also Get A New Mobo With PCI-E and Then Buy a 7600GT or 7900GT ... It`s Your Choice ...

 

[Maxiius]

First Of All Your RAM is The Biggest Bottleneck !

 

[frostys]

only the size matter in that case or getting DDR 400 would give another increase in performance

what about dual channel??? will i see a big im^provement with it or a single stick is ok???

 

[steveosazninvazn]

I also think that your RAM is where the bottleneck's at. I'm not sure if you OC your video card or not, but if you do, AGP could also be a major bottleneck. If you OC your CPU too, make sure your mobo has HT.

 

[frostys]

the vid card is OC'ed a litle bit but it didn't shown a major difference

tonight when ill be at home ill post actual speed of the card

EDIT: The vid card is running at 349.07/209.25
the speed were put with ATI tools and anything more for the memory is making a crap load of artifact

 

[angry_ducky]

the 512MB of RAM is killing ur system, especially since it's DDR333. get new pci-express mobo, 1GB of DDR400, and a 7600GT or something like that

 

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[angry_ducky]

DDR400 is slightly faster than DDR333, first, if you get 1gb that will be an upgrade whether you have 400 or 333.

and anything is an upgrade from PC100 .

 

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