I have some compoents i want to keep and reason i want to upgrade is to be able to use PCI expressx16 i dont want to buy AGP because it will soon vanish like the 32 bit processors did on newegg.com
so if i made this thread in the wrong forum mods please move to the proper forum, and i apolgize if its in the wrong forum.
I have currently
ABIT NF7-S V2.0 board
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton socket A
Corsair XMS Extreme PC3200CL 2x512(1gb) DDR 400
ANTEC 500w ps ATX
Sony DVDR not sure of specs
WD Caviar 200gb ide
ATI X800 all in one wonder (broken a heat sink 10 hrs later cant find reciept)
ATI Radeon 9700 PRO currently using.
I know that no board offers pci-e x16 for socket A processors.
so thats the reason im upgrading the processor, i dont want to spend so much on the processor right now, i want to keep the budget minminal for now, and spend good cost on the graphics card. I know the memory can be used again, including hdd and dvd, maybe PS too?
I really want a dual core but its too pricey for now. i will be upgrading the processor and ram later in winter with the best possible one on market for vista and FSX, BF2. BF2 and FS9 is what i play the most including CS source. FSX is coming out soon!!
so what is a good board and processor i should go with that the mobo can be still used when i get dual core later?
the following card i plan to get is
ATI X1900XTX
GeForce 7900 GT
other thing is that the other reason im doing this upgrade is that my X800 broke and cant find the recepit to get it fixed.
should i stick to a lower card that is equilavent to X800 for now and wait til a good 512 or 1g card comes out around winter or spring?
I just really dont want to spend so much right now because things will get better once vista is out, and i will waste time now. but its just that i cant play FS9 with my current 9700 card with full graphics settings like i could with the X800.
what do u guys suggest me to do?
btw i have always been with AMD and ATI cause i have had good results from them. I once had Nividia graphics card and when i got my ATI card it just killed that card.
so if i made this thread in the wrong forum mods please move to the proper forum, and i apolgize if its in the wrong forum.
I have currently
ABIT NF7-S V2.0 board
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton socket A
Corsair XMS Extreme PC3200CL 2x512(1gb) DDR 400
ANTEC 500w ps ATX
Sony DVDR not sure of specs
WD Caviar 200gb ide
ATI X800 all in one wonder (broken a heat sink 10 hrs later cant find reciept)
ATI Radeon 9700 PRO currently using.
I know that no board offers pci-e x16 for socket A processors.
so thats the reason im upgrading the processor, i dont want to spend so much on the processor right now, i want to keep the budget minminal for now, and spend good cost on the graphics card. I know the memory can be used again, including hdd and dvd, maybe PS too?
I really want a dual core but its too pricey for now. i will be upgrading the processor and ram later in winter with the best possible one on market for vista and FSX, BF2. BF2 and FS9 is what i play the most including CS source. FSX is coming out soon!!
so what is a good board and processor i should go with that the mobo can be still used when i get dual core later?
the following card i plan to get is
ATI X1900XTX
GeForce 7900 GT
other thing is that the other reason im doing this upgrade is that my X800 broke and cant find the recepit to get it fixed.
should i stick to a lower card that is equilavent to X800 for now and wait til a good 512 or 1g card comes out around winter or spring?
I just really dont want to spend so much right now because things will get better once vista is out, and i will waste time now. but its just that i cant play FS9 with my current 9700 card with full graphics settings like i could with the X800.
what do u guys suggest me to do?
btw i have always been with AMD and ATI cause i have had good results from them. I once had Nividia graphics card and when i got my ATI card it just killed that card.