Socket 939 PCI-E 6800 upgraded to ______?

I was wondering if anyone can recommend some upgrade options for my aging A8N SLI deluxe setup.

Currently I have a Leadtek 6800 with an AMD 3000+ processor 1 gig of ram.

I would like to know if there are any decent choices for me within the 300-400 $$$ range. I plan to upgrade my proc as well but I'm not sure what I should do first.

Sales person I was talking to said I should probably get a proc as the Socket 939 is on the way out, and I can always find a good PCI-E card.

Thoughts?

So you think I should get a video card first?

Will that video card you mentioned work with a A8N SLI deluxe mobo, i think it has an Nforce 4 chipset

My suggestion is to go for 2 Gigs of ram first. Save the rest of your money for a DX10 card and overclock the crap out of your 3000 (figuratively speaking). Why buy a DX9 card when DX10 is right around the corner.

This does not make sense.

There are only, like, 2 games on the planet that care if you have over 1gb of RAM.

More ram will give you absolutely no extra performance with that machine. Wasted money.

Cleeve's right. The biggest performance gain the OP will get for his dollar in gaming with that system is a new video card.

Why put more money into DDR400 RAM now when it will be useless to the OP come upgrade time? A good $300 PCI-E video card will be far more useful down the road a bit.

The sales person said new processor because he'll have to sell you new RAM (DDR2) and a new motherboard (AM2 or C2D) to go with it.

@ ak47is1337, where the hell have you been?

Pretty sure...

Faster load times between levels with 2 Gb? Maybe.
But what good is shorter load times it if your videocard can't deliver playable framerates?

You're better off with a faster videocard and smoother gameplay with an extra few seconds of waiting between level loads, methinks...

Pretty sure...

Faster load times between levels with 2 Gb? Maybe.
But what good is shorter load times it if your videocard can't deliver playable framerates?

You're better off with a faster videocard and smoother gameplay with an extra few seconds of waiting between level loads, methinks...

bf2 is the only game that i play that 2gigs works better.
and that is only for the (verifying clientdata).
and well the choppyness.

I never said the money would be better spent on RAM, I just stated that I do believe another gig of ram would make a difference.

goign from 1 gig to 2gigs made a night and day difference for me.
and going from 2gigs back to 1gig sucks.

i did it to make 2 computers.

the 6800 is a good OLDER card i have 2 68gt,s.
use to have them in sli but split them up for the other computer.

my 68gt,s in sli score 10000 in 3dmark05 max.
if you look at cleeves sig youll see he has a single x1900
that scores the same.
that is just a video benchmark but it gives you an idea of the difference.

duh thats why i said this.

yeah it kinda sucks i paid 300 frogskins for my first 68gt
over a year ago and 140frogskins for my second 68gt about 6 months
or more ago. and can get a 79 series gpu or an ati x1900 gpu
for under 200 frogskins that will perform as good or better than
the 68gt,s in sli.

the bad thing about that is there wont be any performance
increase.

one thing to think about is.
go for the gpu upgrade, but wait atleast 1 month maybe 2

for the cpu go for a dual core s939.

this should be around the 400$ range for both.

the initial test results for the amd 65nm cpu,s
suggest that they arent that much faster than
s939 or am2 cpu,s now.

It all depends if you need to upgrade now. If not wait, if you do dont wait.

yes what im trying to say go for the dualcore cpu now.

as the s939 are getting scarce.

and prices and availabilty for gpu cards will change in the next month or 2.

maybe but in cod2, bf2, fear, oblivion, f.s.x
and a few other games i dont see any difference.

im saying that the 76gt is not worth 100$
not from a 6800.

there will be little difference in gaming.

well not 100$ worth.

why the raptor?

i know but for the price its not worth it.

Sure the hard drive is worth the money, especially if you are looking for performance. A new GPU will give you speed in games and 3D rendering, if you do that kind of stuff, a new processor will help you in all areas up to a certain point, but a fast hard drive will improve almost all aspects of your computer, faster boot, faster installs, faster game load times, faster application access, etc. no other component except maybe a RAM upgrade from 512 to 1 gig can give you that noticable difference in everything that you do.

I agree with Finneus...Go dual core 939 while you can still get one..will slip right in your MB....wait for DX10 Mid Range cards.Dual core's make your rig run very smooth!