Hi everyone this is my first post in the Tom's Hardware forums. I greatly look forward to everyone's help as well as helping everyone.
Now that I have a Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz running on my Abit IP35 Pro (Intel P35) with 2GB of Crucial 800MHz DDR2, I am looking forward to upgrading my rig considerably because my gaming performance is greatly impeded by my Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT imported from my previous OEM desktop (Yes, an OEM locked 8500 GT and I call myself an avid gamer wtf), and my mobo's old school PCI-E v1.0 slots.
So I would like to know how best I should upgrade my graphics solution with about USD$720 (SGD$1000 I live in Singapore), without having to buy new RAM and Processor. I had originally intended to get a Nvidia 780i with twin factory overclocked 8800 GT's in SLI, but then I realized that I play my games on no larger than 1024x768 resolution so more than one video card might not give me bang for my buck. The baseline is that I keep my gaming resolution, processor, and RAM sticks.
So what do you suggest guys?
Now that I have a Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz running on my Abit IP35 Pro (Intel P35) with 2GB of Crucial 800MHz DDR2, I am looking forward to upgrading my rig considerably because my gaming performance is greatly impeded by my Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT imported from my previous OEM desktop (Yes, an OEM locked 8500 GT and I call myself an avid gamer wtf), and my mobo's old school PCI-E v1.0 slots.
So I would like to know how best I should upgrade my graphics solution with about USD$720 (SGD$1000 I live in Singapore), without having to buy new RAM and Processor. I had originally intended to get a Nvidia 780i with twin factory overclocked 8800 GT's in SLI, but then I realized that I play my games on no larger than 1024x768 resolution so more than one video card might not give me bang for my buck. The baseline is that I keep my gaming resolution, processor, and RAM sticks.
So what do you suggest guys?