Improving game performance with ATI cards

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I have a PC game question, being somewhat of a newbie in the PC gaming arena. I play games occasionally, for example Flight Simulator X. The performance is pretty good but I was hoping for better. And I will be playing more games in the future if I can get my current box to perform better. My current specs are: Windows Vista SP0, (1) ATI X1650 Pro 512MB PCIe, Asus P5BPlus, Intel 2.6 Core 2 Conroe, 4GB Kingston DDR2 800, 2 HDDs in RAID 1.

Here's the upgrades I'm looking at:
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (will be overclocked of course)
Intel BOXD975XBX2KR LGA 775 Intel 975X mobo (I don't like the ASUS I currently have, plus has no CrossFire support)

The part I'm not sure about and really need advice on is the video card. A friend who builds PCs has (2) ATI X1600 PCIe 256MB that he would sell me cheap. I'm considering these in a CrossFire setup, but I'm not sure if this would result in better performance.

Any advice appreciated!!

Reply to mikenchi

Not worth it. Dont do it. How much money are you willing to spend?

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Reply to JAYDEEJOHN

NO.....x1600 CF is not a good option......it will perform better than x1650 but not worth it nor will u see any good scaling

go for a single 4850.great value. if ur not a hardcore gamer then go with 9600GT or 8800GT or ati 3870

also u have chosen a 975 chipset mobo.thats pretty old.....go for P45/35 or x38/x48

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Reply to sarwar_r87

Get the ati radeon 4850. much faster than the ones you plan on buying from your friend.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102770

Reply to crowheart27us

Thanks for the advice. Here's What I've decided on:

Intel BOXDX38BT LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX mobo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

I'll wait on the video card until Santa comes.

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