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95talontsi   03-08-2009 at 02:04:24 AM

Hey,

my current system

xp 6000 3.1
3 gb kingston value ram 2x1 and 2x512
9800 gt
ecs nforce 4ma v3.0 mobo

I was just curious what others thought on this, I would like to get a new motherboard, mines outdated I think. Im looking for better performance like any one would. Would there be any increase in performance from switching to a newer amd chipset from my outdate nforce for since there isnt and recent updates for it.

I was lookin at getting this board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128376
Would be good i think, since its fairly new and i could upgrade to a quad core later. from what I have read the amd chipset's are performing really well.

I also plan on upgrading the ram to kingston hyperx or something in that range and gtx 260. undecided on processor but with that board i think i got my options covered.

heres my current board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813135028

thanks, let me know what you guys think.

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theAnimal   03-08-2009 at 07:14:42 AM
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A mobo & RAM upgrade will give no noticeable performance increase. And I'm pretty sure your CPU will bottle-neck a GTX260.

What resolution do you use & what is your budget?

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Mondoman   03-08-2009 at 07:17:08 AM
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A new MB on its own won't make a difference. "Premium" versus "normal" RAM won't make a difference. A faster graphics card should make a difference. A faster CPU probably won't affect gaming much, but could improve compute-heavy software performance.

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95talontsi   03-08-2009 at 07:33:37 PM
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I use 1600x1200 most of the time, resolution isnt that big of a deal to me since i use a crt monitor. budeget just depends on the part im getting, would rather not spend more than 130 or so on a motherboard, less than 200 on a video card.

My current system is probably fine, im just bored with it and want to upgrade something.

my vid card, proc, and ram arent even 6 months old yet, bought them in november from new egg on sale.

I just figured since my nforce4 was outdated, i mean i bought it in 07, i thought the newer chipset's would give a boost in efficiency or something along those lines


Message edited by 95talontsi on 03-08-2009 at 07:37:43 PM
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theAnimal   03-08-2009 at 10:47:44 PM
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My advice would be to save the mobo upgrade until you get a new processor. For your resolution I'd say the GTX260 is a good match, but I'm not sure how much your CPU would limit it. If you're comfortable with OCing the CPU you would see a boost from that.

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95talontsi   03-09-2009 at 12:36:09 AM
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My motherboard isnt to good for oc'ing highest vcore i can up to is 1.45 and thats close to the defualt of my cpu. This cpu also has a locked multiplier of 15.5
I tried ocing a while back when i had a x2 4000 and a 7800gt, cause i was having trouble running farcry 2, and according to the farcry bench mark i use to test my oc with, i gained around 6 fps, i had the cpu at 2.7 from the 2.1 and dont recall the oc on the card but it was decent.

So from that experience im not much of a fan of ocing. since i pushed the hardware that much harder for nearly no gain.


Message edited by 95talontsi on 03-09-2009 at 01:20:02 AM
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geofelt   03-09-2009 at 03:16:53 PM
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I would second the advice to save up and plan on a new build.
If you upgrade your vga card to anything less than a GTX260 class device, you will be disappointed because of the small increment in performance.

For $25 after rebate, you could get a 4gb corsair ram kit. If you are a student, look into an academic license for vista-64. Since there is no time pressure, you might wair for windows-7 retail availability.

I think your most satisfying upgrade would be to add a good LCD monitor. Keep the crt as a second monitor.

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