Ok, right now I am in the middle of a complete system overhaul. I have broken the rebuild into three stages and I have ordered Stage 1 from NewEgg. Parts on order:
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9 ghz AM3
Wintec AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 dual channel kit
The new motherboard has an integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 that I plan on allocating 512mb of memory. My current, 3 year old, system has a nVidia 7900 GS 256mb. Should I keep the single discrete 7900GS or use the integrated HD4200?
It is also important to note, that the next stage will either be 1: a new HDD, DVDr, and Win7 PRo, OR 2: an ATI Radeon 5750 1gb (I have not decided on which yet, but I'm leaning towards the graphics card), so which ever graphics choice I make, it will be short term.
Current OS is WinXP Pro SP3, and will be until I upgrade the HDD.
Any opinions would be appreciated and helpful.
Thanks!
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9 ghz AM3
Wintec AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 dual channel kit
The new motherboard has an integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 that I plan on allocating 512mb of memory. My current, 3 year old, system has a nVidia 7900 GS 256mb. Should I keep the single discrete 7900GS or use the integrated HD4200?
It is also important to note, that the next stage will either be 1: a new HDD, DVDr, and Win7 PRo, OR 2: an ATI Radeon 5750 1gb (I have not decided on which yet, but I'm leaning towards the graphics card), so which ever graphics choice I make, it will be short term.
Current OS is WinXP Pro SP3, and will be until I upgrade the HDD.
Any opinions would be appreciated and helpful.
Thanks!