Did a quick search before posting and couldn't find anything that really answered my question so hopefully something similar hasn't been asked before - apologies if it has.
The main points of my system (roughly 18months old now) are as follows:
Athlon XP 1700+
512 MB PC2100 RAM
64 MB GeForce Ti-200
40 GB Hard Disk
DVD-ROM & CD-RW Drives
SB Live Sound Card
Now my question is, would you consider it worth it, given my old and now fairly poorly specified system to upgrade the graphics card to something better say a Radeon 9800 Pro for example? Am I likely to gain much in the way of performance (thinking games here) by doing this alone? And finally do you think it's cost effective to upgrade the card or should I just wait until I have a bit more money saved up and can afford a completely new system?
The main points of my system (roughly 18months old now) are as follows:
Athlon XP 1700+
512 MB PC2100 RAM
64 MB GeForce Ti-200
40 GB Hard Disk
DVD-ROM & CD-RW Drives
SB Live Sound Card
Now my question is, would you consider it worth it, given my old and now fairly poorly specified system to upgrade the graphics card to something better say a Radeon 9800 Pro for example? Am I likely to gain much in the way of performance (thinking games here) by doing this alone? And finally do you think it's cost effective to upgrade the card or should I just wait until I have a bit more money saved up and can afford a completely new system?