worth the upgrade?

[Cellfish]

Hello. I have an athlon xp1800+, 512megs ram, and a geforce3 ti500. I just want more performance on the stuff i play now (ff11, c&c generals, bf1942).

I'm wondering if upgrading to an ati 9800 or nvidia 5900 would bring a worthwhile 3d performance increase. I am planning on building a whole new system soon, but will probably wait till around doom3 or halflife2 release dates.

Also, is it possible to just swap in a faster processor? would my 266fsb be too slow to be worth it? (via chipset) Thanks for recommendations.

 

[HardWareBoss]

Both vards will be a big upgrade to what you have New vid cards do Mar or Apr.

 

[Cellfish]

ok, also just to clarify, i'm wondering if the speed of my processor and fsb will limit the speed of the new video card making it not as worthwhile an upgrade. thanks.

 

[Crashman]

Everything limits everything, but your old card is so outdated that a new card would give you a huge performance increase regardless.

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[silverpig]

New video is definitely what you want. I had a 9800 Pro running on a 1800+ 512 MB DDR and it ran great. I didn't get the same fps in Q3 640x480 as a P4 3.2, but I did get very similar fps at high resolutions and qualities on more demanding benchmarks.

The 9800 will run both doom3 and hl2 with no problems at good res/quality settings.

Besides, when you build your new computer, just put the 9800 in that, and the ti500 back in this one.

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[Cellfish]

Thanks, this is just the response i was looking for.
I wanted to hear from someone who tried the actual configuration I was going for.

 

[addiarmadar]

If you are experiencing lag when the action occurs then no it would not. But if the games lag all the time even when there is no action then it would.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.775)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/700)

 

[silverpig]

Hey, I just noticed you have a very similar setup to mine.

Barton 2500+ @ 11x200 1.70 V
A7N8X dlx
1 GB Geil PC 3500 Dual Channel
WD Raptor 74 GB
WD 120 GB SATA
9800 Pro AIW

I haven't tested to see if this one is unlocked yet or not... I'll try that later

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[TheMASK]

Hey, I just noticed you have a very similar setup to mine.

Me too! Me too!

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Barton 2500+ @ 10x222 = 2225MHz
A7N8X Dlx Rev 2.0
Kingston Hyper-X 2x256MB DDR500 @CL2.5-4-3-7
IBM IDE 80GB + Seagate SATA 2x120GB
MSI Ti4400 GPU/Memory : 300/600MHz
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[Cellfish]

Well I just ordered a 9800 pro. :-D Can't wait till it gets here now. I paid $290 with free 2 day shipping... is that a good price? Seemed ok but I didn't search all that hard.

 

[TheMASK]

man, u r just jealous of my rig

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Barton 2500+ @ 10x222 = 2225MHz
A7N8X Dlx Rev 2.0
Kingston Hyper-X 2x256MB DDR500 @CL2.5-4-3-7
IBM IDE 80GB + Seagate SATA 2x120GB
MSI Ti4400 GPU/Memory : 300/600MHz
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[TheMASK]

my chip wont go more than 2250MHZ
I am still stuck with Ti4400 (now a Ti4600) b'coz thats the best i can afford right now (cost me about US$ equivalent of 175)
Yep, i want a P4 rig, but after i get a 9700/9800

The Asus 9800XT is available here for US$ equivalent of 1000 bucks

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Barton 2500+ @ 10x222 = 2225MHz
A7N8X Dlx Rev 2.0
Kingston Hyper-X 2x256MB DDR500 @CL2.5-4-3-7
IBM IDE 80GB + Seagate SATA 2x120GB
MSI Ti4400 GPU/Memory : 300/600MHz
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[TheMASK]

U selling ur 9800SE? i'll stay away from e-bay then

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Barton 2500+ @ 10x222 = 2225MHz
A7N8X Dlx Rev 2.0
Kingston Hyper-X 2x256MB DDR500 @CL2.5-4-3-7
IBM IDE 80GB + Seagate SATA 2x120GB
MSI Ti4400 GPU/Memory : 300/600MHz
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