thanks for the reply alex. Alot of people are telling me on the AoC forum to get RAM First.. But I dont think they are very knowledgeable as far as hardware goes, I think they are just AoC fans. So I came here.
I do have some graphics cards in mind, after reading some reviews.
I have found some really nice cards for $140 or under!
Going from what other people have been saying, I'd probably do the 8800GT over the 8800GTS 320. My understanding is that the (G80)8800GTS was distinctly underwhelming.
What resolution is your monitor? That'll also affect your best option.
I'm actually though thinking of the 8800 gs myself. Look at the benchmarks. You can get an 8800 gs superclocked edition which should perform on par with the 9600 gt at lower resolutions, probably better than the 9600gt actually, at least according to the benchmarks. But the EVGA version was about 135 on newegg and then had a 30 dollar mail in rebate. I think I'd pick up something like that, when you get your rebate back, get another gigabyte of memory at least to put you at 2 gigs.
Then after that I would start looking into maybe a dual core CPU. Although before you think video, you may want to check all specs on your PSU to see if it will handle the cards you want.
I'm actually though thinking of the 8800 gs myself. Look at the benchmarks. You can get an 8800 gs superclocked edition which should perform on par with the 9600 gt at lower resolutions, probably better than the 9600gt actually, at least according to the benchmarks. But the EVGA version was about 135 on newegg and then had a 30 dollar mail in rebate. I think I'd pick up something like that, when you get your rebate back, get another gigabyte of memory at least to put you at 2 gigs.
Then after that I would start looking into maybe a dual core CPU. Although before you think video, you may want to check all specs on your PSU to see if it will handle the cards you want.
Actually someone already suggested me to get the 8800 GS and I did look at some benchmarks... and it performed really well.
you should get ram, i know upgrading ur video card should be the priority but with only 1gb of ram, the ram is more immportant than a better video card
As has been previously pointed out video card and RAM should be attempted. You should be able to get 2Gb for not a lot and just throw your old stuff out if you're worried about mixing and matching.
If you can find out what you've already got and match the settings that'd work to!
