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pauldh
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n°1790292
02-17-2008 at 03:46:55 PM

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yeah, I agree. And the average athlon XP owner would be better suited with an HD2600XT for half that cost ($100 shipped newegg now), or upgrading the rig to go above that.


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n°1790341
02-17-2008 at 07:42:07 PM

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So I was right. It is $200. if I was running an old AGP system, I would save up another $200 and build a new system.




Yeah, you can get an E8400 with that money.

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n°1790348
02-17-2008 at 08:36:15 PM

Well I have an old 939 system with an FX-60 in it and I'd love to get one of them.
I just checked ewiz though - though cards are gone already!
At ~200.00 I'll bite - closer to 250.00 and I really have to think about it...

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n°1790505
02-18-2008 at 10:56:58 AM

yeah you can get a E8400 with $200 but what the heck are you going to do with a CPU and nothing else to go with it??????!!!!!!!!

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02-18-2008 at 04:09:21 PM

mountedpatrolman wrote :

yeah you can get a E8400 with $200 but what the heck are you going to do with a CPU and nothing else to go with it??????!!!!!!!!




Haha, well true. I guess you could use it as a coaster until you get a mobo to put it to good use.

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n°1790561
02-18-2008 at 04:16:48 PM

sdrac wrote :

Well I have an old 939 system with an FX-60 in it and I'd love to get one of them.
I just checked ewiz though - though cards are gone already!
At ~200.00 I'll bite - closer to 250.00 and I really have to think about it...


I agree with ya. $200ish is the sweet spot.


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02-18-2008 at 04:44:29 PM

$100 for an e2200
$100 for 4GB of DDR2 or $50 for 2GB of DDR2
$100 for a mobo
$100 for a new GPU

Sdrac, I also agree with you on the $200 spot as well.

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02-18-2008 at 05:07:22 PM

^ Yeah and you won't touch HD3850 level of performance with a $100 GPU.


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02-18-2008 at 06:26:21 PM

runswindows95 wrote :

$100 for an e2200
$100 for 4GB of DDR2 or $50 for 2GB of DDR2
$100 for a mobo
$100 for a new GPU

Sdrac, I also agree with you on the $200 spot as well.


Yeah, and the 2600XT you get for that $100 will not be bottlenecked by your E2200 running at 3.0. However it's still not going to outperform a 3850 and an older processor. Spend more money, get less performance (currently); or spend less money and more performance (currently). Although the argument can be made for the better upgrade path, Nehalem is around the corner and that'll render all the 775 upgrades extinct (just ask me about that, I'm on a 478).

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n°1790619
02-18-2008 at 06:59:24 PM

KyleSTL wrote :

Yeah, and the 2600XT you get for that $100 will not be bottlenecked by your E2200 running at 3.0. However it's still not going to outperform a 3850 and an older processor. Spend more money, get less performance (currently); or spend less money and more performance (currently). Although the argument can be made for the better upgrade path, Nehalem is around the corner and that'll render all the 775 upgrades extinct (just ask me about that, I'm on a 478).




Wow, are you skipping the 775 all together to hold out for the Nehalem in 09?

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n°1790632
02-18-2008 at 07:14:13 PM

KyleSTL wrote :

Yeah, and the 2600XT you get for that $100 will not be bottlenecked by your E2200 running at 3.0. However it's still not going to outperform a 3850 and an older processor. Spend more money, get less performance (currently); or spend less money and more performance (currently). Although the argument can be made for the better upgrade path, Nehalem is around the corner and that'll render all the 775 upgrades extinct (just ask me about that, I'm on a 478).




Now there is some sensible talk going on, if you still have aenough juice in s478 now, just hang on because the launch of nehalem is looking like mid 2008 now and its well worth the wait. :heink:

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02-18-2008 at 08:18:12 PM

moricon wrote :

Now there is some sensible talk going on, if you still have aenough juice in s478 now, just hang on because the launch of nehalem is looking like mid 2008 now and its well worth the wait. :heink:


That's what everyone's been saying. Netburst -> Core will pale in comparison to Core -> Nehalem. I'm not sure on the validity of those comments, but it's worth it to me to hang on to what I have (P4, 7600GS AGP OCd, IDE everything on a Samsung 152N - 1024x768). It plays what I want at maximum resolution (don't worry, you're laughing with me, not at me on that one) and quality settings. Next up, quad/octo Nehalem with 9600/9800 on a 16x10 LCD (because I can't fit anything taller within my desk).

Edit: @SpinachEater: so does that Tandy have dual 5.25" floppy drives? What a beast. LOL. What are you running anyway (curiousity)?

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n°1790776
02-19-2008 at 01:25:34 AM

@paulldh: well, they just came back into stock at ewiz. Not as cheap as when you found them, but I picked one up anyway for $211 - close enough to the 200 mark for me. Can't wait to see what this will do for my old rig :wahoo: - I'll post some benchies once I get it!

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02-19-2008 at 04:03:29 AM