How To Best Spend $250 on Upgrading Your Rig

Test Setup Details

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We used Kingston HyperX modules because we had the redily available in the LAB. They are more expensive but when running at slower clock speeds you should be able to get similar results compared to what cheaper RAM components offer. You should go with a value RAM solution and obtain similar results.

Regarding the graphics card, you could use a 128 MB version of the card and get similar results. You can choose an NVIDIA GeForce 6 series AGP card. You can get similar results for about the same price. You can go with either, the choice is yours, however, it is necessary to make sure that the memory interface is 256-bit and not anything narrower unless you go with 6600GTs which are 128-bit but are still just as fast.