Worth upgrading?

[tonyyeb]

Hi all

Thinking of upgrading from my current setup:

P4 2.0ghz
1gb RAM (PC2100)
ATi Radeon 9600XT 256mb
ASUS P4PE-X (Which i think is an excellent motherboard)

To a PCI Express setup.

1. Is it worth upgrading from? Will i benefit much?
2. And if it is worth upgrading from then what should i be looking at? Would it be worth just doing the motherboard and graphics card (keeping the CPU and memory and keeping the cost down)?

Any comments welcome

[galson]

The graphic card is quite good, I think you don't need to upgrade it. If I were you I'd change only the CPU to Sempron or something, but I don't know, perhaps I dislike Intel too much Anyway the answer to your question is simple: it depends what you are going to do on that machine for upgrading it for upgrading itself doesn't make any sense. I have Duron 1,3, GeForce 2 MX and 256 MB of RAM, this computer is almost three years old. But it is quite enough for me, I don't need a super fast machine as I mostly play on my PStwo or emulate PSX, SNES, CPS, CPS2, NeoGeo and other arcades which the computer has no problem with

Heheh, if you have too much money to spend and don't know what to do with it, you can always send it to me :>

[tonyyeb]

I want to play games like Call of Duty UO, Battlefield 2 and COD 2 when it comes out.

[XxCrashxX]

well I have a very similar setup, (p1.8, 9600) I would say upgrade to a pci express with a 6600gt with an amd 3500 or so
that is considering the cash is there

[tookers]

Try getting a PCI-E motherboard that is SLI ready, then if you want to upgrade in the future just stick another gfx card in.
The Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe is a real nice board to consider.
Get an AMD athlon 64 and a 6600GT (SLI ready) and you should be good.

Hyuga, the semprons aren't too good for performance machines... they're in the same class as the intel celeron.
I was running a sempron 2400+ before and its really only good for internet browsing, office work... that kinda stuff.
Will run games OK but... going from a P4 to a sempron is a step down.

[GeneralClaymore]

i would suggest you go a64 then going pcie with a x800xl pcie at compusa for 259. be no point going 2x 6600gts SLI just to come close to one 6800GT. so i would suggest my setup, but if you perfer nvidia then you should beable to find a 6800GT PCIE around 315-350 at newegg.com.

or if you want to go with a 6800NU and mod it go for it but not all 6800NUs will mod, and i dont know which ones will mod.

for motherboard i suggest my motherboard its the best Ocer for PCIE. if you worried about what psu to use for NF4 chipset motherboards. look at my sig.

but i dont recommand SLI because its a waste of money just like when i dont recommand crossfire. for the price of 2x6600gt you could inup with one card thats faster.

my mobo is 135 at newegg.com, psu i have is 91 bucks + 6.99 shipping, my card at compusa is 259 after instant rebate , my ram when i got it was 89 but it shot up to 103 bucks. you can get a 160gb HD around 70-80 bucks.

the 6800GTS PCIE at newegg ranges from 330 to 350, the 6800NUs if i remember right are 200-250 on newegg for pcie