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I agree. Thank God I don't have the money to buy a new monitor. I am currently using an 8 Year Old 17" KDS Trinitron with a 75hz refresh rate @1024X768...

That was a bit of Sarcasm there. I can play anything on the market right now @ 1024X768 with my current rig smoothly ;) . I thought the idea of paying 7 grand on a system with 4 7900's was pretty sick. You could get a pretty good hooker for that amount of dough or make a couple of house...

http://www.alienware.com/intro_pages/nvidia_quadsli.aspx?sssdmh=dm11.82739 I guess my current solution of ( 1 BFG 7800 GS OC) is considered stone-age by these standards. I can't compete with 4 7900 GTX's. I guess if you don't have $2,000.00 for quad SLI these days your out of Luck if you...

My Freind, Please do not say AGP = DEAD I would prefer you say AGP = Mature (Over 50% of systems out there still have AGP). My 478 socket Northwood on the 875 chipset and AGP BFG 7800 GS OC handles everything I throw at it very, very nicely: BF2, HL2, Doom3..etc. I assume this AGP...

To be fair I should Mention that I have my BFG 7800 GS running at (485/139) vs the stock (400/125) which does give it a considerable boost. No doubt it would be nice to have a new 7800 GTX or 7900 GTX or even an ATI X1900 but since I am a loyal Intel man si I would have had to upgrade...

I guess this is only reason I questioned it is becuase I am playing all the current games, with plenty of eye candy @ 1024 X 768 and have no performance issues whatsoever on my current rig. And this is coming from a crappy APG card which is supposedly 10 times worse than a 7900 GTX and 5 times...

You currently have a 7800 GT. I don't understand...That is a top of the line card? Any 7800 + is a top of the line card by today's standards..No?

Seriously..Looking over all these posts I notice people talking about SLI 7800 GTX's and $500.00 - $1,000 dual core processors.. I mean wow, what is the secret to affording all of this...Is there an undergound to join to get this stuff on the cheap or what? So yo! Check it out. I have been...

Really? The lowest prices I could find for brand new AGP's X850XT PE were on Ebay for around $280-$350. Now you could probably snag a used one for around $200.00 or a new one that isn't in its original box (don't understand how that is new) but I wouldn't trust any brand new X850 XT PE card...

It's funny to hear debates about what is better when talking about similair cards because I used to be the same way. What are we talking about here 5 to 7 FPS difference? Hah! Just go with what's cheaper. Bottom line: You will be able to play the games you want to play at high settings with...

Actually...I just moved from a 9700 prog AGP to a BFG 7800 GS. I love this Card and am extremely glad I only paid $275.00 Vs $900 for doing a full blown Intel PCI-Express upgrade. The thing about the BFG 7800 GS is that it is very clockable. Out of the box it is 400mhz core and I am running...

I don't know either...Probably cuz I haven't been looking at processors since I bought my Northwood two years ago... I thought a Pentium D was a Pentium D....But now I see there are 800 series and 900 series... So is the 800 series just an older version of the Pentium D or is it like a value...

Edit...However the price on the BFG 7800 GS OC keeps falling and falling on Ebay. Two weeks ago they were around $320....and now they are creeping towards the mid $200.00's

<ol> <li>AMD 4200 X-2 @2.2 GHZ</li> <p> -or-</p> <li>Pentium D 830 smithfield @3.0</li> </ol> <p>Besides the fact that the AMD is about $50 more expensive? Performance wise is there a big difference?</p> <p>Thanks</p> :confused: Edit: Sorry for all the tags. I thought...

Are you looking for AGP or PCI-Express?

Every body has a different budget. I understand. I ended up buying one of these and some more memory becuase I didn't have enough to upgrade my whole system to PCI-E. IF you are looking at the 6800 GS then I would recommend the BFG 6800 GS OC... Lifetime warranty, Overclocked for extra...

Bought one of these off Ebay a week ago for $275..Works great...Millions of times better than my old 9700 pro.

2 gig of G-Skill from new egg today. $145. @2.5-3-3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231047 Not bad?

Ok. A Northwood 3.4 vs A Prescott 3.4....Northwoods run cooler and give more per clock. Hands Down I think a 3.4 is better then a Prescott 3.4 - I don't have a 3.4 but I was just speculating.. I also said.."until Pentium gives me something way better than my Northwood for a reasonable price...

so, Nvidia is thinking why would someone want to stick with a dying platform? Nvidia..I hope your listening.. My P4 3.2 Northwood socket 478 on the 875 chipset kicks the crap out of the "heater" Prescotts 775 socket 3.2 any day..So until Pentium gives me something way better than my Northwood...

FX-53 / 55 4200 x-2 / 4400 X-2 Athlon 64 4000 Which line should I go with if I was looking for gaming performance only? Thanks.

OK. Thanks for staying on the forums to help with some advice. It is around 9 pm my time here in Michigan and my kids are watching a movie and my wife is grocery shopping and I am here stressing out about memory..Doh! I am also stressing whether to do a complete upgrade or not... One more...

Right now I have 512 Mb Corsair XMS PC 3500 (2 x 256). I also just updated my video card from a 9700 pro to the BFG 7800 OC. I started playing Half Life II and as I was playing the audio would skip and the game would have hiccups or very quick skips and pauses were It would unpause and I...

Hmmm....where do you look for the fsb your using in your Bios?. My processor is 800 MHZ FSB... My bios says 210/70/35 for cpu/agp/pci

How do I find out what kind of RAM speeds I need?

To be honest I don't know really what your talking about. I am just looking for a good quality set of 2 X 512Mb. My Northwood processor is Oc'd from 3.0-3.2. I thought the 'Gskils were talked about highly in these forums. My dad was telling me I should get some 2-2-2-5 PC 3200 Corsair XMS...

That I should buy the $139.00 pair if my processor is oc'd from 3.0 - 3.2? and that the BGSKILLS is a wise choice?

Ok. I just finished reading the FAQ regarding memory and am still confused about memory timing. For instance here is a Gb of PC3200 GSKILL ram with a timing of 2-2-2-5 for $ 139 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231013 And here is a Gb of PC3200 GSKill ram with a...

When I log into my Steam Account it says there are no updates available for HL2. I've got the auto-update feature turned on. And it is not just the audio that skips, it is the video too.

For all the advice... I have also posted a thread in the Memory Forum and I keep hearing the same thing...More memory, more memory...So I am going to get more memory. Even on Medium detail settings the game stutters.... I wonder why the game only recommends 256? From what I hear I should...

Do you mean This: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231047 Or This: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231020

would you mind showing me what you recommend.. Thanks.

What is the difference between: This: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145449 And This: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450 Also. I currently have 512mb PC 3500 on my mobo...Can I throw in two 512's of PC3200?

OOH. That. OK I get it. However, when we built the computer we didn't use a pad we used some kind of silver grease to put between the heatsink and the processor. Do you think it could use another shot of silver grease?

I think I will try picking up a Gig of Corsair XMS from New Egg and going from there. Hopefully this will take care of the excessive swapping and and will not need to update my system for a year - Then I can afford to build my office room and finish drywalling my basement. It is funny that...

I could try that.. Great idea. However do I need to get PC 3500 or Can I use PC3200 for the ohter 2 512's? Also why does having 4 RAM DIMMS installed affect your ability to OC as effectively as having only 2 installed? -Dan.

I will give it a try tonight

Ok so currently I have 2 256 Corsair XMS modules. So I just pick up 2 more 256's right, that's easy...However my modules say 3500 on them and looking at new egg I cannot find 2 256 Corsair XMS PC3500's? So can I use 2 256 PC3200's or do I need to replace all of my memory?

Thanks for the reply. I updated the latest Drivers for Nvidia last night and I still had the same problem. But I heard that maybe +my hiccups and quick skips could be caused by excessive swap use and that if I added another 512mb RAM I would be Ok..