7800 maybe?

[2gigs]

im in a delemma


in overall use, features, axa, liiking for preferbly tv in and out for a htpc also, so i am also looking at x1800xl or xt






or


should i upgrade my 3000 vinnece

becuase i have a x800xl right now

 

[AltTabbins]

I'm in the exact same boat right now.
*see sig for my specs*

I am leaning more tward getting a faster cpu and another gig of ram.
Suggestions?

 

[Dark_fire]

your upgrading your CPUs wont show much performance jumps in games. i would go for the 7800GT/GTX and some more ram

 

[dderidex]

your upgrading your CPUs wont show much performance jumps in games. i would go for the 7800GT/GTX and some more ram

Depends on the game. There are a few heavily multi-threaded games out already (Falcon 4.0:AF, Morrowind), and more coming.

Going dual-core will show a pretty serious improvement in those titles.

On the OTHER hand....yeah, an X800XL is getting somewhat long in the tooth for a 'cutting edge gaming rig'. Heck, they are selling under $150 shipped on eBay and the FS/T forums fairly regularly, and when a high-end-midrange card has dropped to less than half its MSRP, it's USUALLY a good sign it will need replacing soon.

 

[Russ]

the thing is those multithreaded games are also super heavy graphics wise. Today's games require amazing graphics power to run well at high res, so I'd upgrade your graphics cards to x1800/7800 series. That or wait a few months to compare the x1900/G71 graphics cards.

 

[dderidex]

the thing is those multithreaded games are also super heavy graphics wise. Today's games require amazing graphics power to run well at high res, so I'd upgrade your graphics cards to x1800/7800 series. That or wait a few months to compare the x1900/G71 graphics cards.

Actually, neither of them really is. Falcon 4.0 ran fine on GeForce2s back in the day - the GeForce3 was the 'hot card to have' when it launched. Granted, the currently available release has seen a graphics update...but not that much. An X800XL would have no problem with it at all - or Morrowind. Heck, I ran Morrowind at 1680x1050 with 4xAA on an X800XL just fine.

That said....it IS pretty unlikely such titles are what the OP had in mind, so the video card probably does just make better sense for an upgrade.