Chaballaman
[H]ard|Gawd
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My ageing system gets ~4.5k in 3dmark05, mainly use it for games (world of warcraft, guild wars, need for speed most wanted/carbon, quake 4, doom 3, etc, all at 1280x1024 res).
I want to upgrade the video card n LCD so i can play games at 1680x1050 res, n hopefully with faster fps.
Current
CPU: AMD A64 3200(@2.5g, zalman hsf)
Mobo: Abit AV8
Video: 128M 6800 AGP (16 pipes, zalman hsf)
RAM: 1G Winbond DDR 3200
LCD: 19" Samsung 910T
HDD: 80G Seagate SATA
DVDRW: Sony 16X
Case: Antec SuperLanboy 350w
New
CPU: AMD AM2 X2 4000+ (planning to overclock a bit with stock hsf)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3
Video: 256M Sapphire 1950Pro PCI-E
RAM: 1G Corsair DDR2 5300
LCD: 22" Samsung 226BW
HDD: same, maybe 160G Seagate SATA
DVDRW: same
Case: same, hopefully 350w will be stable with 1950Pro
I'd love to get 8800GTS + 24" LCD to run 1920x1600 res but dont have much to spend.
Please let me know if I should swap any parts to improve the performance at similar cost.
(e.g. AMD AM2 X2 4200+ can overclock much higher than X2 4000+, or 8600GTS is faster than 1950Pro, etc)
I want to upgrade the video card n LCD so i can play games at 1680x1050 res, n hopefully with faster fps.
Current
CPU: AMD A64 3200(@2.5g, zalman hsf)
Mobo: Abit AV8
Video: 128M 6800 AGP (16 pipes, zalman hsf)
RAM: 1G Winbond DDR 3200
LCD: 19" Samsung 910T
HDD: 80G Seagate SATA
DVDRW: Sony 16X
Case: Antec SuperLanboy 350w
New
CPU: AMD AM2 X2 4000+ (planning to overclock a bit with stock hsf)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3
Video: 256M Sapphire 1950Pro PCI-E
RAM: 1G Corsair DDR2 5300
LCD: 22" Samsung 226BW
HDD: same, maybe 160G Seagate SATA
DVDRW: same
Case: same, hopefully 350w will be stable with 1950Pro
I'd love to get 8800GTS + 24" LCD to run 1920x1600 res but dont have much to spend.
Please let me know if I should swap any parts to improve the performance at similar cost.
(e.g. AMD AM2 X2 4200+ can overclock much higher than X2 4000+, or 8600GTS is faster than 1950Pro, etc)