Do i really need to upgrade?

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right now i have Sis-755 motherboard, amd athlon 64 3200+ cpu and ati 9600 video card
i also have 512 ram stick(which is bad) so i am thinking of upgrading to 2 gig of ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820150011

at the same time i am thinking that maybe i shouldnt buy 2 gigs and just save up and build a new computer.... but then again why do i need a new one, this one works fine for now
now... usually i just do programming, web surfing, website editing/photoshop, video editing and play some games from time to time (some old games, some new ones as well - starcraft, warcraft 3, half life 2, doom 3, prey, gta, etc etc)

so my question, if i buy 2 gigs of ram and later on update my video card (i only have agp slot, no pci express btw), i should be able to manage fine right? (in terms of latest programs, games etc, i dont need them to be running on the highest resolution possible 1280x1024 is fine )
 
See if you can find another stick of 512 on the cheap, then save for a new build. I recently upgraded to a 7800 GS AGP and I love it, so if you don't want to build a new box any time soon (like a year or two) you might get one. They are the fastest card made for AGP atm.
 
belmicah said:
See if you can find another stick of 512 on the cheap, then save for a new build. I recently upgraded to a 7800 GS AGP and I love it, so if you don't want to build a new box any time soon (like a year or two) you might get one. They are the fastest card made for AGP atm.
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nice thx for the info
how much are they?
 
If you don't feel like your computer is too slow, but you'd like a boost, I'd say grab a 6600GT, 6800GT+, x800/x850 line GPU and call it a day

Oh and definately get at least another stick of 512.
 
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