Got an (old) new setup. How much performance difference, and options?

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superlyduper

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Hello. So I just acquired some new parts.

I'm going from:
XP2700@400mhz bus
1.75gb ddr
gf4ti4200 128

to
athlon 64 3500
3gb ddr
gf7600gs 512

How big of a performance difference is it? Can I play CS:Source at 100fps@1024x768 or 1680x1050?


Also, is the 3500 a good overclocker?
 
CPU isn't much of an upgrade, but it will show some benefit. The RAM should definately help a little too but the graphics card upgrade is very significant. I think you should be able to get the performance you're looking for in CS:S with that setup.
 
Thanks timdog. I looked around, it seems like 939 will be way too expensive to upgrade (it'll be more costly than c2d + mobo + ram) and 7600gs decently plenty powerful already. Do you think it will be worth it to try to overclock either? The 7600gs is made by PNY, and my mobo is an MS-7093 ripped from a HP computer.
 
I doubt that board will let you OC. I wouldn't bother OC'ing the GS. Not a bad upgrade, though. Was it all free?
 
Yep it was all free. the 1gb pny stick I got is kinda dodgy though, I tested it on my old system and it crashes before I windows could load, so I might have to settle for 2.5gb (use an old 512 instead)

I'm going to try messing around with my ram timings, hopefully that will work. I don't think this is high density ram, since it has 8 chips per side. I googled the sticker and can't quite seem to figure out whether this is ddr400 or something slower.
 
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