help choosing upgrades

[xappie]

Hi all;

With some christmas bonus money in my pocket, I am wondering if there as anything in my system that is worth upgrading. I use my computer mainly for gaming and watching DVDs and HD-DVDs.

Im thinking CPU perhaps, but not sure if anything is going to give me a significant boost from my current X2 3Ghz.

My rig:
ASUS M2R32-MVP w AMD X2 6000+
2GB OCZ Dual Channel PC2 6400 Platinum Edition 4-4-4-15
ATI 2900Pro @ XT
LG L246WP LCD
SB X-Fi XtremeMusic w.Logitech Z-5500 Digital Speakers
ATI Theatre 650 TV Tuner
OCZ 600W GameXStream PSU

Any advice is appreciated!

 

[engiNURD]

How's gaming on that 24" and 2900XT? If its not that great, sell it and pickup a couple HD3870's for some crossfire action. Thats about the only thing to upgrade right now, unless you want 2GB more ram for a total of 4GB. Oh, you could also pickup a Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + S-Flex fan and OC that X2 6000+.

 

[xappie]

Truthfully, I have no interest in crossfire. The 2900pro that im running now is a replacement for a x1950pro crossfire setup. I just had too many issues with crossfire not working in new games and I don't like waiting months for a patch or a driver update to fix/enable crossfire.

Generally, gaming is just peachy. Gears of war, ut3, crysis, bioshock, all run just fine for me. Crysis is a bit choppy, but that is ok.

Thanks for the advice, but yeah - crossfire= for me.