How about this for an upgrade path?

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AdamNesvick

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Right now Rig is as specified

XP barton 2500 (no oc on this damn thing thanks to that motherboard)
Gigabyte NF2-400 (the lan model cheapy)
1 GB ram (crucial PC3200)
X800XL AGP (450 core / 1100 mem)
Ultra X2 550W (new toy.. stable.. pretty)

I am looking toward an X2 3800+ at price drop time, 939 variety, as I wanna keep my ram. Probly gonna go with the Asrock 939dual MB as I wanna keep my Vid card till the DX10 cards come out and it works great. I play a lot of games and it hasn't failed yet.SLI is way out of reach right now (damn child support)

Anyone else have any better ideas? that combo is looking to run around $220 and I don't wanna spend too much more than that. Plus with the Asrock I can go to AM2 eventually.

Really want an opty 165 but they aren't gonna drop I heard :(

Any feedback appreciated.
 
I have the asrock with the x2 3800 myself, works great.
*throw in another gig of ram, you can fill 4 slots on the asrock and itll still run at pc3200.
 
i wouldn't set your mind on any CPU until conroe is out, cause low end conroe could beat the 3800 even.

If you do go, make sure it is AM2 and not 939, no reason to go 939.


and if you want to wait for dx10 cards - just wait till then to upgrade - do you really need to buy a new system now? when in less then a year you will then spend money for another system when you coulf of put that money on the 939 system towards the new dx10 system and made one kick ass one.
 
MrGuvernment said:
i wouldn't set your mind on any CPU until conroe is out, cause low end conroe could beat the 3800 even.

If you do go, make sure it is AM2 and not 939, no reason to go 939.


and if you want to wait for dx10 cards - just wait till then to upgrade - do you really need to buy a new system now? when in less then a year you will then spend money for another system when you coulf of put that money on the 939 system towards the new dx10 system and made one kick ass one.
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hes talking about a $220 upgrade instead of having to buy all new mobo/proc/ram. I can appreciate that some people just dont have loads of money to blow at once. It would appear he wants performance on the cheap, which buying a new conroe setup is not.
 
yeah, sorry, i missed that reading his post :) (dam cold medicine!)

in that case $220 is not bad, and then that system can be turned into something else later.
 
I am doing a similiar path.

Last March I replaced a XP 2000+ with a Sempron 2400+ that would oc'd to 2.0 ghz. Added a 6600GT and another GB of PC3200 (to have 2gb) in hopes that would satisfy me for a while. But I still can't play huge maps in Civ 4 and can't even sniff Oblivion so I decided to just start building a new PC.

I have a Seasonic S12 600w and an Antec P180 due to arive on Monday.

In a month I am getting the Asrock and X2 3800. Following month, maybe a couple more HDD's.

A few more months down the road I will probably get a X1900XT (and Oblivion), it should drop enough in price by then. I should be set for a couple more years on core componants, so I just may look at replacing my P95f+ with a LCD. Still love my monitor though, best CRT I have ever owned. The only reason I would replace it is to go up from 19 inches.

I quit smoking, so building the new PC is reward. But can't get it all at once, becuase I need to relize the monitary savings of quiting to partially finance this, otherwise my wife will get a little pissed. Plus this is a huge incentive to stay quit.
 
Actually Tae, My Current rig runs Oblivion pretty good, it even ran ok when I had a 9800pro, The X1900 just seems like too much money for a vid card, I don't like to pay over $300 for any one specific part. Honestly, and don't kill me for saying this, but the 7600GT looks good too. I have been a Diehard ATI'er since the radeon 8500, but the drivers do tend to suck. I've used nvidia cards too, and woulda had a 6800gt if I could have found one for less than $300 (got the x800xl for $185 about four months ago).


What is overclocking like with a 939dual and an X2-3800.

Also to Mrguverment (sp?) I wouldn't mind a conroe, but that would mean new ram, and a vid card, not to mention availability of a midrange model. Intel is terrible about that (P3-FCPGA anyone?) I know OEMs are the bread and butter, but damn. I shouldn't have to wait that long for a decent priced chip.

Got one of the SlotA althon 800's and haven't looked back since, AMD has served my friends and myself well for years now.

Tutelary, any luck with OCing? also, Stuck at 1GB as its 4x256 right now :( (bought pc when 512 was shit hot)
 
Yea I think I bought the 6600 GT right before the 7600 GT hit, wish I would have waited a little longer. Oh well, there is always something better right around the corner. Buying a 7600 GT in not a big enough of a jump over a 6600 GT for me to drop the cash on it, so I will hold out for and spend a little more for a X1900XT. We are already seeing the X1900XT hit $350, in a couple months I expect it to be under $300.

An 800XL handles Oblivion about twice as good as a 6600 GT.

Also, the Asrock board in not a great overclocker from reviews I have read. Its plus is it is the only decent MB with the ability to AGP and PCIe.
 
Tae said:
Yea I think I bought the 6600 GT right before the 7600 GT hit, wish I would have waited a little longer. Oh well, there is always something better right around the corner. Buying a 7600 GT in not a big enough of a jump over a 6600 GT for me to drop the cash on it, so I will hold out for and spend a little more for a X1900XT. We are already seeing the X1900XT hit $350, in a couple months I expect it to be under $300.

An 800XL handles Oblivion about twice as good as a 6600 GT.

Also, the Asrock board in not a great overclocker from reviews I have read. Its plus is it is the only decent MB with the ability to AGP and PCIe.
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I my self have an 2500 xp barton
with a gig of ram
did the x800 xl perform good in games such as battlefield 2 or counter-strike source?
if so what was your average framerates? and what settings?
cause this 5700 ultra is shite that i have
 
AdamNesvick said:
Tutelary, any luck with OCing? also, Stuck at 1GB as its 4x256 right now :( (bought pc when 512 was shit hot)
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I dont overclock, so I dont know :p
I dont do much gaming now either, so the current performance is more than enough. A dual core system with 2 gig is exceedingly snappy.
 
Dunno about BF2, Counterstrike source runs okay, I usually get between 60-80 fps on the home LAN, thats at 1024x768 (ok, so I have a 15" flat panel, leave me alone :D) everything on high, no AA or AF.

That said, I don't play well with others, so not a lot of multiplayer games, FEAR runs great, olbivion is okay (kinda clunky with high textures, but beautiful compared to medium), Any of the doom 3 or half life 2 engine games are good. Haven't tried far cry as its just not my cup of tea, I got it, but haven't played since last year, too hard.
 
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