Looking for upgrade advice

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jmr

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Current rig:

P4 3.0 (Northwood) o/c 3.6 (aircooling with Thermaltake Big Typhoon)
Abit IC7-G
2 Gigs Corsair PC 3200 XMS memory
BFG 6800GT (AGP 8x)
2 WD Raptors (RAID 0)

I've got about $700 to spend and I'm not sure where to do it. I was thinking of buying 7800GS which will work with my current mobo but I was reading buyer reviews at Newegg and one guy commented it wasn't much faster than his 6800GT.

So given that AGP is dead, do you think I should upgrade to a PCI Express capable motherboard (which will support my current CPU) and buy a new PCI Express video card, or should I plan on a new motherboard, CPU, graphics card upgrade altogether? I'm just concerned the latter upgrade route will run over well over $1000.

I'm open to either Intel or AMD upgrade routes if I can continue to use my current memory with the new motherboard, CPU, etc.

Thanks.
 
I just posed this in another upgrade thread:
I think you should list what it is about your computer that you don't like. Then you can figure out a plan of attack.

Are your games too slow? is your work too slow? Does your monitor suck?


Do you like your mouse/keyboard?
stuff like that.
Upgrade b/c you have a reason to.
not b/c you need to blow money.

Advice about upgrading is kinda random if you have no goal that you're trying to reach.
Your computer is pretty high end just to be throwing it all away for a PCI-E video card.
the 7800gs will probably extend the life of that system for another year or so.
I don't have any personal experience with the 7800gs yet though, so take my advice with a grain of salt.
 
For the most part I'm satisfied with my machine but Oblivion is laying the smack down on it hard. Being forced to play in 1024x768 on a 22" CRT sucks and I get massive slowdowns (which appears to be common). I would love to upgrade to a PCI Express video card but my AGP chipset is at a dead end.

I looked around in the forums for PCI Express capability for socket 478 boards but apparently they're very very hard to find =\
 
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