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specs are:
intel pentium 4 socket lga775 @ 3.2GHz
1GB DDR400 512MBx2
250GB SATA hdd
creative sound blaster live 24 bit pci
bfg 6600GT pcie
tv tuner
dvdrw
dvd rom
antec true 480 psu

basically all i do is game on it. currently i'm playing FEAR and still a little bf2. my budget is around $150 so what would be the best thing to upgrade? right now, i get not so high frames per second in fear @ medium settings everything except that special lighting and 2xFSAA @ 800x600. any ideas?

thanks have a nice day :)
 
keep saving more for a better video card. Wait to see what the new 7800GS has to offer once its out.
 
Any reason you're going with Intel? I'm assuming you already have a motherboard you want to re-use...

I would also wait for reviews on the 7800GS.
 
hmmm never even heard of the 7800GS, only the 6800GS one. yah, i'm sticking with intel for now, but not my next pc. also, would buying like a x-fi improve performance or just give me audio features?

what about lower latency ram or maybe even more? :p

thanks

edit: estimated price of 7800GS? interested now :)
 
Absolutely. Ram and ram timings or a better cpu are gonna do barely anything to your game performance relative to what a 7800 of any flavor will do. If you have a processor around 3Ghz or more and a gig of ram, it all comes down to video cards. Thats where almost all of the performance difference is made.
 
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