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Really need help on an upgrade path

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jordan12

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Guys,

My rig is in my sig. I currently can do one of two things.

1. Replace my Video card and get a 6800GT.

2. Replace MB and CPU and go with a 64 bit solution. But would have to keep using my current Video card.

Which option makes the most sense?


thanks
 
I am sort of surprised on the video card choices. Is my Video card that huge of a bottle neck right now?
 
I've opted to go with both ...

My previous was 3200+ w/ 9800PRO

I went with A64 skt939 and 6600GT PCI-Express
 
jordan12 said:
I am sort of surprised on the video card choices. Is my Video card that huge of a bottle neck right now?
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If you're happy with the performance you're getting in games, none of your system is a bottleneck. If you wanted to improve how your games look, an XP 3000+ with 6800GT will outperform an FX-55 (costing way more than the GT) with Ti4600, except in low resolutions in older games where the CPU may be a bottleneck even for older cards like the 4600. The GT will run games at 1280x1024 with aa and af comfortably. The 4600 will not, no matter what you do to it.

Ideally, you'd try to move to an AMD64 Socket 939 platform with PCI-e 6800GT, but if you only upgrade every couple of years the XP 3000+ with 6800GT should do you. 1Gb of RAM will help as well.
 
mulpsmebeauty said:
If you're happy with the performance you're getting in games, none of your system is a bottleneck. If you wanted to improve how your games look, an XP 3000+ with 6800GT will outperform an FX-55 (costing way more than the GT) with Ti4600, except in low resolutions in older games where the CPU may be a bottleneck even for older cards like the 4600. The GT will run games at 1280x1024 with aa and af comfortably. The 4600 will not, no matter what you do to it.

Ideally, you'd try to move to an AMD64 Socket 939 platform with PCI-e 6800GT, but if you only upgrade every couple of years the XP 3000+ with 6800GT should do you. 1Gb of RAM will help as well.
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Thank you. That was well thought out and told me what I needed to know. Appreciate it..

The 6800GT is where I am going. :)
 
Nice choice on the card, down the road you can always upgrade your mobo+cpu and keep the card.
 
earthscore said:
Nice choice on the card, down the road you can always upgrade your mobo+cpu and keep the card.
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And at that time, I might be able to go the 939 socket route. Thanks guys. Made my decision pretty easy.
 
jordan12 said:
And at that time, I might be able to go the 939 socket route. Thanks guys. Made my decision pretty easy.
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Especially if VIA's PCI-E+AGP chipset idea takes off... you could have dual-GPU goodness.
 
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