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Trooper4985

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I currently have a P4P800/P4 2.8(Northwood)/1GB Mushkin PC3500/9800Pro and some insanely old (~10 years old) Seagate HD's and a 1 yo WD 200 GB

Do I spend a little money now and upgrade to a 3.2 prescott and a couple of SATA Maxtors (RAID O) or do will I see a huge increase by switching to a new AMD (3200+?)/PCI-E (ATI or nVidia?) and new HD's?

I play BF2, GTA:SA and DAOC and always look forward to new, upcomming games but I'm not worried about spending an extra $300 for a couple of more FPS like I was 10 years ago (when I was in the military and had no bills).
 
You'd be better off buying a used 6800GT and try overclocking your 2.8. The 2.8 should have a little headroom, maybe 3.2-3.4ghz, and the 6800GT will be a big improvement over your 9800Pro for future games.

I run all my games find on my 9800Pro, and my 2.4c can run all day at 3.4.
 
^That's not a bad suggestion if you want to overclock. If not, just upgrading the processor/video would probably be fine. What socket are you?
 
Oh wait..looking at your sig, it's already overclocked to 3.2. :p Oops. If you've gotten it up there, I don't think it'd be worth the money to upgrade the processor. I'd think about this video card. Nice price considering you can unlock the extra 4 pipes. :D
 
Oh damn, I must be an idiot, I didn't even see that it said @ 3.2 in his sig. In that case, don't bother with the processor, just go for a better video card.

He is stuck with AGP so that means the fastest cards he can run is either an X850XTPE or a 6800Ultra. I'd get a used 6800GT from someone that knows it can run at Ultra or better speeds. Or if you're an ATi person, get a x800XL.
 
My turn: Oh damn, I must be an idiot. Forgot about the AGP only part. In that case, what about something like this?
 
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