To upgrade or not

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Tiberius

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Hello,

I've been thinking about upgrading my current system but the budget is kinda tight. Not sure if it would be worth upgrading right now. I currently have an A64-X2 4200+, 2GB of DDR400, 320GB (PATA) and an ATI X1800XT 256MB. Since the money is tight, I can probably swing 2GB of DDR2, a decent P35 based MB and a E2160 (to overclock to at least 3GHZ).

My questions:

Will I see a noticeable difference in games?

Will it better to get a video card instead (8800GT)?

Or since I can play just about any game with my current system, just hold on and wait?

Thanks.
 
1) Yes but not worth the costs
2) Well it depends on the following questions:
- What size monitor do you have?
- What games are you playing or planning to play?

3) If you want, then wait.
 
it also depends on what you want to play. for, say, crysis you'll want to upgrade. COD4 however runs perfectly at 1680 on my pc, which is similar to yours.
 
I forgot to mention, I have a 20" LCD (1680x1050). I usually like to play many games, currently playing The Witcher, which runs pretty well. I also been playing Bioshock and was surprised how well it runs on my PC.

Moneywise, I'm broke but I can buy stuff piece by piece. Ram 1st, then a MB and then a CPU. But it appears that I might see better gains buying a better video card although my x1800xt is still a good card.
 
I think you'll see a bigger performance boost from a better video card, and you should be able to get a decent buck for yours if you decide to sell it. Is your 4200 overclocked?
 
If you want better gaming performance, upgrade the vidcard. Also, PM me if you decide to sell that x1800. ;)
 
I haven't overclocked my CPU on this one, I might look into that. I might just go with a video card but I'm going to wait until ATI releases their new cards to see how they compare. I'll let you know enginurd if I sell my current card.
 
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