Upgade Advice?

how much money you have..? anyways.. if you're a gamer - get yourself a better vid card. You didn't mention what speakers you have and what monitor.. you could pick up a nice set of speakers or better monitor or maybe a second monitor for dual screen setup.. just some ideas.. ;)
 
discochan said:
I think new ram would help a lot. You want at least pc3200
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yeh true...

whats the native res of your lcd? and do u do anything besides gaming?
 
In general the nVidia 6800GS will be a little faster than the X800XL and has a better feature set (SM3.0) Although all I have is ATI video cards, the 6800GS looks like a pretty good deal after the $20 MIR.

Patriot memory worked great in the one computer I've installed it in. Otherwise, I generally prefer to stick with Corsair.
 
I'd suggest instead of spreading your budget thin, get what you'll really want now, instead of regretting it 3 months down the road, like I'm doing now. buy one good thing, instead of two compromises.

Buy the 7800 card (except get the 517, stock core of 470, instead of the 515 @ 445) and save up for a nice low lat mem later.
 
the 6800gs, much like the 6800gt is not faster than the x800xl, at stock, but it overlocks very well, so that statement is at least partially correct. overall, i would get the x800gto2, it will unlock 16 pipes and overlock to x850xt pe speeds quite easily, and that murders the gs/xl. be sure to get the red pcb version though, the blue is not as good, as it uses the xl core instead of the xt.
 
get the X850XT for 205$ and get those 2 GB of patriot ddr400.....I know it a little over your budget but you should see a nice boost over in performace over what u have now :)

or

Get the 7800GT ( It little faster the the X850XT and has some newer features but it also a newer generation card then the Radeon ) and then sell your 6600GT and get some DDR 400 ram

Either way you will be happy ;)
 
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