Upgrade-RAM, Video, or CPU?

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What would net me the best overall FPS/performance increase in games? A ~3 ghz opty, another gig of ram, or annother 7600GT in SLi?
 
Depends in the game. BF2 would benefit from 2GB of ram but really, I think you should upgrade that 7600GT. Its no slouch as I used to have the exact one but I upgraded to a 7900GT and it was well worth it :D

Sell your 7600GT for about $110 and you could probably buy a 7900GT for about $200.
 
Athlon 3800+ @ 2.66 (333x8) [Big Typhoon + AS5]
DFI LanParty UT Ultra-D
Crucial Ballistix 512x2 (297Mhz 3-3-3-8 2.8V)
XFX Geforce 7600GT 256 MB
Thermaltake 500W
WD 250GB SATA
Windows XP x64 Bit

Ram wont give you much but loading time.
Depending on what games you play/settings a new gfx card could help.
Dont think your cpu is stopping you from anything.

What game/s?
 
Riddlinkidstoner said:
Depends in the game. BF2 would benefit from 2GB of ram but really, I think you should upgrade that 7600GT. Its no slouch as I used to have the exact one but I upgraded to a 7900GT and it was well worth it :D

Sell your 7600GT for about $110 and you could probably buy a 7900GT for about $200.
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I heard that 2x 7600GT equal out to about a 7900GT, I also don't really want to go through the selling trouble in the first place
 
GooG said:
Athlon 3800+ @ 2.66 (333x8) [Big Typhoon + AS5]
What game/s?
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Well the games I play work fine (although I'd like to play FEAR [stutters like crazy] but I'm not going to waste 120 dollars into RAM just for one game)
Except for Dark Messiah which is just rather low FPS for my liking
I also want to be sorta future proof for games like Huxley and UT2K7 but those pretty much require a 8800 to play nicely
 
Tylerdurdened said:
I heard that 2x 7600GT equal out to about a 7900GT, I also don't really want to go through the selling trouble in the first place
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It may although that would severely limit your upgradability in terms of both SLI and resale. Down the road when you want to sell your 7600GT's for something better (like an G80) they won't be worth nearly the amount you paid for them. I thought the exact same thing...why should I sell my card and get a 7900GT rather than get another 7600GT and SLI? Well first of all SLI is a total marketing scam imo :D second, some games don't take advantage of or don't run at all with SLI so that'll limit your choice of games. Honestly, single card solutions are much much more reliable. 7900GT has been a reliable card for me (I play at 1680x1050 all high settings with BF2 and CS:S) so I think its a good upgrade option for you. Either that or the 7950GT.

Trust me, don't get SLI 7600GT's, you'll regret it later and I swear if your doing it for the cool factor of SLI I'm gonna slap you :D
 
Since you said most games play fine, I'd keep the 7600GT until the 8XX0 series cards are cheaper and more available.
 
GooG said:
Ram wont give you much but loading time.
Depending on what games you play/settings a new gfx card could help.
Dont think your cpu is stopping you from anything.

What game/s?
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Why do you say a CPU won't help much? How much would a ~3.1 opty add to performance over my 2.6 sausage?
 
Tylerdurdened said:
Why do you say a CPU won't help much? How much would a ~3.1 opty add to performance over my 2.6 sausage?
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Because gaming performance depends more on the vidcard than the CPU... and your CPU is very capable.
 
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