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My gaming PC is getting long in the tooth but I am not quite ready to replace it yet. When I do, I will build a compleatly new PC and use this one as a secondary. So I am not worried about forward compatability hardware wise.
I play a few FPS games but not hard. Mostly I play MMORGS, RPGs, and RTS. Current flavor is World of Warcraft. I do some desktop work etc, but I have a laptop I do most of my buisness on.
Current setup is:
Abit NF7-S
Barton mobile OC'd to 2260 (205x11)
512M (2x256) Crucial (value) 2,4,4,10 running dual channel
GF Ti4200 OC'd a bit faster then a Ti4600
Hitachi 160 gig SATA
Win XP
I ran the CPU at 215x11 but it became unstable after a year. I have not tested enough to know if its the CPU or RAM that is fussy.
So, I have about US$150 to spend on a lil upgrade to this PC. I am not sure wich would be a better upgrade. Going to 1gig (2x512) or getting a new Vid Card.
I am looking at
Corsair XMS
XFX Geforce 6800
So, for a last upgrade for a gaming machine that will be relagated to a secondary in a few months... wich is a better bang for the buck? I do not plan on saving up and spending more on this PC as it will be replaced by anouther PC in the not to distant future.
**EDIT**
Ok, lemme restate this anouther way. When I buy a new system I will STILL use this one. It runs WoW ok but would like it a bit faster. The $150 I am spending on this one is just some spare spending money from the way I budget things. It won't effect what I spend on the new system. When I buy the new system probly gonna go with a SLI mobo and one maybe 2 top of the line 7800's. Money for it not an issue.
I play a few FPS games but not hard. Mostly I play MMORGS, RPGs, and RTS. Current flavor is World of Warcraft. I do some desktop work etc, but I have a laptop I do most of my buisness on.
Current setup is:
Abit NF7-S
Barton mobile OC'd to 2260 (205x11)
512M (2x256) Crucial (value) 2,4,4,10 running dual channel
GF Ti4200 OC'd a bit faster then a Ti4600
Hitachi 160 gig SATA
Win XP
I ran the CPU at 215x11 but it became unstable after a year. I have not tested enough to know if its the CPU or RAM that is fussy.
So, I have about US$150 to spend on a lil upgrade to this PC. I am not sure wich would be a better upgrade. Going to 1gig (2x512) or getting a new Vid Card.
I am looking at
Corsair XMS
XFX Geforce 6800
So, for a last upgrade for a gaming machine that will be relagated to a secondary in a few months... wich is a better bang for the buck? I do not plan on saving up and spending more on this PC as it will be replaced by anouther PC in the not to distant future.
**EDIT**
Ok, lemme restate this anouther way. When I buy a new system I will STILL use this one. It runs WoW ok but would like it a bit faster. The $150 I am spending on this one is just some spare spending money from the way I budget things. It won't effect what I spend on the new system. When I buy the new system probly gonna go with a SLI mobo and one maybe 2 top of the line 7800's. Money for it not an issue.
