Upgrading Hardware, Few Questions

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LucasG

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My current system is displayed at my sig. For christmas I'm thinking on upgrading, I want more power to be ready for games like Project IM and stuff. Searching at the sale/trade forum I found this:

- AMD X2 3800+. Retail with box, heatsink and fan.
- CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail WITH Zalman Silent Northbridge cooler.
- BFG GeForce 6600 128MB PCI Express Video 128 MB

Do you think I'll be able to run games like Quake 4, Doom III, Age Of Empires III, Need For Speed Most Wanted, Call Of Duty 2, and others at 1024x768 at max everything as I do now?

The only thing that seems to be slower is the video card. I can wait some time and maybe upgrade the card in the future but I really want to get rid of AGP and get multitasking processor.

Help is appriciated.

Thanks & Regards.
 
Sorry, didn't understand the "MW" part. How does it perform compared to my current AGP card?
 
MW = NFS Most Wanted?

6600 is much more worse than the 6800 GT. The 6800 GT can run those games at 1024 x 768 but not at maximum settings. More like medium. The 6600 would not even go near that.

If you truly multitask everyday with several programs running all the time then I would go for the jump. If you rarely do it and focus on gaming or focus one thing at a time then don't even bother.

You do have 1 GB which is what's saving you from any issues.

If I were you, I'd save the money and stick with what you have. You can run games fine especially in the near future.

-J.
 
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