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I have 250 bux. I currently have a single 7900 GTO and a 3500+ AMD newcastle.
Should I spend the 250 bux on another 7900 GTO or should I use the money on a new CPU? I'm running Socket 939.
If you think I should get a new CPU, what CPU would you recommend?
 
A second card in SLI will give you much better performance than an upgrade on the CPU so, spend your money on the second GPU. :cool:
 
Why are you upgrading? Does the 7900GTO not perform as good as you had hoped? What resolution/settings are you gaming at? What else do you do with your system besides game? If you do alot of multitasking or you play games that are CPU intensive, you could go for this:
$232 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Manchester 2.4GHz

If you're gaming on a 20" or higher LCD at resolutions higher than 1280x1024 (max settings), go for SLI.

However, you may want to save that $250 and add more to it to get an 8800GTS in a few months instead, then sell off your 7900GTO.
 
enginurd said:
Why are you upgrading? Does the 7900GTO not perform as good as you had hoped? What resolution/settings are you gaming at? What else do you do with your system besides game? If you do alot of multitasking or you play games that are CPU intensive, you could go for this:
$232 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Manchester 2.4GHz

If you're gaming on a 20" or higher LCD at resolutions higher than 1280x1024 (max settings), go for SLI.

However, you may want to save that $250 and add more to it to get an 8800GTS in a few months instead, then sell off your 7900GTO.
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1) Just upgrading because I have money to spend.
2) The 7900 GTO performs great. Just as I expected.
3) I run FEAR combat a decent settings at 1156x864 (or something like that) at around 70 fps minimum. I run COD 2 at 1200x1024 in DX 9 settings everything turned up, 2x anti aliasing at 91 fps normally (capped?) and it goes down to around 55 fps in alot of battle/smoke/distance viewing like when using a scope). This is on a 19" CRT. Using Fraps to check FPS.
Quake 4 slows down a bit at high quality settings in multiplayer games. Gets down as far as 25 fps in battles while it'll run a steady 60 fps (capped) when going through halls 'n whatnot. I've tried lowering settings and changing resolution and all that. Still have noticible slowdowns in areas in Quake 4....dunno why.
Unreal Tournament 2k4 runs great of course.......
Battlefield 2 runs decent...haven't really done much testing with it.
Prey runs great at 1600x1200 high settings. Runs very smooth. Very impressed with it.

Even though I can run at good FPS at good settings in the games I play, I'd still like to be able to go higher. I never want to see my fps below 60 in any game that I play. In order to achieve this, you think another 7900 gto or a cpu upgrade?


4) I do nothing else with my system besides game.

So the system runs decent at decent settings.
 
on a 19" CRT i recommend a new CPU... good luck selling the newcastle though, most people are too interested in that chip anymore. took me 2 months to sell mine lol.
 
maxiderm said:
on a 19" CRT i recommend a new CPU... good luck selling the newcastle though, most people are too interested in that chip anymore. took me 2 months to sell mine lol.
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Not really interested in trying to sell the CPU alone. I could easily build another system with maybe one or two more parts that I don't have already and sell it as a whole.
 
for better gaming performance, go with sli. however, you should sell that 7900gto and get an 8800gts when they come out.
 
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