What should I do?

[ivan_gromov]

I have been out of the loop for quite some time now, well not totally though. I am thinking of upgrading my sytem, maybe a full upgrade, or maybe partual, and then upgrade again when Vista comes out? I have an Athlon 64 3500+ 2gb ddr400 ram x800xl (agp). I have about $1000 saved at the moment. What would you guys suggest; should I wait until Vista is out with dx10, or upgrade now? and if so, what video card I should buy, any comments are much appriciated.

 

[HotShotMedic]

thats not a bad system ya got there actually. with that hardware i'd wait till vista. maybe pick up an x2 processor since their so cheap now, dual cores rock!
and on a side note, since you'll be upgrading soon, maybe overclock the shit outta your current stuff to get the most out of it while you wait.

 

[ivan_gromov]

thats not a bad system ya got there actually. with that hardware i'd wait till vista. maybe pick up an x2 processor since their so cheap now, dual cores rock!
and on a side note, since you'll be upgrading soon, maybe overclock the shit outta your current stuff to get the most out of it while you wait.

Thanks, maybe it is a good idea. But aren't the x800xl's are horrible for overclocking? Plus I have the heatsink that came with my cpu, I never got watercooling nor anything like that.

 

[HotShotMedic]

just overclock slowly and watch your temps.
atitools will help you find the max core clock and max memory clock of your gpu.

 

[Bleedblue12345]

overclock the bleep outa ure gpu/cpu/ram, those components, especially the processors, can take a beeting..... just oc the f outa it... although u COULD sell it now fr around 300-400, then have another few hundred to work with when vista comes.....