what would help the most?

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here's my system

ABIT IC7-G max2 advance
p4 2.8C (HT on)
Corsair XMS 1GB (2x512) 2.2.2.5 dual channel
ATI RADEON X850pro (might flash this later, just got it)
2x SATA WD 80Gb RAID 0

Im wondering what upgrade will give me the best performance on FEAR, QUAKE 4, Doom3, ect. I don't have a lot of money to spend I was just wondering what my biggest bottleneck is. ive overclocked my CPU to 3.44 before but that was with my 9800pro and I really didn't see an increase in doom3.

would i benefit more from

turning off hyperthreading
1Gb more of the same RAM
overclock cpu to 3.2Ghz
flash the x850pro to 16 pipes
add a cooler to the x850pro and flash pipes, clock, and memory

I mostly want to play fear as well as I can...as well as games coming out between now and Vista. ( I'm saving for my Vista build but still want to play dx9 games)

thanks!
 
Flash the video card, open up the pipelines.

FEAR i hear is a real RAM hungry game. You MIGHT be better off w/ 2x1gb ram, though Im not 100% sure, especially since thats good ram w/ sexcellent timings.
 
1. Overclock your CPU back to 3.4GHz. The reason you didn't see a difference before is because your video card was creating a bottleneck.
2. Flash the X850Pro. You shouldn't need a new cooler to do it. Most people I know that have done it have been fine without buying a new cooler.
3. Leave HT on...it doesn't really affect anything.
4. Buy more RAM. If you can, sell off the XMS memory (it's TCCD, so you should get a good price) and buy a pair of 1GB sticks.

That should yield you a huge increase in framerates.
 
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