Which will be my bottleneck?

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Aelfgeft

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Just ordered another gig of ram to keep my 939 in shape (Outpost.com has amazing prices on memory) and I'll be looking to get either my CPU or Vid Card to catch up next. I've got:

Athlon 64 3000+ Venice @ 2.25GHz -> Would upgrade to X2 4200 or 4600
XFX 6600GT AGP unoverclocked -> Would upgrade to 7600GT AGP.

Which should be upgraded first, as in, which part, if I upgraded one, and for some reason couldn't upgrade the other for a while, would allow more performance out of my system?

No, I'm not swapping out motherboards. No, I'm not going ATI. I want to get the most out of my 939/AGP setup. Just a heads up. ;)
 
IMHO, get a new videocard first since the cpu will be fast enough to feed the GPU.
 
At 2.25Ghz the 7600GT is a good fit at a good price if you're committed to that mobo.
 
7600Gt is an excellant choice, you could also get a 6800GT or ATI X800xt or 850xt they are all about the same range in performance with the ATI slightly being more powerful, but with less features.
 
The Leadtek 6800GT I looked is a 256-bit version. How much of a difference would it make from the 128-bit on the 7600GT?
 
Actually the 7600GS blows away the 6800 series due in part to its high core and memory clocks. From what I have seen it performs very similar to the 7800GS until you reach the upper video and screen settings.
 
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