A little upgrade help please?

VoiD3d · 28 Nov 2006 at 15:56

Hi,

I recently bought a couple of games, and neither of them work on my system, due to my sucky graphics card. My computer is about 3 years old now, and I'm not sure whether to upgrade the whole system, or just my graphics card. I have to stick to AGP if i dont get a new set-up, since thats all my mobo allows.

This is my current spec:
Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHZ cpu
1gb RAM
Elsa Falcox Radeon 920FX (Radeon 9200 AGP) 128mb gpu
80gb HDD

Potentially, i have up to £900 for a new system, but is it worth me forking out for one, or should i just stick to buying a powerful gpu?

Any help would be appreciated.

z0mbi3 · 28 Nov 2006 at 16:01

new system. Conroe. x1900 xt.

Sell gpu next year get directx 10 compliance.

VoiD3d · 28 Nov 2006 at 16:14

Conroe being the cpu?

Any chance of some details there? What can i expect to afford for £900?

wickedy · 28 Nov 2006 at 18:40

As suggested by zomb, I'd hang on til 2007 before a major rig update.

Save your cash for the time being and get a decent-ish AGP card to tide you over until more affordable directx 10 complaint gfx cards come out in the new year. Hell, you could even splash out a get another gig or ram too.

Only circ £200 for both....

wickedy · 28 Nov 2006 at 19:45

Actually if youcan't wait, you could try this as a starting point and spend more cash on more storage, more ram, a faster cpu or better gfx:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99 (£88.11)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £94.99
(£111.61)
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) £79.99
(£93.99)
OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.99
(£117.49)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £25.99
(£30.54)
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU £66.99
(£78.71) £
Sub Total : £456.93
Shipping : £9.95
Vat : £81.70
Total : £548.58

z0mbi3 · 29 Nov 2006 at 08:22

wickedy said:
As suggested by zomb, I'd hang on til 2007 before a major rig update.

I never suggested that. Seems a little late in the day to be throwing money at AGP, especially if you aren't even on to 64 bit procs yet.

wickedy said:
~~###Specs###~~

Swap the 7900 for an X1900 xt, throw in another gig of ram and you've got something a lot more durable for the new year. Think about selling the gfx card mid next year and upgrading to a directx 10 offering.

You'll probably be about on budget if you get a different case and a descent PSU.