Am I upgrading too early?

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To give a bit of history this has been my upgrade path:

1 gig athlon T-bird (stock)
256mb ram
ATI radeon 64mb ddr vivo

2.4 P4 Northwood (stock)
512mb ram
Geforce 4200ti

AMD 64 3200+ (939 stock)
1gig ram
Ati radeon 9800 pro

I upgraded from the 2.4 to the 3200+ a little early, mainly because I was given the opportunity to before I really needed the upgrade and used the 2.4 as a HTPC. I am currently considering upgrading to:

C2D processor
2 gig ram
8800GTS

This is mainly due to Supreme commander running slower than I had hoped. Is my current pc really that slow though, and would I be better waiting 6-12 months before upgrading, or pehaps even just upgrading my processor?

My pc is used mainly for web browsing, encoding video, photoshop and some gaming.
 
Abyss said:
C2D processor
2 gig ram
8800GTS

My pc is used mainly for web browsing, encoding video, photoshop and some gaming.
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You would definitely notice a difference with C2D on video encoding/photoshop and with the 2GB of RAM plus the 8800GTS on gaming such as Supreme Commander.
 
well i just upgraded from AMD3700+ 2Gb ram, and a X800XTPE.
So slightly better spec than yours and my new E6600 and 8800Gts just stomps all over my old pc.

But only you will know if its worth the money to upgrade yet... only reason i did was my bonus came though in Feb.
 
I'm just really tied at the moment. My logic has always been if I ever go to do something on a pc and it won't do it satisfactorily, then I upgrade. This has happened with Supreme Commander, but it still seems a decent enough PC at everything else. Is it worth it for one game?
 
£25. Originally preordered for £20, but forgot I'd ordered elsewhere in October until I got a dispatch e-mail
 
This is what I did:

386sx 25MHz
P60 > 66MHz 3Dfx Voodoo
P150 > 187.5MHz nVidia TNT
Celeron 300A > 464MHz nVidia GeForce2 440
AXIA 1GHz > 1.4GHz nVidia Ti4400
P4 2.8 > 3.2GHz ATi 9800PRO
E4300 1.8GHz > 3.4GHz ATi X1950PRO

You've had a whole extra system to me between the Thunderbird and C2D.

But yeah - now is a good time to upgrade to a C2D.
 
Wouldn't it be cheaper & easier to drop in an X2 4200 & a new video card ? Supreme Commander is optimised for dual core as I understand it.
Add an x1950pro or 7900gs & you're sorted - no re-install & save some money.
 
It's never a good time to upgrade that's the painful
truth in 12 months they'll no doubt be cards & cpu's that kick
8800's and core 2 duo's into touch.Cost wise.
 
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