Back in 2007 I put together a PC with the following kit:
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (socket 775) PCI-E DDR2
GeIL 2GB (4x512MB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Core 2 duo E6300 1.86 1066 FSB
Antec sonata II Case with 450W PSU
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320Mb GDDR3
I followed some overclocking guides and bumped the cpu up to 3.1 and it’s been running nice and stable so it’s been left well alone till now. However I’m now starting to wonder what cheep upgrades I could do to get a bit more out of it; I’ve not used it much for gaming and was quite surprised how low I had to set the options to get a decent and consistent frame rate when I tried Fallout New Vegas on the weekend. I don't really want to spend more than £150 - £200.
Could anyone point me in the right direction of a sensible upgrade path, which single component would make the biggest difference to gaming performance is there an obvious week link? Is it even worth investing in 775 stuff now, would I get better performance from more modern budget components? Would upgrading my graphics card to a Radeon 6850 do the trick or would the rest of my system be too much of a bottle neck?
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (socket 775) PCI-E DDR2
GeIL 2GB (4x512MB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Core 2 duo E6300 1.86 1066 FSB
Antec sonata II Case with 450W PSU
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320Mb GDDR3
I followed some overclocking guides and bumped the cpu up to 3.1 and it’s been running nice and stable so it’s been left well alone till now. However I’m now starting to wonder what cheep upgrades I could do to get a bit more out of it; I’ve not used it much for gaming and was quite surprised how low I had to set the options to get a decent and consistent frame rate when I tried Fallout New Vegas on the weekend. I don't really want to spend more than £150 - £200.
Could anyone point me in the right direction of a sensible upgrade path, which single component would make the biggest difference to gaming performance is there an obvious week link? Is it even worth investing in 775 stuff now, would I get better performance from more modern budget components? Would upgrading my graphics card to a Radeon 6850 do the trick or would the rest of my system be too much of a bottle neck?