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[Reaper_9239]

I've just restored my aging computer having found some time to play a few games. I was hoping to bring it a bit more up to date, I understand its all quite old now, but could anyone please point me in the best direction in terms of upgrades.

The system is a Asrock P4Dual 880 mobo, currently with a 478 pin P4 2.8, running a Asus X1950pro on pcie

Whats the fastest CPU I can go for?
Whats the most reasonable G card to get?
IS it worth replacing the ram, and if so what with?

Thanks...hoping not to spend a fortune to be honest...

 

[mame]

I wouldn't bother. Mainly because to get even a half decent amount of DDR1 (2gig+) will cost a lot of money.

 

[Darg]

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - £105.79
Asus P5Q Intel P45 - £103.49
Kingston Hyper X 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 6400C4 - £39.99

£249 inc VAT.

Add whatever graphics card on that you want. On a budget I'd look at the 4850, slightly more and you're into the 1gb 4870 or the newer nVidia 260. Above that again are the 4870x2 and the 280/285/295.

For that £249 you're getting a system that will clock to 4Ghz easily. You'd be looking to spend close to the same just to upgrade your current system to the best CPU/RAM that motherboard can take. Better to ditch the lot and start fresh.

If you don't have the money to spend it all in one go then just get the mobo/cpu and ram and keep your graphics card. The 1950 was and still is a great card and should play games on mid-high settings with the better processor.

 

[freddie64]

Might be worth looking at a new PSU as well.

 

[Sash]

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - £105.79
Asus P5Q Intel P45 - £103.49
Kingston Hyper X 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 6400C4 - £39.99

£249 inc VAT.

Add whatever graphics card on that you want. On a budget I'd look at the 4850, slightly more and you're into the 1gb 4870 or the newer nVidia 260. Above that again are the 4870x2 and the 280/285/295.

For that £249 you're getting a system that will clock to 4Ghz easily. You'd be looking to spend close to the same just to upgrade your current system to the best CPU/RAM that motherboard can take. Better to ditch the lot and start fresh.

If you don't have the money to spend it all in one go then just get the mobo/cpu and ram and keep your graphics card. The 1950 was and still is a great card and should play games on mid-high settings with the better processor.

Any opinions on the ATI 4670 for the OP?