Hi guys,
After spending weeks researching and planning a new rig, I've hit a few financial snags that won't allow me to proceed til early '08 (bah). Of course, with new tech on the way, this may not be a bad thing...
But I digress! I currently have a P4 based pc with an X1600XT gpu. It's by no means a terribly outdated computer, but it is showing it's age on some of the latest games.
What I want to know is, will I see any worthwhile performance gains from upgrading the gfx card now (and if so, which card?), or will my cpu hold back any "modern" decent card? I'm really itching to play some new games at decent settings, but if it's not really worthwhile buying an interim card, I'll wait til January.
Any thoughts/opinions?
Oh, and upgrading anything else is not an option, as the system is a well-known proprietary pre-build jobbie!
After spending weeks researching and planning a new rig, I've hit a few financial snags that won't allow me to proceed til early '08 (bah). Of course, with new tech on the way, this may not be a bad thing...
But I digress! I currently have a P4 based pc with an X1600XT gpu. It's by no means a terribly outdated computer, but it is showing it's age on some of the latest games.
What I want to know is, will I see any worthwhile performance gains from upgrading the gfx card now (and if so, which card?), or will my cpu hold back any "modern" decent card? I'm really itching to play some new games at decent settings, but if it's not really worthwhile buying an interim card, I'll wait til January.
Any thoughts/opinions?
Oh, and upgrading anything else is not an option, as the system is a well-known proprietary pre-build jobbie!
