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Upgrade dilemma

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Ok guys so i've got ~£200 to spend on an upgrade
I currently run the following spec:

- DFI Lanparty NF4 - SLI-D
- S939 Venice 3000+ - running at 2.6ghz
- 1Gb (4 x 256mb) BH5 DDR
- ATI 1800XL 256mb - clocked to near 1800XT speeds
- Jeantech Arctic 600w PSU
- Dell 2405fpw (important as I'd like to play games at 1920x1200)

rather than ask what should i buy I've narrowed my options to 3 bundles (at least i think i have) - therefore I'd like to know which of the three following upgrades you think i'd see the greatest performance increase out of in games:

Option 1:
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £108.09
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - £93.99
Total inc P&P: £211

Option 2:
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - £112.79
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA PT880 Ultra Socket 775 SATA 8 channel audio ATX - ~£40
Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x512MB) - £51.69 (required as asrock board only 2 ddr & 2 ddr2 slots & my DDR is 4x256mb)
Total inc P&P: ~£215

Option 3:
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £192.69


thanks for looking
any advice is much appreciated :)
 
thanks for your reply :)
In terms of what i play that struggles - I've not been in the PC scene for 6-9 months since buying a 360 - at that time HL2 / far cry / fear all ran fine - now things like COH / armed assault / medieval tw 2 all struggle.
based on what you say i might try to hold off till the new ATI cards come out - that way i will hopefully be able to get a 640mb or equivalent card and perhaps another gig of ram ....
is everyone in agreement with drunkenmaster?
 
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