Worthy Upgrade?

alexisonfire · 3 Mar 2006 at 13:39

Would this upgrade be justifiable?
And am i right in thinking i can use x2 on my current board by flashing the bios?

And before anyone says, yes, i am aware my board doesn't support SLi, im gonna perform the mod to allow this though.

Current Spec

DFI LanParty Nf4 Ultra-D
AMD64 3200+
1GB Corsair PC3200XL TwinX (2x512mb)
Inno3D 6800GT

Upgrade Spec
DFI LanParty Nf4 Ultra-D
AMD64 X2 3800
2GB Corsair PC3200XL TwinX (4x512mb) or 2GB GeIL PC3200 Value (2x1GB)
2x Inno3D 6800GT SLi or 1x 7800GT 256mb

Dark_Angel · 3 Mar 2006 at 13:54

Personally, I say keep the CPU you have for a while, and grab a cheap 7800GT or another 6800. maybe more ram.

If you want the PC to last for a while, M2 is just around the corner, and the reason I holding off dual core.

ACESHIGH · 3 Mar 2006 at 13:56

Get the X2 3800+
then
Sell your current card & get the X1800XT 256 at just £194.95 +VAT
Much faster than 6800GT SLI & much faster than the 7800GT .

GAMEfreak · 3 Mar 2006 at 14:28

mm the 1800xt is only "much" faster when its overclocked. of course your onna do that anyway

alexisonfire · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:24

I don't want an ATI card

never have liked them.

If i upgrade only my graphics card and ram won't my cpu be bottleneck?

Lets say these specs:

3200+
7800GT
2gb ram

Dark_Angel · 3 Mar 2006 at 17:28

Well, depends mate.

Most games now are a lot less CPU intensive, also you can clock the 3200 a bit... especially if its a venice. My venice 3000 is at 2.8GHZ... so you should be able to go a bit higher.

Dual core is great, but games dont need it that much at the moment. I say grab the ram and card... OR wait a bit and grab the new geforce when that comes out...

ACESHIGH · 3 Mar 2006 at 22:18

If not going ATI then get...

alexisonfire said:
DFI LanParty Nf4 Ultra-D
AMD64 X2 3800
2GB GeIL PC3200 Value (2x1GB)
1x 7800GT 256mb

Should be a nice upgrade, what with UT2007 & other dual core games coming.