I'm in a bit of a bad place for upgrading - a 754 Athlon64 3400+ with an AGP Geforce 6800 Ultra.
I'm not doing a full upgrade for a year or so - I'd need to replace everything, and I can't afford to spend that much until then.
But for now I'd really like a bit more power on the gaming side. If £250 - £350 got me up to the summer I'd be very happy. I think a Graphics card update would be more than enough for me. I feel it's too early to upgrade the old CPU, it still does well enough for games.
I could get an x1800xt or even the x1900xt in this week only and pair it up with a £40 socket 754 pci-e mobo. That way i can keep my 2gb ddr and cpu.
I could also pop in a new cooler and overclock the bejesus out of the old Clawhammer.
Do you think this is a good plan? Other suggestions would be very welcome, bearing in mind I simply can't afford a conroe system atm
I'm not doing a full upgrade for a year or so - I'd need to replace everything, and I can't afford to spend that much until then.
But for now I'd really like a bit more power on the gaming side. If £250 - £350 got me up to the summer I'd be very happy. I think a Graphics card update would be more than enough for me. I feel it's too early to upgrade the old CPU, it still does well enough for games.
I could get an x1800xt or even the x1900xt in this week only and pair it up with a £40 socket 754 pci-e mobo. That way i can keep my 2gb ddr and cpu.
I could also pop in a new cooler and overclock the bejesus out of the old Clawhammer.
Do you think this is a good plan? Other suggestions would be very welcome, bearing in mind I simply can't afford a conroe system atm
