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Originally Posted by scrag
Okay I share the same problem - I have a Geforce 6800 GT am looking to upgrade my video card (like to stick with Nvidea for now) and ad memory (currently have 1 gig). It is PC3200 DDR 400 (ASUS PC800E Deluxe - any tips?
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Same setup here (A64 3200+ O.C.'d to 2.4GHz). When I built my system I had the option to get a PCI-E mobo, but decided to save some cash and at the time the drivers for these new boards were not as good as the current 939 AGP boards. What a stupid mistake.
I've decided that rather than try to hobble along with this system I need to build a new C2D/45nm system with one of the new Nvidia cards (once the better performing ones get the die shrink).
The cool thing right now is that with the new die shrink of both CPU (soon to come), and video card (already here for the 8800GT and soon for the faster cards), my current 450w Antec Neo power supply will be beefy enough to run my new setup. That savings, along with canabalizing my existing setup (case, PSU, DVD-drive, sound card), will allow me to get a REALLY nice system for <$1000. I just can't justify $200 or so for something that already would be struggling with existing games, let alone trying to hang on in the near future.