better idea

[ashenfang]

I think upgrading my vid card may not be the best idea right now. I think upgrading my Mobo and Ram would give me the best bang for the buck

Im going to sell

kingston pc2700 512 meg, should get around $60.00
MSI KTV3 Mobo should get around $50.00

Im going to then buy

Asus a7n8x mobo 400mhz $90.00
2 sticks of kingston 256meg dual DDR PC3200 -$95.00

I think that should boost my performance some. As of right now my ram mobo is the bottle neck of my system. Plus i will then be able to use the 8x feature for the 5200 ultra.

With this upgrade, will only cost me 70 bucks out of pocket, and i should notice a nice increase in performance all around. Maybe even boosted vid card performance.

Video card upgrade will probably come around christmas time.

[Kram4sites]

Good idea but i dont think you will get the money your looking for from selling your stuff. But you might me able to if you like waited awhile.

[TomaHawk47x]

that is a better idea for the $, but do u really need to keep making new threads about this?

[schismspeak]

Originally posted by TomaHawk47x
that is a better idea for the $, but do u really need to keep making new threads about this?
He was basically stating what he thought he would do, and posted it so we could tell him our opinion(s).

[PreservedSwine]

As long as you realize that there is virtually no difference between 4xAGP and 8x AGP, you won't be dissapointed.


Frankly, w/ your system, I think you'd see a ;arger pefrformance difference with a better vid card. The upgrade's in your RAM and mobo will be quite minor in comparison to an R9700 or FX5900....

[PachManP]

Originally posted by PreservedSwine
Frankly, w/ your system, I think you'd see a larger pefrformance difference with a better vid card. The upgrade's in your RAM and mobo will be quite minor in comparison to an R9700 or FX5900....
But those are gonna cost more than $70