Long time reader..
Anyhow, if things go the right way, then Enemy Territory: Quake Wars should be out sometime next month and I will be playing it non stop. I am a power gamer I plan on playing all the top-named games from each genre as they come out and of course, I want to play them to their fullest potential.
Having said that.. my current rig:
Pentium D 930, 3.0Ghz.. running at stock..never Oc'ed (don't yell at me!)
ABIT AW8-Max
2 gigs (2x1) DDR 667 PC2 5400
Radeon x1800XT 256meg
WD 250gig SATA 3.0G/s
ENERMAX Whisper II EG465P-VE FMA(24) ATX12V 460W
I use the onboard sound and always plan to.. not a huge audiophile
I think those are enough specs to make the call eh?
Right now I'm playing WoW, C&C3, BF2, Stalker and whatever else.. and while those games run fine, they do choke up a bit when I run at the higher settings.. especially Stalker (naturally).
Should I make the jump to a better cpu? would i want or need a new mobo if I stay within the Pentium line (I keep reading about the new dual cores ..specifically the E6300 or E6320.. would i gain a big performance increase with one of those at stock?)
should i simply overclock?
new video card?
2 gigs of RAM seem to be good still.. anyone know otherwise?
Do I need to upgrade at all? It's been a year, I have some money..just looking for thoughts.
Anyhow, if things go the right way, then Enemy Territory: Quake Wars should be out sometime next month and I will be playing it non stop. I am a power gamer I plan on playing all the top-named games from each genre as they come out and of course, I want to play them to their fullest potential.
Having said that.. my current rig:
Pentium D 930, 3.0Ghz.. running at stock..never Oc'ed (don't yell at me!)
ABIT AW8-Max
2 gigs (2x1) DDR 667 PC2 5400
Radeon x1800XT 256meg
WD 250gig SATA 3.0G/s
ENERMAX Whisper II EG465P-VE FMA(24) ATX12V 460W
I use the onboard sound and always plan to.. not a huge audiophile
I think those are enough specs to make the call eh?
Right now I'm playing WoW, C&C3, BF2, Stalker and whatever else.. and while those games run fine, they do choke up a bit when I run at the higher settings.. especially Stalker (naturally).
Should I make the jump to a better cpu? would i want or need a new mobo if I stay within the Pentium line (I keep reading about the new dual cores ..specifically the E6300 or E6320.. would i gain a big performance increase with one of those at stock?)
should i simply overclock?
new video card?
2 gigs of RAM seem to be good still.. anyone know otherwise?
Do I need to upgrade at all? It's been a year, I have some money..just looking for thoughts.