Ok guys here's the setup now:
Asus p4p800s
Pentium 4 2.4 533 northwood
2 x Kingston 256 pc2100 ram
Geforce 6800 (regular)
Other stuff:
Wester Digital 7200 rpm 100 gig HD
Soundblaster 5.1 live
300w power supply (I know that's gonna have to change)
I know that my cpu is limiting my geforce. I can only get up to about 47 fps on the Doom 3 timedemo on 1024 resolution and medium quality and I have a strong suspicion that the fsb of my cpu coupled with the slow speed and low amount of my ram are the major factors in this. My question is: what is the best value upgrade for me. The asus will take pretty much every component that I can afford (i.e. no extreme edition stuff or athlon upgrade) so I'm just wondering what the best combination of ram and cpu would be for the least amount.
Thanks
Asus p4p800s
Pentium 4 2.4 533 northwood
2 x Kingston 256 pc2100 ram
Geforce 6800 (regular)
Other stuff:
Wester Digital 7200 rpm 100 gig HD
Soundblaster 5.1 live
300w power supply (I know that's gonna have to change)
I know that my cpu is limiting my geforce. I can only get up to about 47 fps on the Doom 3 timedemo on 1024 resolution and medium quality and I have a strong suspicion that the fsb of my cpu coupled with the slow speed and low amount of my ram are the major factors in this. My question is: what is the best value upgrade for me. The asus will take pretty much every component that I can afford (i.e. no extreme edition stuff or athlon upgrade) so I'm just wondering what the best combination of ram and cpu would be for the least amount.
Thanks