The current Rig I have is:
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz 512 L2 Cache
1.256 Gigs of RAM (1 gig 1 256 stick) PC2700
120 GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM Ultra DMA
Geforce FX 5200
Asus Socket A, Nforce 2 chipset motherboard
What I do on the computer is play video games, I play a total of about 2 to 3 games, UT 2k4, WoW, Warcraft 3.
Games I would like to get into are B&W2 and BF2, but because of the above specs (mainly the Video Card) I cannot run these 2 games very well, thus comes my delima.
I am thinking of buying this computer:
AMD Athlon 64 XP 3800+ Dual-Core
1 Gig of PC3200 RAM
160 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
6800GT Video Card (or 6600GT to save cash)
Anyways, I am getting closer to college, and this upgrade will cost me roughly 700 dollars because I am able to sell my current one to my older brother.
Now the main question, is $700 for this new setup WORTH the price, (550-600 or so if I get the 6600GT) if I do not play to many video games and once college hits I will play them even less. I will have to upgrade fully eventually, but my computer at the moment seems pretty responsive and fast, just am not sure if it is worth the boost up in computer considering the price difference and the use the computer will recieve.
The other option is to buy a 6600GT video card (will not go 6800GT since in about a year or so I will be buying a whole new system anyways) to jack up the graphics and allow my machine to run BF2 and B&W.
Now, the kicker, Will my current rig with the 6600GT be THAT much slower than the new one to merit spending 500-700 more dollars on it to buy it?
Thanks guys for any and all help you give me.
- Josh
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz 512 L2 Cache
1.256 Gigs of RAM (1 gig 1 256 stick) PC2700
120 GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM Ultra DMA
Geforce FX 5200
Asus Socket A, Nforce 2 chipset motherboard
What I do on the computer is play video games, I play a total of about 2 to 3 games, UT 2k4, WoW, Warcraft 3.
Games I would like to get into are B&W2 and BF2, but because of the above specs (mainly the Video Card) I cannot run these 2 games very well, thus comes my delima.
I am thinking of buying this computer:
AMD Athlon 64 XP 3800+ Dual-Core
1 Gig of PC3200 RAM
160 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
6800GT Video Card (or 6600GT to save cash)
Anyways, I am getting closer to college, and this upgrade will cost me roughly 700 dollars because I am able to sell my current one to my older brother.
Now the main question, is $700 for this new setup WORTH the price, (550-600 or so if I get the 6600GT) if I do not play to many video games and once college hits I will play them even less. I will have to upgrade fully eventually, but my computer at the moment seems pretty responsive and fast, just am not sure if it is worth the boost up in computer considering the price difference and the use the computer will recieve.
The other option is to buy a 6600GT video card (will not go 6800GT since in about a year or so I will be buying a whole new system anyways) to jack up the graphics and allow my machine to run BF2 and B&W.
Now, the kicker, Will my current rig with the 6600GT be THAT much slower than the new one to merit spending 500-700 more dollars on it to buy it?
Thanks guys for any and all help you give me.
- Josh