Hi,
Wanting to increase performance of PC. Tried getting the best AGP card out there, X1950XTX 256Mb GDDR3. Found that it didn't want to play in my system and had a number of problems with it, so have sent back.
Now looking at the other option, the Core 2 Duo. Not having much money at present I have looked at doing:
E6600 - CPU
ASROCK 4CoreDual VSTA - Mobo
Then upgrade the RAM / Graphics Card / Mobo at a later date (Hence the 4Core Mobo).
My question though is, will I notice a lot more performance straight away, or do I need to wait till the Graphics card goes in? I like playing racing games and have a Athlon 64 3400 at the mo.
2. With regards to the RAM, the MOBO says it accepts 5300 BUT looking at some sticks they say 5300/5400 would this work? looking at getting either Corsair XMS2 with heat spread or the Kingston Value, I think the Corsair should be the one?
Thanks for your time,
Shaun.
Wanting to increase performance of PC. Tried getting the best AGP card out there, X1950XTX 256Mb GDDR3. Found that it didn't want to play in my system and had a number of problems with it, so have sent back.
Now looking at the other option, the Core 2 Duo. Not having much money at present I have looked at doing:
E6600 - CPU
ASROCK 4CoreDual VSTA - Mobo
Then upgrade the RAM / Graphics Card / Mobo at a later date (Hence the 4Core Mobo).
My question though is, will I notice a lot more performance straight away, or do I need to wait till the Graphics card goes in? I like playing racing games and have a Athlon 64 3400 at the mo.
2. With regards to the RAM, the MOBO says it accepts 5300 BUT looking at some sticks they say 5300/5400 would this work? looking at getting either Corsair XMS2 with heat spread or the Kingston Value, I think the Corsair should be the one?
Thanks for your time,
Shaun.