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Since: Jul 20, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:10 pm
Post subject: Upgrade or New System?
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I use my PC for many things ranging from documents and
games to graphics and publishing. Hardware I want to
upgrade:
*XP1800 (on an Asus A7V333 using an Enermax 300W PSU)
*Geforce 3 Ti200

I prefer not to spend more than $250 on upgrades. Can
I upgrade with significant results (not a mere
difference of a few seconds loading or 10 FPS in a
game) or should I wait another year and build an
Athlon 64 system with better everything?

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Dave C.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:25 pm
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"A B" wrote in message
 > I use my PC for many things ranging from documents and
 > games to graphics and publishing. Hardware I want to
 > upgrade:
 > *XP1800 (on an Asus A7V333 using an Enermax 300W PSU)
 > *Geforce 3 Ti200
 >
 > I prefer not to spend more than $250 on upgrades. Can
 > I upgrade with significant results (not a mere
 > difference of a few seconds loading or 10 FPS in a
 > game) or should I wait another year and build an
 > Athlon 64 system with better everything?

Wait another year. -Dave

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Hamman1

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:36 pm
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"A B" wrote in message
 > I use my PC for many things ranging from documents and
 > games to graphics and publishing. Hardware I want to
 > upgrade:
 > *XP1800 (on an Asus A7V333 using an Enermax 300W PSU)
 > *Geforce 3 Ti200
 >
 > I prefer not to spend more than $250 on upgrades. Can
 > I upgrade with significant results (not a mere
 > difference of a few seconds loading or 10 FPS in a
 > game) or should I wait another year and build an
 > Athlon 64 system with better everything?

I would wait. Now's a bad time to build a system, with the change of A64
sockets, PCI-Express and BTX just around the corner.

Your system isnt that out of date as it stands.

hamman
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Scott2

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:47 pm
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"Hamman" wrote in message

 >


  > > I use my PC for many things ranging from documents and
  > > games to graphics and publishing. Hardware I want to
  > > upgrade:
  > > *XP1800 (on an Asus A7V333 using an Enermax 300W PSU)
  > > *Geforce 3 Ti200
  > >
  > > I prefer not to spend more than $250 on upgrades. Can
  > > I upgrade with significant results (not a mere
  > > difference of a few seconds loading or 10 FPS in a
  > > game) or should I wait another year and build an
  > > Athlon 64 system with better everything?
 >
 > I would wait. Now's a bad time to build a system, with the change of A64
 > sockets, PCI-Express and BTX just around the corner.
 >
 > Your system isnt that out of date as it stands.
 >
 > hamman
 >
 >

Agreed! PCI-Express does seem very exciting. Definitely hold off unless you
are desperate for that bit of extra oomph!

Scott
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jpsga

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Since: Nov 11, 2003
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:17 pm
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If I wanted to 'soup-up' that board I would:
1) Have a plan to measure performance to goal.
2) Get an Athlon with a Barton core.
3) Get a pair of Maxtor MAX9's as RAID 0 on the Promise controller.
4) Have Windows XP with 1G of PC2700.
5) Get a broad band ISP.
6) Would not change Video card unless/until a specific problem appears.

JPS

"A B" wrote in message
 > I use my PC for many things ranging from documents and
 > games to graphics and publishing. Hardware I want to
 > upgrade:
 > *XP1800 (on an Asus A7V333 using an Enermax 300W PSU)
 > *Geforce 3 Ti200
 >
 > I prefer not to spend more than $250 on upgrades. Can
 > I upgrade with significant results (not a mere
 > difference of a few seconds loading or 10 FPS in a
 > game) or should I wait another year and build an
 > Athlon 64 system with better everything?
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