Burnout Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 OK, so yea, I need to upgrade my video card. Right now i have this. 2002 Media Center Windows XP Pentium Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeinejunkie Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Id say screw dx10. First off you need Vista for dx10 but you dont need dx10 for Vista. Also it's going to be years and years before dx10 is required to play ( as in you can play them but not with dx10 eye candy). That being said if you can stretch into the $200 range then an x1950pro would be perfect for you. As for the cpu while an upgrade could be beneficial especially with how cpus easily are the bottleneck with higher end gpus I think you'd be better off first upgrading to 2gbs of ram (2x1gb would be your best bet) and then focusing on the cpu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Ok, well i can easily go into the $200 range. So you are saying get one more gig of ram to add to my stock gig of ram? Ram isn't that expensive is it? I could probably get a CPU and a gig of ram.... Would it be total overkill for my system to go for anything of higher performance than the X1950pro? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeinejunkie Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Youd still see performance boosts but you start getting heavily cpu bottlenecked. Then your also starting to get into performance where you need 1280x1024+ resolution capable monitor to make that extra performance useful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Honestly, I'd say build a new rig, if you can... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeinejunkie Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Honestly, I'd say build a new rig, if you can... That would be your best bet. If you go 939 you could keep your current memory and add on another gig (but if thats 4dimms you'll have to run 2t but thats not a huge performance hit). If you scrap it all you could go Am2 or C2D. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comp Dude2 Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Are you sure it is DDR ram and not DDR2? my hyper threaded P4 (3.4) has DDR2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 ........i really don't know...... Heh, i'm a big noob when it comes to computer hardware.........what is involved in building a new rig? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 do you need to upgrade your graphics cards for 3D performance? was just wondering seeing as you have XP-MCE - is the pc a dedicated HTPC or a Media/Games PC? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) I donno.......I don't do much media stuff on my comp other than iTunes....so yea, i'm mostly looking to upgrade for games not media. Edited January 8, 2007 by Burnout Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_storm Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Honestly, I'd say build a new rig, if you can... I'd have to agree even if you did get a new card you'd probably get a lot of bottlenecks from that cpu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionix Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 what games do you play? I mean, you could get a huge upgrade from that card for only like $90. People are usually selling 6800 or x700's on here for around $90. Obviously building a new rig is your best bet, but if you aren't demanding a whooooole lot from your computer, a smaller upgrade may be a wiser choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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