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GPU upgrade advice
I saw there is a thread just down about it, but I didn't want to hijack it.
My system. P4 2.8 512 ram 9700 Would getting a 9800 make much of a difference for me? Ram is pretty much out of the question because I have old rd ram and it's expensive. I also have 4 128 sticks. Any help would be great. If it doesn't make sense I'll just wait and do the whole motherboard, chip, GPU. I imagine I will be spending 90% of my time with GTR and maybe a little HL2 if it blows me away. Thanks, Chad |
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"Chad Rogers" > wrote in
: > I saw there is a thread just down about it, but I didn't want to > hijack it. > > My system. > P4 2.8 > 512 ram > 9700 > Would getting a 9800 make much of a difference for me? Ram is pretty > much out of the question because I have old rd ram and it's expensive. > I also have 4 128 sticks. > Any help would be great. If it doesn't make sense I'll just wait and > do the whole motherboard, chip, GPU. I imagine I will be spending 90% > of my time with GTR and maybe a little HL2 if it blows me away. > > Thanks, > > Chad > > It might make a teeny tiny difference. Certainly not worth cost vs the performance gain. Do you use XP? If so, then getting more ram should be a priority. A comfort level for XP is 512mb for the OS and background tasks to work under and then another 512mb for your sim. Again this won't be a cheap move if you already have fairly pricey ram, but that should be the next step. Then wait and save for a big all over move after the new Intel initiatives take hold. dave henrie |
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