Hello all,
Once before, I consulted these forums when deciding on buying a new processor and motherboard. I'm hoping someone's god-like knowledge can once again help me make a tough decision.
The next generation of games are coming out shortly, and I want to ensure that my computer will be prepared to run them, and run them well. I'm looking into the future specifically at games such as TES Oblivion, UT2k7, NFSMW: all of which will need a very decent system if they are to run at what I like to call "beautiful" settings.
Right now, my system specs are as follows...
-Asus A8V deluxe
-AMD64 3200+ S939
-1024MB Kingston DDR400 (dual channel mode)
-IDE 80GB hard drive 7200rpm
-Radeon 9600
As you might have noticed, my video card appears to be the newest bottleneck in my system, and the source of my question. In order to prepare for these upcoming games, I've saved about 400 dollars. I've done a lot of research on prices and have come to a choice between the x850pro and x800xl. Should I buy the x850pro with 12 pixel pipelines with an x850 core, or the x800xl with 16 pixel pipelines but slower clockspeeds?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jordanforce
Once before, I consulted these forums when deciding on buying a new processor and motherboard. I'm hoping someone's god-like knowledge can once again help me make a tough decision.
The next generation of games are coming out shortly, and I want to ensure that my computer will be prepared to run them, and run them well. I'm looking into the future specifically at games such as TES Oblivion, UT2k7, NFSMW: all of which will need a very decent system if they are to run at what I like to call "beautiful" settings.
Right now, my system specs are as follows...
-Asus A8V deluxe
-AMD64 3200+ S939
-1024MB Kingston DDR400 (dual channel mode)
-IDE 80GB hard drive 7200rpm
-Radeon 9600
As you might have noticed, my video card appears to be the newest bottleneck in my system, and the source of my question. In order to prepare for these upcoming games, I've saved about 400 dollars. I've done a lot of research on prices and have come to a choice between the x850pro and x800xl. Should I buy the x850pro with 12 pixel pipelines with an x850 core, or the x800xl with 16 pixel pipelines but slower clockspeeds?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jordanforce