Hi everyone,
I just checked out the 10th anniversary sale and all those deals got me thinking about whether I should upgrade or not...
I currently have :
Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton)
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe NF2
1GB DDR400 (not even dual a channel kit)
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro
Seagate 80GB IDE
...all in a cheap Enermax case with some no-name 350w power supply.
and a 19' ViewSonic E90 CRT monitor.
I was thinking about upgrading to :
Ahtlon X2 3800+
DFI LANParty NF4 Ultra
2GB OCZ EL Platinum DDR400
XFX 7900GT
Seagate 250GB SATA2
Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Music
Antec P180 aluminum case
AeroCool Zerodba Extreme silent 500w
Viewsonic VX2025WM 20IN LCD Monitor
I play a lot of games (spending way too much time on Oblivion). I was wondering if it would be worth it to wait until socket AM2 comes out or even wait for Vista and DirectX 10. Would this setup be obsolete in 6 months ?
My current setup has served me really well for the past 2-3 years, but now it takes forever to boot and I can't stand turning off some of the best graphic features in Oblivion.
So, what do you think ? Is it worth it to upgrade or not ?
I just checked out the 10th anniversary sale and all those deals got me thinking about whether I should upgrade or not...
I currently have :
Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton)
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe NF2
1GB DDR400 (not even dual a channel kit)
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro
Seagate 80GB IDE
...all in a cheap Enermax case with some no-name 350w power supply.
and a 19' ViewSonic E90 CRT monitor.
I was thinking about upgrading to :
Ahtlon X2 3800+
DFI LANParty NF4 Ultra
2GB OCZ EL Platinum DDR400
XFX 7900GT
Seagate 250GB SATA2
Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Music
Antec P180 aluminum case
AeroCool Zerodba Extreme silent 500w
Viewsonic VX2025WM 20IN LCD Monitor
I play a lot of games (spending way too much time on Oblivion). I was wondering if it would be worth it to wait until socket AM2 comes out or even wait for Vista and DirectX 10. Would this setup be obsolete in 6 months ?
My current setup has served me really well for the past 2-3 years, but now it takes forever to boot and I can't stand turning off some of the best graphic features in Oblivion.
So, what do you think ? Is it worth it to upgrade or not ?