Upgrade needed or not

targetdecimated

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I currently have a P4 3.2 Ghz/2 gig pc 4000 ram/160 gig Caviar WD HD/Radeon 9800 pro 256mb/ but it still feels toooo slugish!

Any ideas for upgrading at this point.
 

Spitfire_x86

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Here's the best upgrade plan for you:-

Don't use this PC for 1 months. In this period, use a P2 350 MHz system with 16 MB TNT2 M64. After 1 month, your curreny system will feel extremely FAST.

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Crashman

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yes, modern hardware just isn't improving fast enough.

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coylter

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he just want to show his new thing.

My own beast: Athlon 2700xp+ , Radeon 9800pro (oc: 400/360) , 512mb ddr400. SO MUCH faster than my father pIII 550......
 

cleeve

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Obviously you need an Athlon64 FX and a radeon 9800XT.

The P4 3.2 and 9800 PRO are SOOOOOO yesterday...

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speeduk

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Yeah I mean he has a system thats 5% slower than the fastest possible setup at the moment. Some people.....

If you have the money buy me one aswell and then at least it will be money well spent!

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marneus

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hmmm still lacks something, how about a kyrochill chassis as well, keeps the #### (insert your beverage here) chilled whilst you play...

Trust me I know what I'm doing... ooops, grab the cat...
 

TKS

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You need to get a watercooler..but instead of using water use ethyl glycol which will transfer heat more readily. OC that pupply by 1 Ghz and let the good times roll.

Or

You could drink a lot of beers and then have an all night fragfest and see how slow it feels when you're drunk. Or smoke a bunch of weed and then play Myst. That'll make for a slow computer...and then when you wake up from your drug induced haze, everything will seem UBER FAST!!

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