Awesome forum here. Its way past time to upgrade to a new system. My 5 year old computer:
XP Pro 32 bit
p4 2.8 ghz socket 478 (3.16 fastest CPU out there, not sold in stores)
1 gb rambus ram (rambus too expensive to upgrade to 2 gb)
320 gb ATA 100 HD
120 gb ATA 100 HD
agp 4x
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb video card
20.1 wide screen Dell Ultrasharp Monitor (I run it at 1680x1050)
350 power supply (need to look at amps)
I'd like to play the current FPS out there. BF2141, Quake 4, CSS at decent frame rates
I'm not concerned with playing the new games like Crysis ATM. I can wait a year for that.
I have a couple options:
I could upgrade in Janurary to a new Peryn CPU system. I would spend $1500 ish on the computer.
Or I could buy a 7800 gs for $120 from newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130274
I think I may need a new power supply to handle the 18 amps requirement on the 7800gs. I was thinking of going with this for $56:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153037
My TH7 II Raid motherboard has an addition aux power supply connector that the new ps's don't have. Will a new ps work without this plug? If so, maybe I should go with a new ps.
I'm thinking that the $200 upgrade will allow me to keep my system going for another year or so. Then I'll have a better picture on Vista performance and the Peryn chips.
Will my P4 bottleneck the 7800gs?
Will the 7800 gs be a significant upgrade over my 9800 pro? I'm thinking it'll be 2x the performance.
What do you think?
Thanks
XP Pro 32 bit
p4 2.8 ghz socket 478 (3.16 fastest CPU out there, not sold in stores)
1 gb rambus ram (rambus too expensive to upgrade to 2 gb)
320 gb ATA 100 HD
120 gb ATA 100 HD
agp 4x
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb video card
20.1 wide screen Dell Ultrasharp Monitor (I run it at 1680x1050)
350 power supply (need to look at amps)
I'd like to play the current FPS out there. BF2141, Quake 4, CSS at decent frame rates
I'm not concerned with playing the new games like Crysis ATM. I can wait a year for that.
I have a couple options:
I could upgrade in Janurary to a new Peryn CPU system. I would spend $1500 ish on the computer.
Or I could buy a 7800 gs for $120 from newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130274
I think I may need a new power supply to handle the 18 amps requirement on the 7800gs. I was thinking of going with this for $56:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153037
My TH7 II Raid motherboard has an addition aux power supply connector that the new ps's don't have. Will a new ps work without this plug? If so, maybe I should go with a new ps.
I'm thinking that the $200 upgrade will allow me to keep my system going for another year or so. Then I'll have a better picture on Vista performance and the Peryn chips.
Will my P4 bottleneck the 7800gs?
Will the 7800 gs be a significant upgrade over my 9800 pro? I'm thinking it'll be 2x the performance.
What do you think?
Thanks