What kind of boost will I see

[candle_86]

Current System

Athlon 64 3500 @ 2.7ghz
1gb DDR400
ECS Nforce4 A939
EVGA Geforce 6800 256mb PCIe 12pp5vs @ 410/900

Changing these parts

another 1gb Kit of DDR to make it 2gb
geforce 7900GTO (got a really good deal)

Looking for CSS, COD2, and ME2TW preformance

I know a newer card would have been a better choice for upgrade, but nothing I play came out needing DX10 preformance or features. I also play alot of quake3 based games, COD1, MOHAA, STV:EF, and ST:EF2

 

[OvrClkr]

Trust me you will see a diff, even though it wont be night n day its worth it....

Those games will run fine with the new setup....

 

[candle_86]

To add Ive also considered looking for an Opty 165 for this system, but not sure if its worth it to pay the average of 60 bucks for one

 

[OvrClkr]

Opty 165?

 

[candle_86]

Opteron 165, 1.8ghz Dual Core CPU, the opty's tend to go cheaper than the Athlon64 X2's for 939 by over a hundred dollars

 

[candle_86]

and will I finally be able to play COD2 in DX9 instead of DX7 mode in MP?

 

[OvrClkr]

yes sir !!!!!

 

[OvrClkr]

Opteron 165, 1.8ghz Dual Core CPU, the opty's tend to go cheaper than the Athlon64 X2's for 939 by over a hundred dollars

No need to upgrade the cpu for any of those games, you will be fine....

 

[candle_86]

well in all honesty I see nothing wrong with this old girl, newer games don't interst me, more bugs and a the stories get worse by the year and gameplay just sucks. So newer won't be a big deal unless something amazing happens and they go back to story over grahpics