Upgrade advice please people. It's time to spend some money

Post by **U4EA** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:30 am

Don't stick with an aging platform .. go for the (not so) new 90nm Socket 939 Athlon 64s :icon14:

Post by **U4EA** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:38 am

AGP's got some life in her yet. The next generation video cards are just around the corner, and I doubt PCIe has penetrated enough for ATi/nVIDIA to abandon AGP yet, so you'll be set for at least one more generation of cards.

Post by **DiscoDave** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:51 am

Currently PCI express speeds over AGP are more theoretical than practical, so AGP is fine for the time being. I dont think we even have acheived the max potential of AGP 8x yet...

Also keep you eyes out for the Venice core A64's

Post by **Oblivi0.on** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:01 pm

my advice is go to T&T.

its pretty much garanteed to be moved there once one of those filthy minger mods notice it anyways.

Post by **bag0shite** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:34 pm

I believe gramps is the expert on computer upgrades since his system is far superior to anyone else's :icon31:

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:44 pm

I say get the 3200 XP and save the rest of the money for your next (bigger) upgrade. Don't buy any RAM that you can't use in your next mobo (which could be DDR2).

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:23 pm

I'd advise you to upgrade.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:20 pm

64 Bit with out a doubt
You will be laughing with ur gfx card

Post by **Tormentius** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:32 pm

Definitely go 64 bit for a gaming machine. If you want to get some more use out of your current DDR then go with a socket 754 (which are cheap and take up to a 3700+). I'd highly recommend the Asus K8VSE Deluxe for a 754 motherboard.

Post by **Tormentius** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 1:45 am

Memphis wrote:Socket 939 Athlon 64 3200 installed

Doom has never been so good
I actually love the fucking game now

Sorted,

Cheers fellas :icon32:

Nice one man. Which board did you go with?

Post by **ajerara** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:34 am

Definitely go for A64. Socket 754 is a cheap way to go, the mobiles will remain on 754 for a while longer, so there will still be upgrade potential.

Post by **rep** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:38 am

Since everyone is an opinionated dipshit, I'll give you some upgrade advice that you can use a decade or two from now:

Get the 1PHz AMDBM Quad-CPU 256-bit Slipstreamed ChicletII processor.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:24 am

Memphis wrote:Socket 939 Athlon 64 3200 installed

Doom has never been so good
I actually love the fucking game now

Sorted,

Cheers fellas :icon32:

I wanna c it please

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:39 am

Well I have an Athlon XP, heavy OCed tho, and everything runs great on high, but I would go with A64 if I were you, socket 939. I will be building another machine, hopefully, near the end of the year as a file server, I hope Intel will have the 64-bit offering out by then, if nothing else it should drive AMD prices down

Post by **U4EA** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:45 pm

Nah, they're not ditching 64-bit at all. The 6xx series has 64-bit support.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:10 pm

Nice mobo Memphis, I love ABit.

I hope Intel's 64-bit and dual core CPUs are great performers, I imagine it would be hella costly if they did dual core 64-bit, but it would be very nice.

I do not like how Intel has gone with a numbering system, I perfer just raw speed for relation to other CPUs

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:54 pm

Kills On Site wrote: Nice mobo Memphis, I love ABit.

I hope Intel's 64-bit and dual core CPUs are great performers, I imagine it would be hella costly if they did dual core 64-bit, but it would be very nice.

I do not like how Intel has gone with a numbering system, I perfer just raw speed for relation to other CPUs

http://quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic. ... ight=intel