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OT: System Upgrade - Good Ol' BX mobo...

dmocini

OT: System Upgrade - Good Ol' BX mobo...

by dmocini » Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:54:11

Thx

Dorjan

Jussi 'Igor' Koukk

OT: System Upgrade - Good Ol' BX mobo...

by Jussi 'Igor' Koukk » Sat, 14 Dec 2002 15:56:24


wrote something like this:


<snip>
>> Celeron 1GHz Socket 370
>> 512MB PC133 SDRAM
>> Aopen AX6BC BX mainboard (Slot 1 with a Socket 370 adapter)
>> GeForce 2 GTS

>> It performs much better than I expected it to but he'd like to spend about
>> US$100 on improving it.  The reason I'm asking here is that there was some
<snip>
>Well, 100 dollars isn't a lot to work with.....he could get a half
>decent vid card, like an ATI R8500LE
>(http://www.pricewatch.com/1/37/4187-1.htm) or maybe a GF4 TI 4200 64 MB
>(http://www.pricewatch.com/1/37/4739-1.htm), but a Cel 1000 isn't too
>much to write home about when it comes to sim racing, so looking for an
>old VIA KT133A based MoBo might be a good idea and then drop an Athlon
>XP1700+ in there

If overclocking doesn't scare you, I'd try how far that Celeron will
go... if you get 200-300MHz more out of it, then get the Radeon
8500LE. If not, get a new mobo & cpu now, and a new graphics card
later on.
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- Igor -

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