Current config:
P3 750
Win98SE
512 ram(pc100)
Elsa Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS 32MB
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz audio
Asus P3B-F
Would I be better off upgrading to GeForce Ti 200 64MB or
spending money towards a P4 1.7Ghz or Athlon 1800, with
appropriate Motherboard.
Or GeForce Ti 500 64MB versus motherboard/Cpu upgrade(P4 1.7
or Athlon 1800)?
Current games include F1 2001, N4, CMR2, IL2,CFS2, RTCW &
MOHAA.
I have about $400 to $500 to spend.
Thanks,
Kent
Why choose, $500 will buy all of that.
GeForce about $150
1800+ about $160
256 DDR RAM about $75
KT266a mainboard about $100
try www.newegg.com
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> Current config: > P3 750 > Win98SE > 512 ram(pc100) > Elsa Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS 32MB > Turtle Beach Santa Cruz audio > Asus P3B-F > > Would I be better off upgrading to GeForce Ti 200 64MB or > spending money towards a P4 1.7Ghz or Athlon 1800, with > appropriate Motherboard. > > Or GeForce Ti 500 64MB versus motherboard/Cpu upgrade(P4 1.7 > or Athlon 1800)? > > Current games include F1 2001, N4, CMR2, IL2,CFS2, RTCW & > MOHAA. > > I have about $400 to $500 to spend. > > Thanks, > Kent > >Yeah, really.
Your problem with doing just one or the other is that you either end up with
a video card that's the major bottleneck, or a CPU that's the major
bottleneck.
Milhouse
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> Why choose, $500 will buy all of that. > > GeForce about $150 > 1800+ about $160 > 256 DDR RAM about $75 > KT266a mainboard about $100 > > try www.newegg.com > > > "Kent" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:49r48.1954$[email hidden]... > > Current config: > > P3 750 > > Win98SE > > 512 ram(pc100) > > Elsa Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS 32MB > > Turtle Beach Santa Cruz audio > > Asus P3B-F > > > > Would I be better off upgrading to GeForce Ti 200 64MB or > > spending money towards a P4 1.7Ghz or Athlon 1800, with > > appropriate Motherboard. > > > > Or GeForce Ti 500 64MB versus motherboard/Cpu upgrade(P4 1.7 > > or Athlon 1800)? > > > > Current games include F1 2001, N4, CMR2, IL2,CFS2, RTCW & > > MOHAA. > > > > I have about $400 to $500 to spend. > > > > Thanks, > > Kent > > > > > >I think the processor/MB/RAM is the way to go. That's a decent card you
have.
for $500, you can build a hell of an Athlon XP DDR system with plenty of
RAM.
I think you can do an AthlonXP 2000+, Abit KG7 and 512MB DDR setup for $500.
I've been through this myself, and I've found N4 to be just as processor
intensive as it is video card intensive.
-Larry
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> Current config: > P3 750 > Win98SE > 512 ram(pc100) > Elsa Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS 32MB > Turtle Beach Santa Cruz audio > Asus P3B-F > > Would I be better off upgrading to GeForce Ti 200 64MB or > spending money towards a P4 1.7Ghz or Athlon 1800, with > appropriate Motherboard. > > Or GeForce Ti 500 64MB versus motherboard/Cpu upgrade(P4 1.7 > or Athlon 1800)? > > Current games include F1 2001, N4, CMR2, IL2,CFS2, RTCW & > MOHAA. > > I have about $400 to $500 to spend. > > Thanks, > Kent > >Thanks guys for the feedback. I'm going to do the
processor/motherboard/ram upgrade first and then see how
much money I
have left for possible new graphics card. Hopefully a new
Athlon or
P4 motherboard will fit in my existing case.
Thanks,
Kent
