Re: HELP ME SPEND MY TAX REFUND

The PII 350 should push the gEFORCE with no problem but might not get the max potential out of it. Doug....lifelong diehard Boston Bruins fan......long suffering Boston Red Sox fan....once proud but now "What the hell is going on?"Boston Celtics fan.......first they were going and now there staying New England Patriots fan !!! ALWAYS PROUD AMERICAN !!!

OK after paying some bills and putting some money in the bank I have about $1000 (US) to play with. My current system: PII 350 128 PC100 RAM SBlive value!!!! V2 SLI 12 MEG Viewsonic PS 790 19" MSFF wheel 8gig HD 2xDVD Primary card Rage pro turbo AGP 2X 8MEG FPS 2000 Cambridge Speakers I really want to upgrade this system to the max without starting over .I can go as high PII 450 on this motherboard. Would a 100mhz boost make that much of a difference? I am thinking about a GeForce DDR .Will the PII 350 be enough horsepower to push this card? I am also looking at a Maxtor 7200 rpm 30 gig HD for $199.00 at Comp USA and possibly a CD -RW. Any suggestions for further improvements. I spend the bulk of my time playing Mobil1 Rally , GPL and Unreal Tournament. Thanks.

Hello, New video card and CPU for sure. I just bought a WD 27.3 Gig 7200 spin and have noticed a significant boost from my 5400 spins. Definitely go for the 7200. I don't even have ATA66 support and the difference is very noticeable. If I were you though, I would save the money and do a system upgrade in the summer. Raymond ACT LABS www.act-labs.com On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:43:49 GMT, "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>OK after paying some bills and putting some money in the bank I have about >$1000 (US) to play with. >My current system: >PII 350 >128 PC100 RAM >SBlive value!!!! >V2 SLI 12 MEG >Viewsonic PS 790 19" >MSFF wheel >8gig HD >2xDVD >Primary card Rage pro turbo AGP 2X 8MEG >FPS 2000 Cambridge Speakers > >I really want to upgrade this system to the max without starting over .I can >go as high PII 450 on this motherboard. Would a 100mhz boost make that much >of a difference? > >I am thinking about a GeForce DDR .Will the PII 350 be enough horsepower to >push this card? I am also looking at a Maxtor 7200 rpm 30 gig HD for $199.00 >at Comp USA and possibly a CD -RW. >Any suggestions for further improvements. I spend the bulk of my time >playing Mobil1 Rally , GPL and Unreal Tournament. Thanks. > >

Raymond ACT LABS

Send it to me :O)

Send it to me :O) "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Fesz4.4846$[email hidden]...

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> OK after paying some bills and putting some money in the bank I have about > $1000 (US) to play with. > My current system: > PII 350 > 128 PC100 RAM > SBlive value!!!! > V2 SLI 12 MEG > Viewsonic PS 790 19" > MSFF wheel > 8gig HD > 2xDVD > Primary card Rage pro turbo AGP 2X 8MEG > FPS 2000 Cambridge Speakers > > I really want to upgrade this system to the max without starting over .I

can > go as high PII 450 on this motherboard. Would a 100mhz boost make thatmuch > of a difference? > > I am thinking about a GeForce DDR .Will the PII 350 be enough horsepowerto > push this card? I am also looking at a Maxtor 7200 rpm 30 gig HD for$199.00 > at Comp USA and possibly a CD -RW. > Any suggestions for further improvements. I spend the bulk of my time > playing Mobil1 Rally , GPL and Unreal Tournament. Thanks. > >

Go to a computer show and buy a $100 15" monitor, a $25 sound card and a pair of $10 speakers. Keep your FPS2000 speakers, your SB Live and your monitor (keep your wheel too, I guess). Sell the rest. For $1400 you can build a real nice computer built around your 19" monitor, speakers and SB card. Slot "Tim Wheatley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:%vOz4.8124$[email hidden]... > Send it to me :O) > > > "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Fesz4.4846$[email hidden]... > > OK after paying some bills and putting some money in the bank I haveabout

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> > $1000 (US) to play with. > > My current system: > > PII 350 > > 128 PC100 RAM > > SBlive value!!!! > > V2 SLI 12 MEG > > Viewsonic PS 790 19" > > MSFF wheel > > 8gig HD > > 2xDVD > > Primary card Rage pro turbo AGP 2X 8MEG > > FPS 2000 Cambridge Speakers > > > > I really want to upgrade this system to the max without starting over .I > can > > go as high PII 450 on this motherboard. Would a 100mhz boost make that > much > > of a difference? > > > > I am thinking about a GeForce DDR .Will the PII 350 be enough horsepower > to > > push this card? I am also looking at a Maxtor 7200 rpm 30 gig HD for > $199.00 > > at Comp USA and possibly a CD -RW. > > Any suggestions for further improvements. I spend the bulk of my time > > playing Mobil1 Rally , GPL and Unreal Tournament. Thanks. > > > > > >

Doug Hook <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Fesz4.4846$[email hidden]...

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> OK after paying some bills and putting some money in the bank I have about > $1000 (US) to play with. > My current system: > PII 350 > 128 PC100 RAM > SBlive value!!!! > V2 SLI 12 MEG > Viewsonic PS 790 19" > MSFF wheel > 8gig HD > 2xDVD > Primary card Rage pro turbo AGP 2X 8MEG > FPS 2000 Cambridge Speakers > > I really want to upgrade this system to the max without starting over .I

can > go as high PII 450 on this motherboard. Would a 100mhz boost make thatmuch > of a difference? Do you know what your mother board is, it might be worth checking the manufacturers site for bios updates. You might be suprised what processor your board might support with the latest bios, A word of caution though, if your not abserlutly sure what your doing when upgrading a bios, DONT. it's not a job to be taken lightly. Mark