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Need some upgrade advice!

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Dollaz, Nov 10, 2006.

  1. Dollaz

    Dollaz Member

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    I have been out of the PC gaming loop, thanks to SM3.6 and the PSTwo. :) But the PS2 is at the end of it's lifespan, and I'm awaiting the funds and availability to buy a PS3. So, in the meantime, I wanna play some PC games. I like to upgrade on the cheap, and overclocking is always an option for the GPU. Here are my current specs.

    ASRock P4M880 w/ Celeron D 2.93@3.08Ghz
    1024MB 333MHz
    Powercolor Radeon 9550 oc'd to 320/220
    40GB Maxtor ATA133
    80GB Hitachi ATA133

    Looking at those specs, what is holding me back to most? Thx.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    possibly the videocard. is it builtin or a card & if a card, is it a pci, agp or pci/e?
     
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  3. Dollaz

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    My motherboard is AGP 8X. That's an actual card. It's a Radeon 9550 256MB, 250 core/ 200 mem.
     
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    see what the games' specs requirements are.
     
    ddp, Nov 10, 2006
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    I would have gone Core 2
     
    gumbowie, Nov 11, 2006
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    this is a cheap way to get your framerates up and if your lucky you will be able unlock another 4 pix pipelines
     
    marsey99, Nov 11, 2006
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