Next logical upgrade?

[Headst1r]

From the first system in my sig, what would be the most logical upgrade? I was thinking processor/mobo/ram? Looking to spend no more than about 300-400 usd

My original idea was an athlon 64 3000+
1 gig of pc3200 ram
and an n-force mobo

thoughts?

[SexyMF]

Hi,

For your current rig the graphics card is the weakest link. A 9800Pro would see you a good performance gain. A 64CPU upgrade would be somewhat wasted due to lack of 64bit everything. Of course a 9800P is going to take a good chunk of your budget. No doubt the 3000+ would feel a fair bit faster but this would soon subside and the 9500 will show up again as the weak link.

[Headst1r]

I kinda thought the video card would be stongest, however alot of games now seem to require more processing power.

Guess there is no sense in really upgrading yet?

[Shinma]

If intending to switch over to socket 939 AMD Athlon64 bit processors,
May want to wait for the mobo manufacturers to finish designing out any current hiccups.

[krupted]

yeah socket 939 is still very new, prices are just beginning to fall.

but really, i think that processor/main/ram upgrade you want would help you more so than throwing a 9800p on that older rig.

9500p isnt a total dog, if you dont run crazy resolutions you can run any game....

[Headst1r]

Well mainly I play eq2 and I run it on a high resolution with no problems. Eventually I will do the whole athlon 64/mobo/ram thing but for now it is running fine That can wait till next year..I think I will go with a 17" LCD this year