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May 10th, 2003 at 8:49am

stan   Offline
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my current specs are.

amd xp 1600 1.4 gig
768 pc2100 ddr
epox 8kha + mb
gforce 4 ti 4200 64 mb
wd 40 gig hd
quantum 6.4 gig hd
lg dvd
sony cdrw

What would make the most sense  upgrading first
I may wait and see how cof runs first. although Im sure
I will need to upgrade?
 
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Reply #1 - May 10th, 2003 at 7:04pm

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That system has gone about as far as you'd want to take it...

Of course a better video card never hurts and you can take it along to your "newer better" system..

Any worthwhile CPU upgrade is gonna require a new main-board and we all know what happens once you start that ball rolling  Wink  

I'd get the best v-card you can afford (wait till it's a significant step up).. keep the old card to put back in this system when you build your new "super system"...Then you'll have 2 decent computers for what  ever fun you dare get into (lan gaming, backup etc.)

 
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Reply #2 - May 11th, 2003 at 9:53am

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My main board will except up to a amd xp 2600.although
thats with bios version 9/3/02 2.0. So how do I know
what version I have and if I need to update my bios?
would a amd xp 2600 give me enough of a performance
boost to be worth the upgrade?
 
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Reply #3 - May 11th, 2003 at 10:36am

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I wont answer the question on bios now, but if you still cant figure it out ask again.
(to change bios is a slightly risky business)

A 2600 will make the 1600 look sick. It runs on a 333mhz front side bus speed so to take advantage of it, you need a mobo that supports 333mhz fsb and PC2700 DDR. (I recommend the Nforce2 platform, Soltek make several fine examples at budget prices)

Your TI4200 is a good fast video card, and there are few which will outperform it noticeably. But, I found that the TI4200 is now the bottleneck in my system, as the rest of it runs faster, (at last)

The Soltek allowed me to tweak my DDR ram to CAS2.0, set my cpu multiplier from 12.5 to 13, Front side bus speed from 333mhz to 340, and now my system benchmarks faster than a 3000+ with a tiny overclock.

You will like it, everything runs smooth as   Wink




 

...Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD
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Reply #4 - May 11th, 2003 at 11:45am

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thanks for the replies . My main board runs at 266 fsb
and pc2100 ddr .So I think the fastest processor is
xp 2400 it runs at 266 fsb and is 2 gig would this be worth it. Or  wait and change out the mainboard
processor and ram. Much more expensive
 
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Reply #5 - May 23rd, 2003 at 10:55am

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the 2400 is your best option  other than a new system, they are cheap, go for it.   Wink

Or........ get a 2600+ in readiness for a further upgrade, but by the time you upgrade you may want a faster cpu.

The 2600 will run at 266mhz as long as your mobo supports it.
 

...Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD
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Reply #6 - May 23rd, 2003 at 5:57pm
stan swan   Guest

 
Thanks congo for the info. I will will wait and see how
COF runs and then upgrade my processor and video
card.
 
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Reply #7 - May 25th, 2003 at 5:27am
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you can even put an athlon XP 2800+ onto the KHA+.

but there's no need for pc 2700-ram.

if you want something for the future,buy a Geforce FX 5600 or 5800, but i strongly recommend an ATI 9700pro. Grin
 
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