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bobcat
04-16-2004, 10:05 PM
Athlon AMD XP 3000+, 512 DDR Ram, Mobo of some sort that's good, and Radeon 9600TX with 256MB DDR Ram.

UT/CS and WC:TFT run so damn well now.
Jonbo298
04-16-2004, 10:10 PM
What was your prev. setup?

And looks good. Maybe you should edit it and make it say 9600XT;)
Null
04-16-2004, 10:13 PM
What was your prev. setup?

And looks good. Maybe you should edit it and make it say 9600XT;)


What? you dont like the TX model? thats like the super version. its higher then the 9800XT
Yoda9864
04-17-2004, 12:41 AM
That's a very nice, very competant system. I actually upgraded about a month ago. I got a little better stuff that you though, lol. My core components are now an AMD 64 3000+, 1gb DDR 3200, and a 9800 Pro 128mb.

That's upgraded from a AMD Athlon 2500+ "Barton", 768mb DDR 2700, and a GeForce Ti4200 128mb. I guess the only thing that I really needed to upgrade was my video card, but then I figured I'd go all out.
Jason1
04-17-2004, 12:20 PM
I want more RAM. Does anyone know any places that sell the DDR 3200 RAM for cheap?
Null
04-17-2004, 12:49 PM
online like price watch or newegg.com but i've seen DDR Ram at Best Buy for $50 (512MB) after rebates. rebates are a pain tho.
Jonbo298
04-17-2004, 03:14 PM
I'd go a gig but the ram I have (512mb) cost me a pretty penny (I think $120) and its fast enough until I can find ram that have nearly the same timings.
Yoda9864
04-17-2004, 08:58 PM
I got my RAM at Newegg for I think $83 a stick. That's 512mb DDR 3200. I don't keep up much with RAM prices, but I think that's fairly good.
Jonbo298
04-17-2004, 09:07 PM
I too got mine from newegg but the timings on it are 2-2-2-6 so its some of the fastest pc-3200 ram from Kingston (HyperX Series). If I can find some 2x512 sticks that are like 2-3-2-6 ill live with it:p
bobcat
04-18-2004, 04:28 AM
What was your prev. setup?

And looks good. Maybe you should edit it and make it say 9600XT;)
AMD 1.4Ghz (XP 1600), 768 SDRAM, Geforce 2 GTS 64MB DDR RAM vid card, etc.
Yoda9864
04-19-2004, 12:19 PM
AMD 1.4Ghz (XP 1600), 768 SDRAM, Geforce 2 GTS 64MB DDR RAM vid card, etc.
Lol, I used to have the GeForce 2 GTS-V before my Ti4200. The GTS-V was like a watered down GTS, wow, I think I bought that for like $40 back in like 2000.
Hero2
04-19-2004, 04:45 PM
I too got mine from newegg but the timings on it are 2-2-2-6 so its some of the fastest pc-3200 ram from Kingston (HyperX Series). If I can find some 2x512 sticks that are like 2-3-2-6 ill live with it:p
It is nice having two sticks of it. now I only need cable and my computer will no longer be slowed down by dail up.
MasterMind
04-21-2004, 03:25 AM
Do you guys actually need the upgrades or are you just upgrading to keep up with technology and the new stuff? Just wondering. I would like to upgrade as well, but I've got no money to do that right now and I don't think I really need an upgrade, my AMD 1.4ghz is still holding up fine. Although it doesn't hurt to have the best, I'm not a big PC gamer and I don't think I need a faster machine yet.

Wish I could upgrade as freely as some of you are.

How big are the differences when you upgrade from 1.4ghz to like a 2+ghz? I know going from 300mhz to 1.4ghz was big. It was a drastic improvement.

Next planned upgrade, is to get a DVD burner. What's yours?
Jonbo298
04-21-2004, 09:51 AM
Since I game quite a bit I like to upgrade when I can. My current computer took me a few months to complete because all I did was buy the core componenets at first, then each check buy a few more things to it. And I started in November and I believe finished up "unofficially" sometime in January.