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  1. 12-25-2002, 12:19 PM #1
    Christop99
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    What to upgrade...

    I need to upgrade some parts of my computer but I do not know what to upgrade first.

    AMD T-Bird 1.2 GHZ OCed to 1.44 GHZ
    Epox EP-8KHA
    512 Mb PC-2100 ram
    Leadtek Geforce 2 GTS 32mb DDR
    SoundBlaster Live! Value
    Lite-On 48x CDRW
    Maxtor 7200rpm 40GB

    I have $400 to spend, what should I upgrade first? Thx.
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  2. 12-25-2002, 12:35 PM #2
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    We need some idea of what you do with the system or wish to do. Merry Christmas.
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  3. 12-25-2002, 01:05 PM #3
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    I would like to do some gaming, and just an overall speed upgrade.
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  4. 12-25-2002, 01:46 PM #4
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    For gaming the best thing to do would be get a new graphics card. GF2 32MB just isn't enough for modern games... I upgraded over the summer when from GF2 64MB to my Ti4200 128MB and the framerates have gone up dramatically (sorry I don't have the actual numbers, but that mod alone made a huge difference).

    The only other thing I could really think of would be get a faster processor but that probably won't make anywhere near as big of a difference as the graphics card.
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  6. 12-25-2002, 01:46 PM #5
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    I say upgrade your vid card to a GeForce 4 TiXXXX and maybe drop in an 1600XP processor in there. That should even leave you some extra money to spend on extra fans, some case mods, etc.
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  7. 12-25-2002, 03:43 PM #6
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    9500pro, is the only way to go. better than the Ti series, in most cases. get it.
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