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Biral 
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(3/30/04 4:19 pm)
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Few questions about game performance
Alright, pretty simple, i have a few bucks to spend and i've decided to invest it in my computer. I have an AMD athlon XP 2000 with 1.67Ghz, 512 MB ram (how do i check to see what type of ram it is btw? like DDR or not), Nvidia Geforce 3 ti 200 vid card. With those specs, which should i be looking to upgrade first? Ram, or video card, or something else? I have around 150 dollars to spend, maybe a little more if the price is right. I'm playing Planetside right now and looking forward to the next gen of MMO's (WoW, L2, etc) if thats any difference. Buying computer hardware online is fine if its cheaper too :b

On game performance, are there any good websites that have good tweaks to improve performance? Basically stuff that i'm not gonna have to spend an hour on the floor with my computer tower to do :b Thanks in advance for any advice.

PsiKoTicK
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(3/30/04 5:04 pm)
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Re: Few questions about game performance
www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

download and run that, check your memory tab, it will give you the speed of your memory, etc.. like DDR PC2100 or something

Best bang for the buck in your current system would be your Video Card, imo... try a radeon 9600xt for a basic card

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Biral 
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(3/30/04 5:23 pm)
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Re: Few questions about game performance
Cool, downloaded that program, my memory is Kingston DDR SDRAM PC2300.....well sounds pretty advanced to me but i'm no expert :b

Hahaha, i just compared prices on that vid card, Radeon 9600, 61 dollars at newegg.com, 200 dollars at Comp USA! Expose the corporate greed some more please. Card looks good to me, thanks for advice, i might even have enough left over to upgrade both my video card and RAM.

Brelkor
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(3/30/04 6:12 pm)
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Re: Few questions about game performance
Yes, thats the same setup i have and i play all the current games very will with a 9700 pro.

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TaiilChayser
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(3/30/04 6:56 pm)
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Re: Few questions about game performance
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Hahaha, i just compared prices on that vid card, Radeon 9600, 61 dollars at newegg.com, 200 dollars at Comp USA! Expose the corporate greed some more please. Card looks good to me, thanks for advice, i might even have enough left over to upgrade both my video card and RAM.


At $61 you must be looking at the orriginal base 9600.. I would highly recomend getting a 9600XT over that.. yeah its more money but it will last you alot longer.. and in all actuality you can get a 9800pro for just a bit more than the 9600xt.

9600xt for $159
9800pro for $216

The 9800 pro is a bit power hungry.. you might want to check your power supply to make sure it can handle it.

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