Upgrading my computer

You're sure you need to change anything? That system looks fine. It's not the hottest gaming system on the block, that's for sure, but it's a good solid rig.

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Originally Posted by Inhert

yes I know but I just want to know that if I want to change something, is what i should change. this probably not be a big upgrade, juste to keep a little up to date. thoe change will probably occur this summer or fall, I know it a little far, but i'm not sure what I should change.

Assuming your CPU to be socket 939, I'd probably swap out the motherboard for a PCIe board if you've got the money to switch both that and the graphics card at the same time. Then you can just throw a CPU upgrade at it in another 6 months when you have the money, and you've stayed on top of the game. I think socket 939 will probably remain standard for a while. On the subject of graphics cards, nVidia are the clear market leader at the moment, but only at the top end. ATI still have the better cost/benefit ratio in the mid-range of the market.

Having said that, though, there are a very small number of games that will run faster with 2GB of RAM. There are going to be more as time progresses. That's another upgrade you could perform. If your mainly a gamer, I don't see that the benefit from that is big enough just yet, though. Then again, if you're more a productivity-user like myself, who likes to keep a lot of applications open at once, then I'd say that it could be very much worth your while.

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Originally Posted by RushJet1

Just keep in mind that on an athlon 64 system, you get worse timings with 2gb than with one.

I did not know that. I suppose there's not a damn thing that can be done to compensate?

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Originally Posted by RushJet1

well, specifically, when you use four dimms to make 2gb. there are a couple of motherboards that can run 1gb dimms at 1T command rates, but they are pretty rare now. currently, the only way to get 1T command rates is to use 2 512mb sticks. using 4 makes it go back to 2T, but it's not a huge deal really.

My motherboard doesn't even have four slots, just the two. Options are limited.

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