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 Member 378 Level 26.39 Mar 2006 
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It's not your processor. Change your gfx card. At least an x1600 if you're sticking with ATI, and at least a 6600GT if you're going with nVidia. I've gotten exceptional framerates on FFXI:
Sempron 3000+ Socket 754 (playing stock at the time, which is 1.8GHz) GeForce 6800GT OC (BFG) 1.5GB DDR3200 184-Pin What speed is your ram btw? It should be at the bare minimum PC2700 (333MHz) Jam it back in, in the dark.  [ SCHWARZE-5 - Helger Collins ]
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Member 378 Level 26.39 Mar 2006
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Sempron is a budget processor than Athlon/X2. Athlon whips Sempron's ass all over the PCB. If it's absolutely necessary, upgrade your processor first. If you think your processor's going out on you, you shouldn't buy a decent graphics card only to have the processor be a bottleneck. BUT, since 754's and AGP's are on their way out the door, I would suggest you upgrade to a 939/PCI-E, that way you can at least keep your ram--even then I'm suggesting you upgrade that too. Athlon processors are going hella cheap right--Newegg has a S939 3500+ Venice for 88 bucks. My S754 Sempron 3000+ Palermo was 120 bucks back in January. You can mostly thank Intel with their release of the Core 2 Duo series. =/ Hope that helps a bit.
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Member 378 Level 26.39 Mar 2006
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Well, I was talking about upgrading budget-wise. Obviously the smart answer would be AM2 or Core 2 Duo if you're going to Intel. With that said, you'll be upgrading your ram to DDR2, the standard.
How ya doing, buddy? [ SCHWARZE-5 - Helger Collins ]
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