Name: Anonymous 2007-07-01 1:15 ID:nsY5L4ft
Okay, here's the deal. College is coming up, and I have one last good chance to either take a cheap upgrade, or opt for a better upgrade that'll have to wait 5+ years.
Current specs:
6600GT
1 GB DDR400
Athlon 64 3700+ Socket 939 (with AM2CPU slot if needed in the future)
Aaaand newer, less-optimized games (such as Halo 2 Vista, for example) run choppy, but not consistently slow. Only when I'm first entering a map, or a new room, or turn quickly in a large map. And loading takes fucking forever...
Anyway. Do I spend ~$60 on another gig of RAM that I'll replace with DDR2 down the road anyway, or wait it out for DDR2, an AM2CPU board for $40 (or an entirely new mobo if I'm filthy rich by then), a new CPU, and a new video card all at once?
Reader's Digest version: Upgrade cheaply now and "waste" $60, or wait for a much better upgrade years down the road?
I appreciate any advice you guys can offer.
Current specs:
6600GT
1 GB DDR400
Athlon 64 3700+ Socket 939 (with AM2CPU slot if needed in the future)
Aaaand newer, less-optimized games (such as Halo 2 Vista, for example) run choppy, but not consistently slow. Only when I'm first entering a map, or a new room, or turn quickly in a large map. And loading takes fucking forever...
Anyway. Do I spend ~$60 on another gig of RAM that I'll replace with DDR2 down the road anyway, or wait it out for DDR2, an AM2CPU board for $40 (or an entirely new mobo if I'm filthy rich by then), a new CPU, and a new video card all at once?
Reader's Digest version: Upgrade cheaply now and "waste" $60, or wait for a much better upgrade years down the road?
I appreciate any advice you guys can offer.