Got cash, I wanna upgrade.

[dfunk]

Im wanting to upgrade my computer to play games very smoothly at high settings. I already have 1gb of ram on the list to buy things so Im taking care of that.


Here are my specs:
AMD Athlon XP, 2083 MHz (12.5 x 167) 2800+
512mb of ram (soon to be 1gb)
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (256 MB)
350watt power supply
Nforce2 Motherboard Chipset

Im not the brightest person on computers Ive slowly upgraded this computer. My budget is around 250-350$ on the video card. I do not have PCI-e, only AGP at the moment.

[gsxr310]

Re: Got cash, I wanna upgrade.

what is your total budget?

[dfunk]

Re: Got cash, I wanna upgrade.

Estimated around $600.

[gsxr310]

Re: Got cash, I wanna upgrade.

Estimated around $600.

Ok, here's what I'd do... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131540 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103539 , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817194004

Since you already have 1GB of RAM coming, I found 3 items all for $570. As for videocard, I'd try and save a lil more for atleast a 7800GT if you want to play mostly on high.

[Noni]

Re: Got cash, I wanna upgrade.

Do NOT get that 620W power supply. Get the 500W version. Most systems NEVER use more than 450W.

[[DC]M4guy624]

Re: Got cash, I wanna upgrade.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814142053

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813152049

325+233+64= 622 slightly over but if you wanted to you could get a 7800 GT instead of the X1800 XL which would take you JUST under 600 (though the X1800 can OC to the spec of the 600 dollar XT very easily), i have that mobo and it is very good for the price and had no problems at all.