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Hey guys,
With my plans to acquire an LCD/TV shotdown, I'm looking for other ways to enhance my gaming experiences.
Here's my current setup:
AMD Athlon XP @ 1.8 ghz
512 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM IDE (300gb)
Asus Radeon 9600XT
SilverStone SST-ST56F Strider 560W
I'm generally limited to 800x600 with medium detail settings in most games (Halo, Fear, Doom3, NFSMW), Halflife 2 and Far Cry are a little better at 1024x768, though they can get choppy at times.
I've been happy with my video card, save for one thing: the asus drivers don't work very well. One of the reasons I first bought the card was its ability to easily overclock.. however I can only overclock with the asus drivers installed, and where they're installed, Fear is unplayable...huge, blinding flashes of white with the smallest mouse movement.
I'm wondering if a new AGP card will provide a reasonable performance increase for the price, or if the athlon is such a bottleneck that it just won't be worth it. (I looked briefly into a processor upgrade, although it seems CPU's compatible with my motherboard generally aren't for sale anymore...and I think in a year or so it will be time for a massive upgrade anyway.)
Any input here would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much
With my plans to acquire an LCD/TV shotdown, I'm looking for other ways to enhance my gaming experiences.
Here's my current setup:
AMD Athlon XP @ 1.8 ghz
512 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM IDE (300gb)
Asus Radeon 9600XT
SilverStone SST-ST56F Strider 560W
I'm generally limited to 800x600 with medium detail settings in most games (Halo, Fear, Doom3, NFSMW), Halflife 2 and Far Cry are a little better at 1024x768, though they can get choppy at times.
I've been happy with my video card, save for one thing: the asus drivers don't work very well. One of the reasons I first bought the card was its ability to easily overclock.. however I can only overclock with the asus drivers installed, and where they're installed, Fear is unplayable...huge, blinding flashes of white with the smallest mouse movement.
I'm wondering if a new AGP card will provide a reasonable performance increase for the price, or if the athlon is such a bottleneck that it just won't be worth it. (I looked briefly into a processor upgrade, although it seems CPU's compatible with my motherboard generally aren't for sale anymore...and I think in a year or so it will be time for a massive upgrade anyway.)
Any input here would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much