so i've had a motherboard sitting in my closet for the 6 months
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127232 that one actually, not in use, I sold off the ram, the video card, and the monitor to buy a cheap laptop before I moved.
now i'm here, I have a nicer laptop, but I want to game, I have NOTHING fun to do at home, I get like 5 fps on anything really cuz this laptop uses Shared Memory Archetecture and well, don't get me started.
So 1st thing I do I pick out a video card, I have settled on
EVGA 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
my dilemma: Do I buy ram for the motherboard (DDR 400) or do I get a new motherboard and sell this one?
I always a step behind the curve for price points so I'm thinking DDR2 800 would be what I would aim for in this scenario.
Sadly DDR 400 isn't any cheaper than DDR2 800, in fact, it's more expensive...
case in point
DDR 400
vs
DDR2 800
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Originally Posted by Shauk as of about 10 minutes ago
SO.... the problem I have with buying a new motherboard is that entails a new chipset, and likely a new socket, I haven't even TRIED looking yet but I could try finding a socket 939 board that supports my video card and DDR2 800 and I suppose I'd be set.
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Edit: ok i tried looking, there is no such thing as a 939 board with DDR2 cuz the chipsets are different yadaydada whatever.
Ok so I'd have to buy a new processor too.
and basically this is is the top of my upgrade path, if i just buy the video card and some DDR 400, apparently even with aggressive timings on DDR2 800's people are only seeing about a 10-15% perfomance upgrade.
I think I'd notice more on the fact that my current mother board is using a single core processor, AMD 4000+ something or other.
*sigh*
I'm gonna have to get a new motherboard, I feel so inadequate with a singlecore.