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Originally posted by messy
Would it be worth it? Will my XP 1700+ hamper the true abilities of a Radeon 9800 Pro?
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Yeah, that old 1700+ would bottleneck a 9800 Pro very badly. That 2.4 C core will do very well. Another option is an Abit NF7-S motherboard with an Athlon XP Barton. You'd save some money and get about the same performance gaming-wise.
Today's games rely more heavily on the videocard instead of the CPU, but you have to have a CPU to keep up with it. The P4 will work great, but any of the AMD Athlon XP Bartons would do great as well. Hell, a 2600+ XP at 2.0 GHz would be perfectly fine. That 2.4 C core P4 is the best deal that Intel has on the market -- it would be a damn good choice.
-Lasereth