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Old 11-17-2003, 09:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Upgrade or buy a new comp?

Back in april i got this compaq for 700$ from circuit city:
2.53 GHZ Pentium 4
512 DDR PC2100
120 GIG
Ge Force 4 Mx 64 Meg
AGP 4x mobo

I added an extra 80 gig hd and got an ATI Radeon 9500 pro 128 meg in it now.

I was thinking about getting an ATI 9800 Pro and http://stlpcsales.site.yahoo.net/1gbpcddnounh1.html

But i wasn't sure this was the best thing to do now, or would it be better just to wait after christmas and see what comes out and build an entirely new system?
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Old 11-17-2003, 10:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I dont see whats wrong with that system.. if anything just buy a case, power supply, and motherboard and steal parts form that one to make the new one, Also.. upgrade the ram
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Old 11-17-2003, 10:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
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yeah, your system looks fine for anything you might want to throw at it. If your into games pick up a better GPU but otherwise your system is fine, no need to blow money for no reason.
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Old 11-17-2003, 11:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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looks damn fine
only thing you could get noticable benefit from is better video card - but difference won't be huge. agp 4x should be fine for current cards - unless someone here disagrees.
but going from 9500 to 9800 is sooo not worth it.... wait for next generation or something?

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Old 11-18-2003, 12:22 AM   #5 (permalink)
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that is a beautifle system, 9500 is a great card, wait at least 6 months befor you look to upgrade the vid card.
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Old 11-18-2003, 04:02 AM   #6 (permalink)
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If you upgrade anything, get some PC2700 RAM if the motherboard supports it. I honestly wouldn't upgrade anything else right now. That PC will do fine for a good while. Even the videocard will be fine for the upcoming games.

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Old 11-18-2003, 09:41 AM   #7 (permalink)
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That system seems fine to me. Heck, its nicer than mine. Dont worry about new stuff coming out every month. You dont need to upgrade it. I am still running a Radeon 8500 and it runs every current game I have thrown at it without a problem. Dont throw your money away unless you have a very good reason to spend it.
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Old 11-18-2003, 09:46 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I would probably wait a while with upgrading or buying a new PC. You probably won't gain much speed or FPS becouse your system is quite nice at the moment. Now you must put much money into your PC to gain a little , wait a few months and upgrade your PC for the same price and gain alot!
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Old 11-18-2003, 10:33 AM   #9 (permalink)
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buy a new one... that ones junk send that one to me... ill pay for shipping ok ok im just messin... your computers better then mine is... i dont see any reason to upgrade unless you wanted to get faster/more ram tho...
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Old 11-18-2003, 07:11 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Oh yeah, one more thing--that 9500 card is a fluke. It outperforms the 9600s out now, and IIRC, several of the lower 9700s. You have *NO* reason to get a new video card. ATI pulled the 9500 very quickly when they realized that they had released a card that competed with their best offerings at less than half the price.
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Old 11-18-2003, 08:36 PM   #11 (permalink)
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buy a new system then, give me your old system.....
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Old 11-18-2003, 08:44 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Yeah yours is just fine......your is better than what 80% of the computers out there....
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