Upgrade decision

wazzledoozle · Nov 17, 2004

Should i get an Abit NF7-S v2 and OC my 2500+ to 3200+
or
Should i get a 9800 pro

:confused:

bios · Nov 19, 2004

It depends, are you a frequent user of computer games? If so are they GPU intensive ones? If they are upgrade to the 9800Pro. But if you don't play much computer games than just upgrade the motherboard.

C&C Freak 2K · Nov 19, 2004

The motherboard will probably cost half as much as the video card so technically you could buy more stuff. Just a side note.

15th Warlock · Nov 19, 2004

Get the 9800Pro, it will more than double your gaming performance, bet OCing your proc won't get you more than a 20-25% of performance increase compared to 100% or more you could get by buying the 9800Pro, besides, if you're lucky you may be able to flash it to an XT

ati.bob · Nov 19, 2004

Hey wazzle, remember what you post in the other section.. about the 9800Pros... maybe you wait a little longer and you can get both CPU/mobo and GFX card upgrade..

BossXPRO · Nov 19, 2004

I agree with bob ! Save up dude and Get Both !!!!!

Urlyin · Nov 19, 2004

I'm leaning towards what 15th suggested. The Vid card will give you the best jump in performance, get the performance increase now and it's not like you can't transfer the card after you get the new MOBO... if you're like me it's tuff saving, seems like something always comes up and I have to start from scratch ...

wazzledoozle · Nov 19, 2004

I will eventually get both, but am looking for best bang for my buck. Also the 9800 Pro will probably cost as much as the new mobo after xmas.

Even though there exists newer video cards, a 9800XT and AMD Athlon 3200+ seems like the holy grail of gaming

C&C Freak 2K · Nov 22, 2004

If you intend to buy after Christmas, then everything will probably drop in price because the stores will want to get rid of their stock.

ati.bob · Nov 23, 2004

And that's good...

Processor	X2 3800+ @ 2.3 GHz
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty SLI-DR
Cooling	Zalman CNPS 9500 LED
Memory	2x1 Gb OCZ Plat. @ 3-3-2-8-1t 460 MHz
Video Card(s)	HIS IceQ 4670 512Mb
Storage	640Gb & 160Gb western digital sata drives
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen LCD w/ DVI 5ms
Case	Thermaltake Soprano
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 2 softmod@Audigy 4, Logitech X-530 5:1
Power Supply	Coolermaster eXtreme Power Plus 500w
Software	XP Pro

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus X870E Elite
Cooling	Asus Ryujin II 360 EVA Edition
Memory	4x16GBs DDR5 6000MHz Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	Zotac RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo
Storage	2TB Samsung 990 Pro OS - 4TB Nextorage G Series Games - 8TBs WD Black Storage
Display(s)	LG C2 OLED 42" 4K 120Hz HDR G-Sync enabled TV
Case	Asus ROG Helios EVA Edition
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-S910W - 7.1 Klipsch Dolby ATMOS Speaker Setup - Audeze Maxwell
Power Supply	beQuiet Straight Power 12 1500W
Mouse	Asus ROG Keris EVA Edition - Asus ROG Scabbard II EVA Edition
Keyboard	Asus ROG Strix Scope EVA Edition
VR HMD	Pimax Crystal Light/DMAS
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64bit

Processor	X2 3800+ @ 2.3 GHz
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty SLI-DR
Cooling	Zalman CNPS 9500 LED
Memory	2x1 Gb OCZ Plat. @ 3-3-2-8-1t 460 MHz
Video Card(s)	HIS IceQ 4670 512Mb
Storage	640Gb & 160Gb western digital sata drives
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen LCD w/ DVI 5ms
Case	Thermaltake Soprano
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 2 softmod@Audigy 4, Logitech X-530 5:1
Power Supply	Coolermaster eXtreme Power Plus 500w
Software	XP Pro

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Urlyin

I still do pencil mods

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