Hello all.
I'm a gamer, I love graphics and such. However, my current build is getting rather old, an AGP X700, probably the most common AGP card on the market.
In either case, I need to get PCI-Express up and running, quickly. I'm htinking of buying an eVGA nForce 4 SLI motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor and a 7300GS. The interesting thing here is the 7300GS. From some reviews, it seems as though the 7300GS can play any game on High to Maximum settings, due to its 256MB onboard GDDR2 memory, and with a turbo chache of 256MB, totalling for 512MB of GDDR2.
Now, apparently, if you don't like having a high resolution, and don't mind playing at 800x600, which is fine by me, then you can play at Maximum settings on F.E.A.R and Battlefield 2, which is amazing considering the badnwidth of the memory is only 64-bit.
Now, here's my dilema, should I purchase the cheap stuff now, or, save up, which might take awhile because due to family problems my money has to go to bills and the like, so saving up is rather iffy. So, should I just make the move to PCI-Express now, then, try to save up, replace the Athlon 64 3000+ with an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and a 7900GT or GTX later on? Consider that the difference in money is nearly $800 to $1000.
Any suggestions and/or comments on this build is very much welcome and much appreciated.
I'm a gamer, I love graphics and such. However, my current build is getting rather old, an AGP X700, probably the most common AGP card on the market.
In either case, I need to get PCI-Express up and running, quickly. I'm htinking of buying an eVGA nForce 4 SLI motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor and a 7300GS. The interesting thing here is the 7300GS. From some reviews, it seems as though the 7300GS can play any game on High to Maximum settings, due to its 256MB onboard GDDR2 memory, and with a turbo chache of 256MB, totalling for 512MB of GDDR2.
Now, apparently, if you don't like having a high resolution, and don't mind playing at 800x600, which is fine by me, then you can play at Maximum settings on F.E.A.R and Battlefield 2, which is amazing considering the badnwidth of the memory is only 64-bit.
Now, here's my dilema, should I purchase the cheap stuff now, or, save up, which might take awhile because due to family problems my money has to go to bills and the like, so saving up is rather iffy. So, should I just make the move to PCI-Express now, then, try to save up, replace the Athlon 64 3000+ with an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and a 7900GT or GTX later on? Consider that the difference in money is nearly $800 to $1000.
Any suggestions and/or comments on this build is very much welcome and much appreciated.