Video Card/Mobo

[Lord Mythirion]

What kind of video card do you guys think I should get? My budget is up to $175. And do you think I should get a socket AM2 motherboard, or stick with a 939?

 

[MarxSoccer]

AM2 ftw

 

[TRDCorolla1]

Socket AM2 by far without looking back. Socket 939 is museum quality, almost.

 

[Lord Mythirion]

AM2 it is. All I need to figure out is my video card.

 

[Computer Head]

I would go with the nVidia GeForce 7600 for a video card myself. It is the latest one out there.

 

[joxley1990]

Socket AM2 by far without looking back. Socket 939 is museum quality, almost.

Hardly, be a long time before it's dead..I have 478, I would kill for 939!

 

[TRDCorolla1]

I may have exaggerated a little, hehe. You know what I mean. Socket 939 is not the premier socket anymore but people like me still have them or a majority of us for that matter. AM2 is new so that's what I would be getting if you're starting a new build now.

 

[prosser13]

AM2 has no real advantage over 939 at the moment - the high latencys of the DDR2 RAM kill off any advantage of the architecture

To upgrade to AM2, you'd need a new motherboard, new CPU, and new RAM - your looking at about $500 minimum. Upgrade to Socket 939 - the processors have dropped in value a lot - for example, the 3700+'s are overclocking very well at the moment and are extremely cheap.

In that budget, I'd pick a 6600GT any day of the week

 

[PerfectSK]

Stick with the 939's. Am2 isn't as highly developed as the 939 socket is right now. You wouldn't see much of a performance boost anyway. I suggest a x850xt or a 6600gt for your video card, but I'm not sure if they fit your budget. Look it up on newegg and lemme know what you decide.

 

[prosser13]

An X850XT would be way out of his budget, but a 6600GT is definitely in it.

AM2 is as highly developed - if not more. It's got loads of new technology, it's just the RAM which is hold it back :roll: