advice on upgrading

[orengreen]

Hi, I need some advice on upgrading my computer.

I want to upgrade it to play with new games

I have:

AMD XP2800

ABIT NF7-S V2.0

samsung 512MB memory

ATI Radeon 9600 256M

which component should I upgrade?  I'm looking for a component that will not be expensive but will upgrade my system in a major way

Thanks!

[Yaron-Cohen]

Hi, I need some advice on upgrading my computer.

I want to upgrade it to play with new games

I have:

AMD XP2800

ABIT NF7-S V2.0

samsung 512MB memory

ATI Radeon 9600 256M

which component should I upgrade? I'm looking for a component that will not be expensive but will upgrade my system in a major way

Thanks!

לדעתי עדיין לא שווה לך לשדרג...כי המחשב שלך חזק...אתה עושה עליו OC??..כי אם לא זה בזיבוז..!!..

[evman007]

BUY ONE STICK OF 512MB AND 6600GT.

IT WILL COST U AROUND 1500-1600

OR U CAN BUY IT IN KSP IT WILL COST U 1300 ONLY.

[Noam0101]

אני הייתי מחליף כרטיס מסך ומוסיף זכרון

[orengreen]

Yaron, thanks for the advice

but, I am not an expert and I know that overclocking requires that I add more cooling, and I'm too afraid to ruin my computer

I'm really not good enough with these things to try overclocking

I wish I could....

???

[Yaron-Cohen]

Yaron, thanks for the advice

but, I am not an expert and I know that overclocking requires that I add more cooling, and I'm too afraid to ruin my computer

I'm really not good enough with these things to try overclocking

I wish I could....

???

אם אתה רוצה למשחקים....אז לך על מה ש Evman007 שזה אחלה של שידרוג....

[orengreen]

if I want to buy a new video card (like the 6600GT), do I have to buy another memory?

Is it really important?

If I only buy the video card, will the improvement be too small?

thnx for all the help!

[Yaron-Cohen]

כמובן שבשביל משחקים עדיף כרטיס מסך טוב...

אבל יש הבדל ענק בין 512 ל1024...!!...ובמחירים של DDR כיום....שווה להשקיע עוד איזה 300 שח בעוד סטיק...

[evman007]

אתה לא חייב לקנות עוד זכרון ,אבל זה שווה-250 שקל.

גם עם 512 יעבוד לך סבבה.

[orengreen]

everman and yaron, thanks guys...

OK, I'm beginning to understand a little bit better now.

but I have to "naj" you with more questions:

if you wanted to recommend me just ONE thing to upgrade, what your decision will be? A memory stick or a new video card?

will a memory stick ALONE improve my system in a big way?

will a video card ALONE improve it more?

which of the two will make the biggest change?

OR, if you think, buying only one component is a waste of "potential" and I really must buy both?

Thanks for your patience and advice!!!

[The UnKnown]

If you wish to upgrade only one component it will be probably video card ! you can manage with half gig for now, the thing that makes your comp work not so good with games is the video card with no doubt ! its pretty weak ...

As said before if you still wondering which one to get so ... 6600GT !

Good luck with the purchase !

[orengreen]

I looked around and there are a few types of "6600GT" cards

could you be more specific of what firm, and if it's important which firm?

[The UnKnown]

You mean *manufacturer, and all of them are quiet same... the main difference is the cooling...

The recommanded are : Leadtek, Gainward, ASUS, GIGABYTE, PNY.