- vincent5
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Most of the PC issues posted here are the result of PEBKAC.
Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Posted by: vincent5
Specs are above, tell me what to replace or upgrade to help my games load faster.
Everything. No, I'm not kidding. Go out and buy a new computer, preferably something with lots of upgrade slots. Your proc, card, RAM, HD, PSU, mobo...ugh. By next year, you won't be able to run anything new on that system.
Also, if you're looking for the best card out for right now at the best competitor deal for a mid-range price, the 8800GT is definitely suggested. AMD's new line of cards that are coming out are supposed to be competitors to the old GTS, but the fact of the matter is that the 8800GT still out-performs them all. At least AMD is finally bringing competition back to the table again.
But yeah, new computer. It's long overdue.
lol I mentioned before, I'm not going to try and do any hardcore PC gaming, I'm pretty much done. I just want to make small adjustments for the occasional game from time to time.
My mobo is very upgradeable, I got 2 PCI-E x16 slots, 1 PCI-E x1, and 3 PCI. I'm not concerned about the PSU yet, since I don't care much for the Geforce 8 series. As of now it's impossible for me to buy anything outside of RAM or CPU's seeing as I have no job (don't know if I stated that earlier) and even when I have one, money will still be short (we can't all be fortunate). My next upgrade after the RAM will probably be a new CPU, I'm thinking an E6600.
I've seen the benchmarks and the performance differences between the Radeon 3870 and the 8800GT are slim. I want to get the 3870 though because my mobo supports Crossfire. I could care less about ~5 fps.