yes, I am building a new computer.

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zzzap!

So you're building you a new computer?
Then maybe put aside the ATI 9600 and s-754 Sempron ideas and lets build a good machine?

Good decision, your ram is SLOW, and it's a major factor in today's game as much as CPU or video card.

The key question:
What is your budget for all the upgrade?

Socket 939 is more advanced platform, it supports dual channel, and MUCH faster CPUs for future upgrade.

Abit make excellent boards, the s-939 AV8 is a cheap great board, a great overclocker, but it only has AGP slot.If you want a PCI-E, you need a more expensive NForce4 board, but it'll provide you an upgrade path for PCI-E video cards.

A point to think about.

As for the card, If you think of really getting bang for your buck - look for a second hand ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, A lot of enthusiasts now sell them and buy the new XT800/XT850 monsters.

This card may cost even less than a new 9600Pro, but it's completely out of its league.
It's almost as fast as 9800 Pro.

Don't forget, that you need new RAM as well. I don't recommend less than 512 MB.



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quote:A.M.D = All Men Desire.

System:HEC 475Watt.AMD Athlon XP-M2500 IQYHA0351MPMW.
Abit NF7v2*Sp97*NB1+delta*A-DATA DDR500
MSI 'the rock' RX9800*WD800JB
*257x10@1.83V*261x10@1.9V (CPC off)

Nah i'm sticking to socket 754, Kingston hyper- X ram 2 sticks = 1 Gig

Screw ATI I'm going for the 6600 GT AGP 8X 128MB

either the amd 64 2800, 3000, or 3200

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zzzap!

but socket 754 is so OLD!!! why not am3?
hehe jk BARTON RULES ALL!!!

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I7-975 at 4.2ghz//noctua ND-H14//Gigabye X58-UD5// Gskill 6gb ddr3 at 2ghz// intel x25 80gb// 1 1TB seagate hdd// antec tpq 1200 watt psu// CM stacker 832 case/ ECS GTX 460 1GB black edition



Opteron 165 at 2.2ghz 1.4Vcore//Asus formula HD4770//2gb OCZ platinum 2-3-2-5//Asus A8VE-SE//Seagate 2x 250gb SATA2 RAID0// thermalrock dragon gaming case 5 90mm fans// XP pro SP2//

yea seriously, get a socket 939. they are the best now

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I7-975 at 4.2ghz//noctua ND-H14//Gigabye X58-UD5// Gskill 6gb ddr3 at 2ghz// intel x25 80gb// 1 1TB seagate hdd// antec tpq 1200 watt psu// CM stacker 832 case/ ECS GTX 460 1GB black edition



Opteron 165 at 2.2ghz 1.4Vcore//Asus formula HD4770//2gb OCZ platinum 2-3-2-5//Asus A8VE-SE//Seagate 2x 250gb SATA2 RAID0// thermalrock dragon gaming case 5 90mm fans// XP pro SP2//

Athlon XP 3200+ is the fastest AMD processor for socket A (462). This processor has Barton core with 512 KB level 2 cache. It is one of a few socket A CPUs that support 400 MHz Front Side Bus. This processor is the best upgrade option for socket A motherboards that support it, though it does not have the best price/performance ratio. Being the fastest socket A (462) processor, it is probably one of the most expensive socket A microprocessors at the moment

Seven years covering the last four posts. Jeez..

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MSI K7N2 Delta2 LSR|35w XP-M2400 11x214 1.62V|2x512MB OCZ EL 2 2 2 11 2.9V|9600XT|Seasonic 350w
Abit AN7|XP-M2800 10.5x227 1.62V|2x512MB Mushkin XP4000 2 3 2 11 3.2V|9600XT|Seasonic 550w
Asus A7V600|XP-M2600 6-11x202 1.6V|2x512 Crucial PC3200 2.5 3 3 9 2.7V|PCI 32MB gfx|Corsair 450w