Upgrading--HELP!

[Clay Pigeon]

[quote="mujo";p="133864"]My only problem with that setup is the motherboard, only 2 slots for RAM. IF I needed to add another Gig in the future, I'd have to get rid of my existing RAM.

I'm not sure, I"m really liking the AMD 6000+. I've always had AMD. I'm just weird like that. I'll keep looking..thanks [/quote]

iirc socket 939 only used regular DDR. You're going to need new ram anyway. If you can only budget yourself 300 bucks you will likely have to shop around a lot to get suitable parts to last you 3 years w/o upgrading, if it is even possible.

[mujo]

Can I upgrade my video card to the 4850 and my rig still be viable for newer games? Or is there too much of a bottleneck?

[Clay Pigeon]

Is your video card agp or pcie?

[mujo]

The one I have now is PCI E 16x, the ATI x850xt

[Clay Pigeon]

[quote="mujo";p="133942"]The one I have now is PCI E 16x, the ATI x850xt[/quote]

If your motherboard is pcie version 1.1, pcie 2.0cards are backwards compatible and will work with it. You will need to have enough juice from your psu to work it though.

[Gizanked]

[quote="Clay Pigeon";p="133946"][quote="mujo";p="133942"]The one I have now is PCI E 16x, the ATI x850xt[/quote]

If your motherboard is pcie version 1.1, pcie 2.0cards are backwards compatible and will work with it. You will need to have enough juice from your psu to work it though.[/quote]

which my 500watt works fine for a single 4850.

[Clay Pigeon]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

4850 thats 120 bux after rebate. get it before it sells out.

[mujo]

Will that work OK with my current configuration? no bottlenecks?

[Clay Pigeon]

It should work.

I can't guarantee no bottlenecks with that gpu, even on my own system if I were to buy it.

But generally if you only have the money to upgrade one component and your parts are of equal age I would say to go with a new video card every time.