Upgrade or buy new?

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  1. alergic

    alergic MDL Novice

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    in the attached file my comp spec.


    What will give best Value/Price achievement for the long run?
    Upgrade the AMD processor or buy new motherboard and Intel processor?

    If I'm not upgrading motherboard:
    should i upgrade the memory?
    Should i install VGA card that will work with the on-board one like Crossfire or buy 1 that will be stronger?

    Ty for your replies,

    Nathan
     

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  2. randomboy

    randomboy MDL Junior Member

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    what are you going to use the computer for?
     
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  3. alergic

    alergic MDL Novice

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    mostly Online games and multiple porgrams work.
    The problem that mostly bother me is the FPS drop even in CS 1.6 when a smoke bomb is thrown, also some stucks in Dragonica when all the graphic futures are on.

    Also the "not responding" is a software problem or a hardware?
     
  4. randomboy

    randomboy MDL Junior Member

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    All you need is a dedicated PCIE graphics card. The onboard graphics ccard seems to be the bottleneck.
     
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  5. alergic

    alergic MDL Novice

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    what will you reccomend? buy another HD 3200 and make them crossfire like or buy one stronger?
    and which will you recomend for best value/price?
     
  6. Legendaryone

    Legendaryone MDL Novice

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    there is a lots of cheap good graphics cards out there if your got a 500 watt power supply i would recommend a ATi 5770 or a Nvidia gtx460 they will smash all of your needs
     
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  7. randomboy

    randomboy MDL Junior Member

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    I would also go for a 5770 . It is both affordable and good.
     
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  8. alergic

    alergic MDL Novice

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    which company (Sapphire ,Power Color, Asus , Gigabyte, Pine XFX) and how much RAM?
     
  9. randomboy

    randomboy MDL Junior Member

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    My personal preference would be XFX or Sapphire with 1 GB Ram
     
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