I don't know much about Motherboards or CPUs...Right now I have a stock Dell Mobo and a Pentium 4 2.66 GHz CPU... I recently bought an e-GeForce 6600GT AGP video card and it doesn't seem to be performing at it's best and a friend told me it was probably that the Motherboard couldn't take it. If you have any suggestions for a good Mobo and CPU they just have to be AGP compatible, compatible with DDR RAM. Thanks
if the motherboard couldnt take it, it wouldnt run at all. i doubt it, but your agp might be something low like 2x/4x, that may be why. erm, how long have you had it? when do you want this by?
You're probably right I have AGP 8X I just got the card but the mobo is a few years old and whenever is fine, no rush or anything
dont care what xelink say )), wait for core 2 duo line to get a processor. thats all i will say in this topic.
Mainboard: Asrock 939-Dual SATA 2 CPU, a AMD 939 socket and you can change easily the gfx card because this mainboard also has a PCI-E slot
Yup goldman has the right idea, that is what I suggest aswell. I highly doubt core 2 duo boards will support agp.
That's also what I was thinking, just didn't know if they made them. What would be a good CPU to go with it? Does anyone actually know a good site that compares/benchmarks Intel vs. AMD CPUs?
Atm, go for AMD rather than intel. They are better...however, wait a little while and the conroe cpu comes out and those will be better to go with...
Since that motherboard is socket 939 ... it's for AMD processors. I suggest getting a dual core processor as well. That motherboard is good because it has both AGP and PCI-Express slots on it ... so when you want to upgrade your computer ... you can just buy a new PCI-Express graphics card ... but for now you can save some money if you use your 6600GT. Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813157081 AMD Operton 165 (If you want to overclock alot): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103588 AMD X2 3800+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103562 Also ... if you would be willing to buy an Intel mobo and get this processor ... I hear that you can get it over 4 GHz on it with good cooling (like Zalman CNPS9500) On Tom's Hardware ... they got it to 4.1 GHz: Pentium D 805: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819116001 Zalman Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835118223
Nah, if ur goin with intel, wait it out if you can..if not then he is totally right, although I'd never choose that..OC'd or not
instal drivers... the end. your CPU isn't that great but you shouldn't be having too many issues, i mean I've heard HL2 plays acceptably on a 2.4GHz northwood so... also check your ram 256mb doesn't cut it.
