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2007-02-05, 10:08 AM #1

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Hi,
I'm considering upgrading my computer. I don't have loads of money.. really I just want to be able to play Oblivion and Battlefield 2 better.

My current specs:

AMD XP2800+ Barton
1gb PC3200 DDR
Radeon 9800 Pro

My budget is about £200-£250.

I'm considering upgrading to a Sapphire x1950 512mb AGP and adding another GB of RAM.

Will I see enough of a performance increase for this to be worthwhile or will my CPU cause a bottleneck?

Thanks.

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2007-02-05, 10:10 AM #2

The_Reafis

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Couldnt say about bottleneck or increases as I dont know your motherboard specs or hard disk. But Oblivion still isnt smooth for me with 4GB of ram...

2007-02-05, 10:14 AM #3

Detty

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Your graphics card is probably the main bottleneck.

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2007-02-05, 10:15 AM #4

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My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-7N400-L and my hard drives are just ATA133 IDE drives.. but I dont get the stuttering in oblivion that others talk about I just get a consistently low FPS (15-25 in most areas at 1024x768)

2007-02-05, 10:15 AM #5

Jep

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Your CPU will definatly cause a bottle-neck in Oblivion.

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2007-02-05, 10:17 AM #6

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That's what I thought, unfortunately I don't have the money to buy a motherboard, processor and graphics card.

2007-02-05, 10:21 AM #7

Rob

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Originally posted by The_Reafis:

Couldnt say about bottleneck or increases as I dont know your motherboard specs or hard disk. But Oblivion still isnt smooth for me with 4GB of ram...

Thats because Windows XP apparently will only use 2gb of ram.

I think Oblivion multi-threads. Either way it runs smoother than glass on my system.

2007-02-05, 10:30 AM #8

Freelancer

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Originally posted by TheJkWhoSaysNi:

WTF? I have an AMD XP 1800 with less memory than you and the same graphics card. Oblivion and BF2 both run really well.

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2007-02-05, 12:12 PM #9

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They run ok, but not great. I'd like them to run better and enable some of the more advanced graphics options.

2007-02-05, 12:41 PM #10

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You should save a little more and upgrade to an xbox 360.

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2007-02-05, 1:16 PM #11

The_Reafis

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I also have an AMD FX52 and radeon 1900 and 4GBs of ram doesnt help oblivion.

Ideally I'd chuck the old IDE HD and switch to an S-ATA for a considerable speed increase but thats past the scope of your funds.

2007-02-05, 1:28 PM #12

Jep

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Originally posted by Darth J:

You should save a little more and upgrade to an xbox 360.

Except Battlefield 2 : Modern Combat on Xbox 360 != Battlefield 2. At all.

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2007-02-05, 1:29 PM #13

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Originally posted by Darth J:

You should save a little more and upgrade to an xbox 360.

And also pay for the games again? No thanks.

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Ideally I'd chuck the old IDE HD and switch to an S-ATA for a considerable speed increase but thats past the scope of your funds.

That will make less difference than upgrading the graphics card and I don't have money to upgrade both.

2007-02-05, 1:57 PM #14

Cool Matty

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Originally posted by The_Reafis:

Ideally I'd chuck the old IDE HD and switch to an S-ATA for a considerable speed increase but thats past the scope of your funds.

Uh, what? You'd see hardly any increase from that.

2007-02-05, 3:39 PM #15

Dj Yoshi

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You need a complete overhaul before a 350-400 dollar upgrade on your video card.

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