[baker_jeff]

Didn't want to hijack the other thread, but it has me inspired.

Right now I have a 3ghz (2.99) Pentium 4 processor, my roomie (who I got it from) says it's a "lpg775" socket. Its an Asus motherboard, does not have PCI Express.

I want to upgrade to that. My vid card is a Radeon Pro 9600, 256meg, AGP 8x I think.

So, I want some recommendations for motherboards that I can upgrade to that have PCI express, and that I can use my processor, DDR2 ram, Sata HD, etc.

Looking to spend around $100 on the motherboard, and will probably just find a used vid card for cheap at first.

Thanks for any input, let me know if theres any other info you need to help me.

 

[baker_jeff]

Oh, and she plays "Farcry" at the very high settings just awesome. Damn thats a sweet game. I bought myself a decent speaker setup yesterday too, so I'm just excited about these nerdy upgrades, haha.

 

[coldtotouch]

Didn't want to hijack the other thread, but it has me inspired.

Right now I have a 3ghz (2.99) Pentium 4 processor, my roomie (who I got it from) says it's a "lpg775" socket. Its an Asus motherboard, does not have PCI Express.

I want to upgrade to that. My vid card is a Radeon Pro 9600, 256meg, AGP 8x I think.

So, I want some recommendations for motherboards that I can upgrade to that have PCI express, and that I can use my processor, DDR2 ram, Sata HD, etc.

Looking to spend around $100 on the motherboard, and will probably just find a used vid card for cheap at first.

Thanks for any input, let me know if theres any other info you need to help me.

Dude the only upgrade you need would be a video card upgrade... your comp is good... trust me right now is not the time to spend your $ on upgrades.

i have the same config as you, maybe a bit better mobo, an X800 pro and i play farcry full settings, except anti-aliasing at 4 not 6... still its not a noticable difference imho.

if you reallly wanna spend (waste) $ grab a nice 22" Widescreen (i got an acer, i'm sure there are other generics of the same TFT panel)... 1680x1050 is sweeeeeeeeet....

 

[baker_jeff]

I want to play Company of Heroes at higher graphic settings, right now I have to set everything to low to get good performance.