which upgrade

[BMF]

hello u all, i have a amd xp 2000, in a qdi kt 333 mobo. with a radeon 9700np. I´ve upgraded my psu to a q-tec 550w, which works fine.... i´m thinkin as suggested here before tha crash, of upgrading my mobo to asus a7n deluxe, because it has agp 8x and all that..... what do u guys think?? is it still a good model, will it work ok with my xp 2000?, which i will upgrade later....
any opinion on which mobo/processor and memory( currently 266mhz) would be deeply appreciated....
I´m a gamer, not a fanatic, but a gamer
thks

[acidrainy]

You shouldn't need an upgrade but if you were going for one I could only recomend the Abit NF7-S v2.0

This is one sweet board and it does what you ask it

[Dr. X]

I'd save the money and buy something stomping when the hammers etc. come out. Anything you can buy now isn't that much of a step above your existing rig.

[SilentDeath]

try tweaking the extra performance out of ur gfx card, if its a sapphire or other unlocked one its easy. using omega based 3.6 cats are best, imo and ome with some useful clocking apps.
my sapphire 9700np is running at 360core, 313.50/627 on mem compleatly stable

[St3v3]

There isn't really a big difference in performance of 4x and 8x agp to warrant the purchase of a new mobo.

I'd say stick with what you got and wait till something new comes out (Athlon 64 )

[SilentDeath]

it might be worth the extra money to sell ur 2000+ and get a 1700+, probly second hand as over-clock.co.uk and cpucity are out of the good ones, htis is what i did, from 1728mhz to 2205 but its not noticale outside games, atall, exept for some things.

[BMF]

thank u all for your answers, u are right, maybe i´ll save the money for later when new processors arrive....
i don´t overclock so i was thinking of buying a xp 3000 later....
maybe i´ll try ocing the gfx like silent death suggested...
anyway thks for you help, i´ll think about it