finally upgraded!!

[gun9]

going from a 5 year old penty 4 rig with a 9800 non pro

to this

Antec super Lanboy Aluminium Mini tower

ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

Crucial 1GB (2X512MB) DR PC3200

256MB nVidia XFX 7900GT

250 GB Samsung SpinPoint P120 , SATA II

Samsung SyncMaster 930BF - flat panel display - TFT - 19"

Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System

Saitek PC Gaming Mouse 1600dpi 7 Precision Buttons

Saitek (PZ08AU) Pro Gamers Keyboard - Backlit with separate Programmable numeric Pad Saitek (PZ08AU) Pro Gamers Keyboard - Backlit with separate Programmable numeric Pad.

some of it from here some of it isnt expected end of the week!!

cant wait to put this together,will post pics when its all done.

will i notice much difference in the performance?

[herulach]

will i notice much difference in the performance?

Nah, infact i wouldnt be surprised if your frame rate drops in a lot of stuff.

[Max Tractor]

Will fly, good job getting a good run out of your old kit

[Kaine (AoD)]

Nah, infact i wouldnt be surprised if your frame rate drops in a lot of stuff.

a constructive post? I know I dont do the most "helpful" posts at some point but this really is pretty pointless

The machine you got there mate will be amazing and the difference between this one and your older system will be MASSIVE imo. Very nice indeed

cant wait to put this together,will post pics when its all done.

Defo get some piccys up when its build and runnin

[Nox]

Nah, infact i wouldnt be surprised if your frame rate drops in a lot of stuff.

I think Heru forgot a smiley wink or two

That set up looks pretty damn good - i'm thinking about going over to dual core too - let us know how it goes!

Nox

[rainbow]

lol joker hearch, idd this will be like going from gameboy colour to psp well done

[herulach]

twas indeed a joke, however, id be interested to know why you went for a 7900 over the x1900? did you find a good deal? if so share teh wealth (or at least lack of wealth after its been bought)

[gun9]

i got the 7900gt over the x1900 because im going to do the volt mod on it.

they overclock really really well.

and the card is 160 cheaper !!

[herulach]

fair enough point, i could only remember the 1k budget thread, forgot about the other.

[rainbow]

how do you perform voltmods by the way??

[Dark Horse]

Best place for voltmod info is at techpowerup. Basically you lower the resistance on resistors for the graphics chip and ram to give them more voltage and hence a higher clockspeed.

The 7900gt is pretty good for voltmods but it could easily go wrong. Ati x1900 cards have software voltmodding which makes things a lot easier.

[e36Adz]

nice spec there mate

[Nox]

There are volt mods for the 7900GT too, but those extra 160 reasons are something the 7900 can't comepete with.

Nox

[taqies]

so gun9, do you plan to overclock it? I noticed you haven't mentioned the cooling you would use.