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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Breakdaddy" data-source="post: 1453736" data-attributes="member: 6608">As a long time computer technician, I based my opinions on real-world experience. I could show you lots and lots of benchmarks that say all kinds of things (like p4's smoke athlons) but when it comes down to enjoying a nice bout of ut2k4 you will see little difference. While I agree with the 4x/8x agp statement from psionicist, I never meant it as a 4x to 8x conversion, merely a generalization that an 8x board will tend to be newer tech and support a more robust hardware config (without getting too technical!). I will disagree with your statement about ram a bit, however. While you are correct in your statement that pc2100/2700/3200 ddr is superior to 100mhz sdr, the amount of ANY type of ram will make a difference ON THAT CONFIGURATION. That is not to say you wouldnt be well-served by investing in some nice dual channel pc3200 400fsb, however, as you will see a very marked improvement over even pc2100 ddr, much less 100mhz sdr. While I dont disagree with your generalization that processor speed is important, it isnt nearly as important as your video card. I have taken baseline p4 configs that played say, serious sam 2, at 30 fps and added nothing more than a video card upgrade (in this instance from a geforce 3 to a radeon 9600xt) and seen a 120% framerate increase! Now if all I had changed was the processor (in this case a 2.4 ghz p4 533) to a nicer proc (say a 3.06 533, the board doesnt support 800mhz fsb), my performance increase would have been far more modest. But as always, any major purchases should be thoroughly researched by the prospective buyer.</blockquote>

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