Help on finding the right Mobo/CPU

[SL1CKZ]

Hey I'm new to this site, I like how this is a helpful forum for all users. Just a quick question.

I do play games, anything that is simple to graphic/ram demanding.

Here is the problem, I just bought 2gb of DDR ram. And not so long ago, a Geforce 7600GT AGP slot video card. I love both, but I am looking for a new mobo/cpu since I had it for years. I was wondering if there was any ideas on gamer mobos with a nice high FBS(frontside bus speed) that allows me to use DDR and higher ram, with a AGP slot. Any ideas?

Another problem I'm having is after installing my high performance ram, whenever I am in a first shooter game such as Battlefield 2, CounterStrike Source, it video lags a little. Wondering if it has to do anything with my RAM or Video card. Thanks guys! Any help would be appreciated!

[Katreat]

Please list the parts to your current system. To be honest, just with what little you have posted, I doubt that an upgrade is the way to go. Any new system uses DDR2 ram and a PCI vid card so the only upgrade I would even maybe consider would be to keep your current MB and perhaps add a faster CPU. If you go for a MB change then it would be best to start over with new tech and have something for the future.

Kat

[SL1CKZ]

Hmm yea that sounds good. Yea mobo runs fine along with the CPU. btw my specs on my PC is

ASUS P4P800S-X
INTEL 3.0 PENT 4
2GB DDR 3200 GSKILLZ
GeForce 7600 GT (AGP)

[The Village Idiot]

That processor is not bad, i mean you can definitly get worse. I'm a bit confused as I didn't know they clocked the 478 chipset Pentium 4s to 3.0GHz. That looks more like an LG775 slot board. But whatever.

[blue60007]

That's Socket 478. Any ASUS P4xxx is Socket 478 I believe, and P5xxx is LGA775. And yes, there were 3GHZ 478's - up to 3.4GHz.

A faster CPU will require a new mobo and new RAM. That's as high as the 478's went and almost all LGA775 boards need DDR2 and PCI-E video cards.

At any rate, what settings are you running games at? That's still a decent system but I don't think you are going to run games maxed out at high resolutions.

[SL1CKZ]

I'm running games at mid-high, but i'd like to run it at high, had this computer for 3 years... I want to run my games at highest settings, but with my computer it cannot.

[Cricket]

I'm running games at mid-high, but i'd like to run it at high, had this computer for 3 years... I want to run my games at highest settings, but with my computer it cannot.Time for a new computer.

:) Cricket

[flanzig1]

Finding good ATX size 478 boards are pretty much a thing of the past and the transition boards for AGP and socket 775 are also pretty much gone from the market. That leaves a new build in the Intel 775 CPUs or AMD AM2 CPUs.