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Gamers, Upgrade your Systems

Posted by michael on from the saving-money-for-beer dept.

jbischof writes "Looking to upgrade your aging PC? Ace's Hardware has a new upgrade guide tailored specifically to gamers. The data shows exactly which upgrades - processor, motherboard, gfx card, or combination of the three - will give the best performance boost on all the latest and most popular games (according to their recent poll)."

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  1. Re:Games? by TheJesusCandle · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I've found that the hardest decision in building a box is always the motherboard. I basically know what to expect from the graphics card manufacturers and from Intel and AMD.

    I'm actually quite happy with my current ASUS motherboard, which I've had for almost 2 years now. I am sort of worried about all the reports of capacitors exploding and whatnot, but I don't seem to have any of the "warning" signs on mine.

    Either way, my system is starting to show a bit of age, and I'm thinking about building a new one come this spring. I'm expecting a fairly hefty income tax refund, so I figure it might be time to plunk down some cash I've saved up for a new box.

    I know pretty much what I want. I'll probably go with the latest and greatest offerings from nVidia or ATI, and stick with a faster AMD processor.

    But I'm not sure about the motherboard. I enjoy gaming, so I'm thinking about going for something with the nForce chipset.

    This report seems to suggest that the nForce 2 chipset will benefit your FPS. So perhaps I'll look into those. Then there is the matter of trying to avoid motherboards with the exploding capacitors...