Upcoming system upgrade...revisited :) ...

[Guest Dominik Mann]

Well, folks, I've been going over my item list once again, and here's how it looks at this time:* Athlon XP 2400 (plus adequate cooler, of course)* ASUS A7N8X nForce 2 main board - standard issue with one LAN adapter * 512 megs of PC-333 DDRAM * new power supply with at least 350 wattsI've got one more question, though. Reading through some reviews back from when the nForce boards were just hitting the shelves, it would seem as if it might be better to use two memory bars in dual-channel mode instead of a single large 512 MB bar. Can anybody confirm that?On another note, please bear in mind that cost is an issue for me, which is why I'd rather go for the standard A7N8X with one LAN controller, as well as for PC-333 memory. For the same reason I would also keep my GF3 Ti 200 until July or so, and then look for a nice GF4 or Radeon 9700.I've not yet decided on which video card I might take, so I'd also like to ask this...which GF4 and Radeon would give me the best bang for the buck respectively? Regardless of whether I were to choose a GF4 or a Radeon, I would prefer to get one with 128 MB, but I'm afraid I'm not really up to speed on the pros and cons of those vid card currently available.Cheers,

[Guest ccgr]

there are 2 memory channels on the NForce2 boards so the 2 dimms would increase performance. The best bang for the buck video card is the Ti4200. The 64MB model has faster memory than the 128MB model.