BFG GTX 260 and some old school stuff

Hi Everyone -

Newbie to the site looking for replies. I have an older but well taken care of Nforce 4 SLi system that I put together. I currently run the following.....

Apevia 680Watt SLi Certified PSU
Abit KN8 Nforce 4 SLi Motherboard
AMD 64 Socket 939 4000+ 2.4 Ghz CPU
3GB PC3200 DDR2 Memory (Matched Pairs)
250GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 3.0GB/s 32MB Cache
2-eVga 7800GT in SLi.

I just purchased a BFG OC Maxcore Nvidia GTX260. This freaking card is massive!!! I know I need to upgrade my Motherboard, Ram, and CPU and that's on my list in the coming weeks. In the mean time I am going to install the 260 this weekend to just have some fun with. I would believe this card should do wonders over my 2-7800's.....Any input would be greatly appreciated. I know it's a little bit of old school and new school but ....thanks for any replies.

I'd suggest revamping your whole computer. Either phenom II or Core i7 based depending on the budget. I'd replace your PSU as well... Apevia isn't exactly known for its quality and GTX 260's can put quite a strain on a PSU.

But as for your 260 vs 7800gt's... Well they aren't even in the same league. You're current rig is going to hold the 260 back quite a bit, but it will still be a huge power gain for you.

My plans were the following......

Asus M3N72-D Nforce 750a SLi Mainboard
4GB Mushkin PC28500 1066 Ram
AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3 Quad-Core

This is in the budget in the coming weeks.....If you know of a better plan for under $300 I am all ears....I shop mostly at the egg. Thanks for your reply.

avoid the 9600 Agena, either go with a higher clocked dual core or invest a little more in the newer phenom II. The Agena core does not clock well, especially compared to the newer stuff, and at stock speeds most of AMD's dual cores will be faster unless you are using applications that take full use of the four cores.

My advise, get the 7850 Kuma based X2, or see if you can come up with a bit more cash to drop on some of the higher end chips.

Because if you can really take advantage of a quad core, you will want something higher end, if you cant you may as well get a fast dual core.

Hi Stang -

Thanks for the advise to stay away from this chip. I will let you know what I attempt to get instead.

There is a 2.7Ghz Kuma and now a 2.8Ghz Kuma for $10.00 more. Both are well under $70.00 so guess the 2.8 will do a good job.

Ya, either or. Just depends on what you want to spend.