At this point the system in question is 90% game machine. However its one of many computers at my desk I use to write statistical analyses software for ISO & SIGMA certification systems.
Also, it keeps my feet warm.
Well, any new video card I get will have at least a gigabyte of RAM, no point in a lesser upgrade. And I've total overkill on system memory as I said, 16GB with never more then two being utilized by games (and yes I'm running XP64 so the memory can be addressed).
Were I to upgrade the CPUs...
Memory performance issues aside since comparing interleaved workstation setups to gaming rigs can be a pain, truth be told nothing I play seems to make use of more then 2GB of memory.
I'd not say that the FPS isn't good, it just slows down a bit with everything turned on. For example, the new shadows in the World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King causes me to drop to around 30 fps when I'm high above the terrain with maximum graphics settings and visibility...
So I'm looking at getting a bit more performance out of my system. Currently I'm running the following.
Dual AMD Opteron 200 series 3.0 Ghz
16 GB RAM
Ultra 320 SCSI RAID
nVidia 9800 GTX
Watching system performance while playing games I never see the CPUs come close to 100% utilization...
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