An upgrade dilemma

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#1 Manly-manly-man
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Alright, so about now I am thinking about upgrading my PC. I have 1GB of RAM, so that is OK for now, I am an AMD X2 3800+ OC to 2.7ghz, so that is OK for now, but I want to upgrade either my video card or my monitor. My video card is a 7900GT, so that is an OK video card, but I am thinking of buying an 8800GTS to max out all of my games now and run Crysis well. But the problem is my monitor is very bad. It only goes up to 1152x864, which not only is a weird resolution but a low one. So my question is, what should I upgrade? If I upgrade my monitor, I will go for something inexpensive. Would this monitor be a good choice?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824103171

 

If not, suggest a different monitor that is less then $150 but still does 1600x1200 at least.  

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#2 Samerzz
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add 1gb of ram or get the 8800.

 

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#3 dayaccus007
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The video card first and than 1 to 2gb of RAM
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#4 cell_dweller  Moderator
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Video Card really won't do much until you upgrade that monitor. I would go with monitor, then RAM, then video card.
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#5 Gog
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The monitor but I would get something better than a 100$ monitor. If you can spend 250-300$ on a video card, you should spend at least that much on a good monitor. The monitor lasts a good deal longer after all.
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#6 Empirefrtw
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I agree you should spend more moeny and get a big lcd  instead of skimping off and geting a crt.

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#7 cmdrmonkey
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Your PC isn't that bad. Get a new monitor, but not the ghetto one you picked out.

I would go with the Samsung 226BW. Awesome 22" with great specs for only $300.

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#8 Manly-manly-man
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Fine, how is this monitor?

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001095

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#10 Empirefrtw
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That looks pretty good for a 20" moniter.
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#11 Manly-manly-man
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I don't really need more then 20"
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#12 mastershake575
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Video Card really won't do much until you upgrade that monitor. I would go with monitor, then RAM, then video card.cell_dweller
agreed his card is great and should run crysis on max but the monitor is junk and ram he can always upgrade later its a real cheap upgrade
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#13 Manly-manly-man
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Good deal then. I will go with that monitor.
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#14 X360PS3AMD05
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Monitor then add more RAM.