Is it just me..

...or is DDR2 800mhz and any processor at or above an athlon x2 6000+ still awesome for every game out there? I'm still running on 4GB of this RAM in one of my rigs and it's still blowing through everything. Why pay so much more for DDR3? I feel jipped for buying a quad-core. Twice :(.

Yeah I've really found no reason to upgrade in the past few years, and I never really upgrade. Just save a bit more and build a new rig :P

Yeah, pretty much. I had an X2 6400+ before I got my X4 965 and let's just say that games still ran pretty good but it was still a bottleneck to my HD4890 so I upgraded.

I just bougth new stuff for a new rig but haven't put it together yet. Can't play some of the new games on my old rig so it's adios! I did buy a mobo that handles DDR3 and 4g ram DDR3 1333mhz dual channel. My gpu is an nvidia 9800gt and a AMD dual core 3.1. I was sure that everything was compatible, now you guys got me wondering. I usually don't upgrade either, just wait till tax return for new one. These parts look compatible to you?

I just bougth new stuff for a new rig but haven't put it together yet. Can't play some of the new games on my old rig so it's adios! I did buy a mobo that handles DDR3 and 4g ram DDR3 1333mhz dual channel. My gpu is an nvidia 9800gt and a AMD dual core 3.1. I was sure that everything was compatible, now you guys got me wondering. I usually don't upgrade either, just wait till tax return for new one. These parts look compatible to you?

MrHogknuckles

My computer (signature) is still amazing. I can play all games in existence except for maybe Crysis and Crysis Warhead on highest settings. I play Dragon Age, Bioshock 2, Just Cause 2, Mass Effect 2 and many other new games on the highest settings possible, though I must decrease anti-aliasing and sometimes shadows. But I run Just Cause 2 on the highest settings possible without any lag, amazing! Don't think I'll upgrade in a couple of years :D My graphics card is amazing I must say, ATI FOREVER!

The $80 I spent on 4 gig's of G.Skill DDR3 1600 was so expensive. :roll:

The $80 I spent on 4 gig's of G.Skill DDR3 1600 was so expensive. :roll:

fivex84

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The $80 I spent on 4 gig's of G.Skill DDR3 1600 was so expensive. :roll:

JigglyWiggly_

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The $80 I spent on 4 gig's of G.Skill DDR3 1600 was so expensive. :roll:

fm_coyote

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The $80 I spent on 4 gig's of G.Skill DDR3 1600 was so expensive. :roll:

fm_coyote

80$ is extremely cheap, I remember paying 300+$ for 2GB 4 or 5 years ago. fm_coyote

I got my mobo, ram and cpu for cheaper than that. :lol: