I have an x1950xt 512mb. I have an aftermarket Thermaltake cooler on it, so it can oc if need be.I think I can skip Dx10 1st gen as far as Crysis, and GeoW are concerned right. I have an x2 4800, and 2gb ddr2 6400 ram. Can I run these two maxed @ 1280x1024, and on high 1600x1200?

Do you know how much a X2 3600+ is?!? Get a aftermarket nice one with it and OC it to 3ghz and its pretty much as good as a E6600 / 6000+LouieV13

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Dunno about those processors getting price cuts but right now the E4300 is the best budget overclocker.
With a decent motherboard and ram, hitting 3ghz min is pretty easy, while 3.3-3.4ghz is about the max with stock cooling.
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