I understand what you mean but on a long enough time-line you could have
bought one piece @ a time until complete and then put it all together
(I've had an aluminum mid-tower case and PSU for months now sitting in
my closet). But from everything I've read the 7800GS is supposed to be
significantly faster than your old card. Enjoy!
Christopher Fisk wrote:
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Stan Zaske wrote:
My exact situation! To upgrade my aging 939 pin NF3 250, AGP 8X,
GeForce 6600GT box I purchased an NF4 Ultra Lanparty, Radeon X1900XT
256 MB to reuse my CPU and RAM. I broke my own budget however when I
came across a link to an FX55 Retail with free Seagate 250 gig
hardrive ($199.99 free shipping). I suggest you forget the AGP
upgrade, bite the bullet and buy a new mobo and video card. Good Luck!
I really don't have the option. I'm on a very strict budget (And my
system isn't that bad otherwise) so I've gone with the AGP card.
Considering that it's the best AGP available, I'm pretty sure it'll
keep it's resale value when I'm able to upgrade later, to offset the
costs.
Christopher Fisk
