Posts by Killingjoke73

Dont have the $$ to get a new system, just trying to make due with what I've got. already bought some arctic siver compound and compound remover for the switch out when my parts come in from newegg..Thanks for the info.

Not that the 8600 is a fantastic card, i have an 8600GT myself, When i was shopping, i compared the 8600 to no lower than a 7900 if that tells ya anything. As far as performance, check tomshardware.com he's got all the video card charts...

Thankx for the replies. I have a better desktop, just need this XPS to handle some general light gaming, (DAOC bot pc primarily) So it will do the trick for now. I have one more interesting follow up question... Could I take out that...

I have a Gen 1 xps with a 3.4 GHZ chip atm. My question is can that mobo support an upgrade to a faster chip, like a dual core E6600 or something like that. My other question is will it be able to handle the almost certain heat...