Hardware compatibility question

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From: nkjg (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 06:57:38 -0800

Hi all,

I have no idea if this is the right section to post in
(it's probably not), but I know that there are a lot of
people here who have non-standard (i.e. not store bought)
computer setups.

Anyways, here's the deal. I have a system as follows:
P4 1.8 GHz
768 DDR PC2100 Ram (266 MHz)
40GB HD
48x/24x/48x CD-RW

My deal is this. The whole thing sits on the Dell
motherboard that came with it. The motherboardruns at
400MHz FSB, has built in audio and video (don't know
about audio, 64MB DDR Intel Extreme Graphics), 3 PCI
slots and NO AGP!!!

IMO (and I think others will agree with me), the
motherboard is crap. I'd like to upgrade my video card,
but I don't have an AGP slot which means that the video
output is going to be about the same as what I have. I've
actually tried putting in an ATI 9000 PCI card, and I
ended up getting a lower FPS in Morrowind (game with lots
of 3D rendering) than I did with my stock Intel card.

Ok, hopefully you're still reading at this point. My
question is this: Would it be possible for me to go out
and get a new motherboard which is capable of handling a
P4-HT i.e. 800MHz FSB (for future upgrade purposes), and
new video and audio cards and put everything together?
I'm not worried about loosing my data on my HD since I
would move anything that I wanted to keep onto my laptop
and clean install XP (a retail version).

Either post here or e-mail me at
nkjgDEL@ETEinterchange.ubc.ca.

Thanks in advance,

Nick

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