Tommorow if everything will go right i’ll have new hardware and i though it will be nice place to post some comparison of my actual hardware and new stuff and its relation to css gaming.

First i will write down my actual hardware config:

- CPU: Athlon 64 3500+ @ ~2560 (s939) with Scythe ninja rev.B
- RAM: Kingston 2048MB DDR1 in Dual mode with timings 7,3,2,2,1

- GPU: Ati Radeon x1950Pro (AGP) (@ 620 / 1600)
- MB: Abit uGuru

And new config:

- CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo e8200 (2.66) (i assume i’ll oveclock it at least to 3.7 Ghz - gl for me :) ) - Scythe ninja rev.B

- MB: Gigabyte EX38T-DQ6 (simpler) and ASUS p5e3 deluxe (more options for o/c) - which has possibility of glt and vtt changing manually.

- RAM: OCZ 2GB DDR3 (2×1GB) 1333MHz CL7 Platinium

- GPU: Palit GF 8600 GT 256 MB (PCI-E) -which unfortunatelly is a bit slower than my actual card but it was a gift so i didnt have to buy new one. Some time later i will try with 2 of those on SLI :)

Anyway there should be some performance boost aspecially with new 45nm core 2 duo o/c’ed inside :)
Now i almost finished tests on my old stuff, i’ll post it here tommorow, and later i’ll post tests of new configuration. my main purpose is to see the difference in gameplay, and ability to improve skill with a little help of new technology :))

All tests will be under Vista 32bit with SP1 integrated.