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 Posted: Sun, 19th Jun 2005 15:03 Post subject: Is it sensible to upgrade my Radeon9800 Pro? |
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Most of the games run fine, but high settings tend to give me to low of a framerate to be playable. And most of the time I can forget about AA.
My system:
P4 2.8Mhz
Radeon 9800Pro
2GB DDR Ram
Which graphic card would give me the biggest bang for the buck? Should I be upgrading my processor too?
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| Posted: Sun, 19th Jun 2005 16:31 Post subject: |
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Im thinking of getting a 6600gt
But i dont want to it to go out of date straight away, x850 is an option in like 3 months lol
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| Posted: Sun, 19th Jun 2005 17:05 Post subject: |
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6600gt now or x800 in 3 months time?
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Cheez-It
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Location: Rochester, NY
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| Posted: Sun, 19th Jun 2005 17:22 Post subject: |
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i'm running on a 9700... don't plan on upgrading until the next *major* update. none of this increased bandwidth or memory shit i want a new card not an updated 6800 or x800.
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jun 2005 15:04 Post subject: |
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decided im waiting a few months until i can afford a new PSU, card and maybes proccesor
May as well go the whole hog
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jun 2005 17:09 Post subject: |
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i wouldn't wait to update an AGP card, either now or never. If you wait for half a year and buy an AGP card you can also update the board cpu (to PCIe of course), otherwise the system including the new agp will be out of date quickly
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Ispep
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jun 2005 17:33 Post subject: |
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What is this PCIe? I'm totally out of the loop when it comes to new hardware developments it seems...
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Rofl_Mao
Posts: 3187
Location: Nederland
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jun 2005 18:59 Post subject: |
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PCI-E is just another slot type for the card, which allows for much faster data transfers to and from the video card. Not that you'd notice a speed difference between a PCI-E and AGP version of the same card, at least not for a while 
If you insist on updating right now, get a GF6600 GT or a Radeon X800 XL if you're a little more loaded. Both cards offer the best value currently possible.
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Jun 2005 19:28 Post subject: |
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Dont know if i could afford a whole new system tbh
Well, Mobo, proc and card anyways
how much would a 3gig Athlon, pcie mobo and PCIe good card cost me?
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Jun 2005 19:42 Post subject: |
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no point yet
wait for the next gen cards or what they are called.. Surely not long until they arive
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Jun 2005 20:23 Post subject: |
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will i wont be able to do it until like October anyways
how much am i looking at bearing in mind i dont want to spend over 250ish on a card
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