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 Posted: Sun, 27th Apr 2008 10:37 Post subject: New Video card, but which? |
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Heres my setup (dont laugh)
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/pc/t11.htm
Unfortunately its exactly like this apart from the fact ive now got 2 gigs of ram.
I cannot afford a new rig so i'm after upgrading my Vid card and need advice. To be honest I cannot really afford much more than £150.00 but as ive not upgraded for yonks i'm unsure as to what to go for and indeed what my now pretty old Motherboard will accept.
Any advice is appreciated . thanks
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| Posted: Sun, 27th Apr 2008 16:01 Post subject: |
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XFX 8800GT 512MB DDR3 640Mhz Core
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sun, 27th Apr 2008 16:39 Post subject: |
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Is it under £150.00, though?
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Cohen
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| Posted: Sun, 27th Apr 2008 17:05 Post subject: |
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Right first of all.. That processor is one hell of a bottleneck. The best advice I can give to you mate is this : Get a 30-40 quid motherboard which has a faster than 16x PCI slot and supports dual core. Then go for a 1.8-2 ish ghz core 2 duo which will cost around 50-70.. this should bring you up to about 120 ish if you play your cards right.. Then if i where you id wait a while. The chip upgrade will help that rig immensly, and when you can scrape together 100 quid just get an 8800 GTS or GT depending on the price of either. or If you absolutely must have one now, get an 8600 temporarily. It wont handle any top games on high but it will make them playable on medium settings.
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| Posted: Sun, 27th Apr 2008 17:50 Post subject: |
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ebuyer have a 512meg 8800gt for 110 delivered, or 120 with graw2
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| Posted: Sun, 27th Apr 2008 18:08 Post subject: |
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Yup Watergem's right. That CPU is gonne rape you. I had a P4 tied with an 8800GTX and it was a total disaster. Half the games ran like I was using a PCI GPU.
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| Posted: Sun, 27th Apr 2008 19:11 Post subject: |
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i doubt u can user pc3200 ram in any of the new motherboards, but ram is cheap as hell these days you can get 2gb for less than 40 quid
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Apr 2008 07:13 Post subject: |
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Ok ive searched for a decent MB (that will accept my current ram and vid card) but need some pointers I dont wanna get ripped off and would rather consider one some of you guys have and are happy with..
Sooo any pointers? places in the U.K only plz
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Apr 2008 15:39 Post subject: |
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I know you say UK only but do you have any shops that offer combo deals like we have here in teh states?
my girlfriend just bought this combo deal
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3738450&CatId=2621
so that with an 8800GT is quite dirt cheap for a system that'll run anything. You could get almost the same setup with a core 2 duo for a bit more. Any dual core really will be worth it. I'm still on an x2 4400 on the 939 socket and an 8800GT and there isn't anything it can't handle
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fwb73
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Reg, check out the RedRat computer fair at don valley stadium this weekend, i picked up my p5b premium edition m/b there about 6 months ago for £50 new (ebuyer price at the time £160) and a E2180 chip is £45 and o/cs to 3ghz easily. grab yourself 3 or 4 gb ram for £80 and 8800gt for £120.
about £300 total... hope this helps
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but advice appreciated. Ok can anyone recommend a good Motherboard and CPU, which will support a decent card as and when i have the cash.. oh and support my already existing ram and of coure my vid card..
