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| Thread ID: 48683 | 2004-08-30 01:16:00 | Vid card upgrade opinions... | J ZEP (336) | Press F1 |
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| 266794 | 2004-08-30 03:05:00 | OR Should i just stick with the: Powercolor Radeon 256MB Video Card 9600 Pro 256MB DDR, 400/400 MHz, 8x AGP, DirectX 9 compatible, VGA, TV-out (S-Video connector), DVI Connector @ $238. Is it better value for money for the system i have? |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 266795 | 2004-08-30 03:36:00 | Dont touch the FX5700 it a waste of money, have a look at this: www.pctronix.co.nz Damm good value for money in my opinion, its probably around 50-80% faster than a FX5700 or Radeon 9600. Its got a R360 so with a lil bit skillz you could turn it into a 9800XT and completely clean house againist a 9600/5700. |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 266796 | 2004-08-30 03:57:00 | 128bit memory? I think not. | KingWave (5517) | ||
| 266797 | 2004-08-30 03:59:00 | Arh i should have read that, opps ok not so good value. Hmm best value for money then would probably be a proper 9800PRO. They normally retail for around $400+. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 266798 | 2004-08-30 04:13:00 | > Arh i should have read that, opps ok not so good value. Hmm best value for money then would probably be a proper 9800PRO. They normally retail for around $400+. I would tend to agree. However with that 4x AGP motherboard, CPU and PC2100 RAM, everything else will be the bottleneck and will make that 9800 Pro a bad investment. I'd be inclined to get a lower-end card like the 9600 Pro/XT just to make it play Doom 3 alright, or actually save a bit more and do a MB, CPU, RAM & Graphics upgrade later on. ~ |
KingWave (5517) | ||
| 266799 | 2004-08-30 04:15:00 | J ZEP wow $2500. Unless there was a new screen included you certainly weren't holding back. You will find that upgrading your existing box won't be as cheap as you think if you really want to notice any improvement. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 266800 | 2004-08-30 08:05:00 | > I would tend to agree . However with that 4x AGP > motherboard, CPU and PC2100 RAM, everything else will > be the bottleneck and will make that 9800 Pro a bad > investment . > > I'd be inclined to get a lower-end card like the 9600 > Pro/XT just to make it play Doom 3 alright, or > actually save a bit more and do a MB, CPU, RAM & > Graphics upgrade later on . ~ Kingwave, cheers - thats basically what i wanted to know; if a better card is just going to be wasted on a system with these kind of specs ;-) . Which was initially what attracted me to the 9600pro as it seemed a reasonable deal for what i wanted ;-), as I couldn't see anything more expensive being worthwhile etc . . . for what it could do in combo with the other specs - especially now after the feedback you have all given too ;-) . Thanks heaps :-), looks like the Radeon 9600pro its going to be :-) . > > > J ZEP wow $2500 . Unless there was a new screen included you certainly weren't holding back . You will find that upgrading your existing box won't be as cheap as you think if you really want to notice any improvement . Paul, no that wasn't including a new monitor, the 19 inch we have will suffice for now ;-) . It was a very nice machine though and i still want to go that way when i do upgrade (custom build), doesn't seem worth it otherwise ;-) . Can't find the specs i was looking at off hand, but it was like a 3 . 2 gig with HT, 1024 ddr ram, 120gig hdd, the graphics cards i was looking at were rather expensive but think i had settled for the Gainward FX-5700 256MB area, based on either Intel P4 865 or P4 875, dvd writer as well . > > > You will find that upgrading your existing box won't be as cheap as you think if you really want to notice any improvement . Yeah thats why i decided then that i would rather just build a new system than try upgrading this, for what i would be replacing e . g everything :D, would just be a waste of money . . . this will make an o . k second system when i do it though :-) As an after thought - would i be better off using the extra dollars to maybe buy a stick of 512mb DDR ram to replace the sdram in it now? Would that help at all i wonder? Thanks for all the help and advice, most appreciated :-) |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 266801 | 2004-08-30 08:35:00 | I'd go for the 9600xt over the 9600 pro | the highlander (245) | ||
| 266802 | 2004-08-31 04:35:00 | Well i got it today, tried to get the 9600xt, however was told that it is not really available much anymore at the places i tried, so in the end went with the 9600pro, as i wanted to buy locally so i could just get it and get it in . I am just about to put it in now ;-) . Does anybody have any tips on how i go about putting it in e . g should i remove the old ones driver through add/remove first? then take it out physically and install the new one physically, then install the new drivers?? Or can i just remove the drivers from the old one once i put the new card in? I am guessing it would be cleaner to uninstall the old drivers first before i put the new card in maybe? As i read a thread recently where Metla commented that the old Nvidia drivers can be hard to get rid of i think? |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 266803 | 2004-08-31 04:38:00 | Yep definitely get rid of the old drivers first, then install the card followed by the new drivers. :-) |
Sb0h (3744) | ||
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