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| Thread ID: 92831 | 2008-08-24 14:45:00 | Computer upgrades - what's my next step? | jononz (14115) | Press F1 |
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| 700029 | 2008-08-25 03:02:00 | Well for one thing I didn't upgrade from 1 4870. And for another theres the eye candy as well as frame rate. And each time I have upgraded a card I have had better performance from new games, and Thats all I care about. So, you bought 2 @ once!?..... www.tweaktown.com I dont think there is any harm in your convincing yourself that the graphic are better or that you get better frame rates......as long as you arent trying to convince anyone else.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 700030 | 2008-08-25 03:32:00 | if you're getting it for a game, you could wait until it actually comes out. By then, the cards will have at least dropped in price a little. Yep, I will be doing just that. I'm just researching ahead so I can grab my upgrades right when I grab Fallout 3. :D I'd go for two 4850's. Best value for money, and pretty much unrivaled performance. Just make sure your PSU can support two cards first. I'd actually go for 4850's regardless of how much money I wanted to splash around. Two will set you back around $550 (haven't actually looked it up, just by memory) Meh...2 graphics cards.....tie hoe everyone, the 1st question that should be asked when someone is looking to upgrade graphics is what monitor they have?....LCD, what's the native resolution, as its pretty pointless going CF with a 17\19" LCD...... I'll definitely consider the 4850 - I didn't realize it was so incredibly cheap. I'm not entirely sure whether or not my motherboard will support it, though... I'll do some research later on, but unless my motherboard's specific 'SLI' support is really only there because it's an Nvidia board, and so supports Crossfire too, I can only consider using dual Nvidia graphic cards. (I assume it's Crossfire that's required, anyway - since it's dual radeon cards.) PS: I'm using 2 Samsung 22" monitors, so I may settle for the 4850s for the price alone. (Assuming it's compatible and all, of course.) |
jononz (14115) | ||
| 700031 | 2008-08-25 05:23:00 | Well generally changing the CPU involves upgrading the board, CPU and RAM in one go. Graphics cards are the single most important component for gaming however. And that one is way too lame. I would look at these only: H3870x2 HD4850 HD4870 HD4870x2 9800GTX 9800GX2 GTX 260 GTX 280 Personally, I think the GTX 280 might be just a little too expensive, I would go for a last generation card, such as the 9800GX2, since it is far cheaper, although it does not perform as well. But if you are thinking of Crysis:Warhead, then you might go for Tri SLI GTX 280 :punk :eek: :clap :waughh: I'd go for two 4850's. Best value for money, and pretty much unrivaled performance. Unrivalled performance?! Not for tri SLI 280s! :D |
SPARTAN 860 (2618) | ||
| 700032 | 2008-08-26 10:18:00 | 1. You have a Nvidia motherboard so if you want to have 2 graphic cards in it,it will have to be Nividia graphic cards which will be SLI. 2. If you have 2 or 3 graphic cards then make sure you have a very good psu for the extra power needed,and very good case cooling to get rid of all the heat from the graphic cards. 3. Seeing as you have two 22'' monitors then I would go for: The ATI have newer tech.,and are faster and have a better price performance ratio cards but on the Nvidia motherboard you can only have one of these. ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB graphics card. ATI Radeon HD4870 X2 PCI Express This card is 2 cards on one pcb (2 gpu's on 1 card).So it will work on a Nvidia motherboard and give you the same performance as if you had 2 cards in Crossfire on a ATI motherboard!!! These are Nvidia cards and you can have 2 of the the same cards on a Nvidia motherboard for SLI. Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 896MB Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1024MB 4. Check out www.pricespy.co.nz for price of computer stuff. 5. Personally I would wait for reviews of the game and to be able to play the demo of the game to find out what you need to get so you don't waste any money and so you can save up some more and prices will come down as well. | memphis (2869) | ||
| 700033 | 2008-08-28 23:38:00 | my problem is a similar one the jononz has.... my pc is - pentium 4 3.2 ghz 2gb ram nvidia 8500gt (256mb) video... i want to upgrade my pc to play crysis at a reasonble framerate with noce graphic....what do i need 2 do to upgrade my pc? |
chunder (14116) | ||
| 700034 | 2008-08-28 23:48:00 | I take it, the motherboard is PCIe...?..so 1st question, monitor size, if <22 (1680x1050), 9600GT\9800GTX or 4850, if 24", 4870 or GTX260 or GTX 280, if bigger then 4870x2 | SolMiester (139) | ||
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