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| 546312 | 2007-05-02 21:47:00 | I would keep the existing system and just increase the amount of RAM and upgrade the video card if you are only using it for Linux. :) Keep the left over money and put it towards saving for a complete system upgrade in a year or two. Jen please tell me How does anyone manage to keep left over money for a year or two. I can keep it for about five minutes. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 546313 | 2007-05-02 21:58:00 | I wouldn't think the graphics card needs upgrading at all? If you are not playing any games, I would have though a Ti4200 would be fine. Hey, without games, I would happily run on a Geforce 2. But yeah, if you are getting a pci-e motherboard, then yes, upgrade :p Graphics card, I suggest 7300GS 256mb. They are about $110. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 546314 | 2007-05-02 22:09:00 | So because I don't game I can't upgrade?? Of course you can. Its just completely pointless. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 546315 | 2007-05-02 22:35:00 | Well good on you. Bet your display settings are near minimum. And no addons. Very few serious players use fsx. fs9 with about 10 gigs of addons is the way to go. My copy of fsx is sitting on the shelf gathering dust. BTW. Have you had a look at Milford Sound in fsx? actually I am running 1600x1200 MAX and ultra settings, and it is fine. Sure I don't have any addons, but meh I only got the game the other day :rolleyes: |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 546316 | 2007-05-02 23:24:00 | I upgraded from a P4 2.8e to an X2 4200+ about a year ago and I'm very happy with it, for cpu intensive tasks like video encoding it's close to twice as fast - autogk for eg encodes a movie from DVD - xVid in around an hour as opposed to more than 2 on the P4. Faster RAM and more of it helps a little also. Not everything utilises dual core though, as Jack seems to be getting at some applications benefit more from a single core with a higher clock speed than from dual core. Multitasking is what these things do best though, and for that they're awesome. You could also go the Intel path - forgetting about clock speeds and just comparing cpus at about the same price level the core 2 duos and AMD X2 CPU's are fairly close in performance with the Intels running cooler and using less power. At the same clock speed intel currently walks all over AMD, but costs quite a bit more as well. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 546317 | 2007-05-03 04:24:00 | Why not just use integrated video? :horrified The 6150 thats integrated into the nForce 430 or the X1300 on the 690G would be more than sufficient for your needs, match it up with a 4200+ or 4600+, 2Gb ram and a nice new harddrive. I imagine you could probably do it for around the $600 mark. The Enermex PSU you've already got would easily power that system. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 546318 | 2007-05-03 06:55:00 | I wouldn't think the graphics card needs upgrading at all? If you are not playing any games, I would have though a Ti4200 would be fine. I have a Ti4200 (64 MB) as well and I am looking at upgrading it so that I can have some of the more fancy grunt-requiring 3D Linux desktops even though I do not play games much these days. Also, nVidia no longer support that GPU in the unified driver and drivers are only provided through the special legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases. My system is pATA and AGP based but it still has plenty of life in it. By upgrading my graphic card (probably to a 256MB GeForce 6600GT or 7600GS) plus stuffing another 1 gig of RAM into it (though not really needed ...) I can get what I need out of it for a bit longer. It is still too good to retire at this stage and I would get hardly anything if I tried to sell it. | Jen (38) | ||
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