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| 474756 | 2006-07-31 06:46:00 | What is the graphic card you have at the moment,that is what makes the biggest improvment with games and would be what I would upgrade first instead of the cpu when doing a upgrade. I got a Geforce FX5200 128MB graphics card. If i was to spend around $100- $150, what would be a good graphics card to buy.?? |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 474757 | 2006-07-31 08:37:00 | The fx 5200 is a dog. You would be better to spend $200 - $250 and buy a 6600gt then upgrade your cpu (especially as you can prob gain that 400mhz difference with a simple overclock) . My advice is spend your money on a graphics card | straitjacket (9698) | ||
| 474758 | 2006-07-31 09:15:00 | My votes for a graphic card also, @ least a 6xxxx series geforce card/ati x800 series. 2.6 ghz cpu, that sounds like the socket 478 northwood core!, u can clock that baby up to 3ghz easy!.....LOL. Do you have any temp monitoring software. Look for some on the web, read the manual of your motherboard and get clocking. The northwood core have been able to get to 3.6ghz with aftermarket cooling. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 474759 | 2006-07-31 10:15:00 | By 200 dollars or so you can buy a 6600GT or 7600GS or X1600PRO with 128 or 256MB memory. Any of them should be able to give you over twice FPS as your 5200 does (5200 is DX9 compatible but you cannot really use it to play DX9 games). By the way, if you buy, make sure you buy the AGP edition if your mboard doesnt support PCI-E. |
developer (4447) | ||
| 474760 | 2006-08-01 09:25:00 | Upgrade that graphics card,but save up some more money first to get a really good graphic card and make sure it is agp if you have a agp motherboard or pcie if you have a pcie motherboard. Check out www.pricespy.co.nz for computer component prices. :D |
memphis (2869) | ||
| 474761 | 2006-08-01 22:32:00 | I wouldn't upgrade anything... at least not right now. Intel and AMD have new CPU's out and nVidia and ATi have new GPU's. If I were you I'd wait a few months (well at least 2 or 3) before upgrading anything. Cheers chiefnz |
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