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| Thread ID: 67487 | 2006-03-29 10:04:00 | Problems After Fix | tojira (10089) | Press F1 |
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| 441739 | 2006-03-30 03:22:00 | 1) - I cant believe the Tech sold you a PCIe Mobo when you have an AGP already. 2) - I cant believe he didnt install the system drivers for the Mobo when he changed it all over. I wouldnt be taking jake **** back to him.....What an amateur! My thoughts exactly :). I wasn't very impressed. It's surprising considering we were recommended to him :S. And to make it worse he took over 2 weeks to get the job done... Definitely won't be going back! I think I'll just take it upon myself to fix things in future (unless of course it's far beyond me), after all I've got to learn sometime. I still think I'll go with a format. We haven't done so since we bought the computer, and it's getting rather messy anyway :D. Oh, and the 6800GS is better than the 6600GT Is it worth the extra price though? A quick look at PriceSpy shows the 6600GT 128Mb PCI-e at around $210 - $220 and the 6800GS at around $340 - $350. |
tojira (10089) | ||
| 441740 | 2006-03-30 04:19:00 | Is the card upgrade worth it?.....Well, you only have on-board at present so anything is better than what you have & the AGP GT is no good to you. I think there is a guy called Greg on here looking for 1 of those cards to buy? What do you use the pc for?, very good spec's. Probably do some gaming then. Rule of thums for gamers is get the best you can afford, but 1st consider the monitor you are using or will be using before next upgrade cycle. Most 17/19'" LCD have 1280x1024 native/max resolution, therefore you will not need the fastest, just fast enough for your monitor. Ask any gamer if the more expensive card was worth it and I can almost guarantee the answer. If you will only be gaming at 1024x768 6600GT will be fine as you know already having had it, but for 1280x1024 I will say the 6800GS would be better and leave you some headroom for this years games. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 441741 | 2006-03-30 07:46:00 | Ok, thanks for that, gives me a bit more to consider. I only really play at 1024x768 if I'm also using at least 4xAA, or (as was sometimes the case with my 6600GT and previous specs) if the game just wouldn't run at anything higher. So I try to run at 1280 as often as I can, I guess in that case I'd be looking more at the 6800GS. And I suppose it's best I upgrade a bit while I have an opportunity like this. As for the guy who you said was looking for a card, I've actually already pretty much sold it to a friend of mine (who I will be lanning with soon, just so long as I can get a card by then) sorry. Well thanks for the help everyone, I'm feeling alot better about the whole situation now :D! |
tojira (10089) | ||
| 441742 | 2006-03-31 18:14:00 | I vote for the 6800gs 256mb,256bit :thumbs: or better if you can afford it. |
memphis (2869) | ||
| 441743 | 2006-03-31 18:20:00 | It shouldn't have been. But neither that or the old motherboard are being used anymore. The ram sticks we are using now are all new. I've found a chart in the manual but err, don't really undertand it, and I'm not sure if it's the one you're looking for. www.imagef1.net.nz Looking at that chart, you have PC400 RAM, 512(which would be single side) Quick glance, you can have one in DIMM1 through DIMM4 - but you have to make sure the BIOS is set for 2T I'll try to find where the setting is in your BIOS As for Computer games and Video cards...I currently Play Dark Age of Camelot...I have yet to see a game that has a higher minimun spec than that one...WoW has a lower spec...I am using an ATI Radeon 9250 with 256M RAM that I picked up brand new for $95 down the street...I love this Vcard... |
TiJay (6055) | ||
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