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| 441651 | 2006-03-29 06:26:00 | I was wondering if it's worth upgrading my graphics card to an ATi Radeon 9600 Pro for $163 inc.GST. This would give my PC the minimum specs for Oblivion. Or would I be better off saving for an Xbox 360? My specs are: Athlon 2400+ @ 2Ghz 1 GB RAM At the moment graphics card is Ati Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB. |
Neo_ (6874) | ||
| 441652 | 2006-03-29 06:45:00 | You will want more than minimum specs. If the rest of your computer is above minimum specs, get a 9800 or geforce 6600GT | Greven (91) | ||
| 441653 | 2006-03-29 07:08:00 | get a xbox, it will always run the latest games that are avalible on the xbox without ever having to upgrade it.keep the pc for everything else | plod (107) | ||
| 441654 | 2006-03-29 07:39:00 | The 9600 wont have enough grunt to display the game in all its glory, though will do a far better job then your current card.The game in question has very high required specs. And Plod, no console is a replacement for PC gaming. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 441655 | 2006-03-29 07:58:00 | I have oblivion for xbox 360 it rules, best game I have ever played, and consoles are cheaper than building a decent gaming pc :thumbs: | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 441656 | 2006-03-29 10:26:00 | yes, but to fully enjoy the Xbox 360 graphics you need a high definition TV. Computer screens have higher resolutions aswell, allowing crisper graphics...besides, how does anyone play anything other than platforms and racing games on a console controller :P :P hmm...lets not get to opinionated here...oh wait, to late :) Neo, an Athlon 2400+ and 1gb of ram are fairly good specs. The graphics card is what is letting your PC down. I am guessing you have an AGP board, if it has 8x agp then getting something like the ATI 9800 for $350 would make your PC far better. oh and if you wanted to upgrade your processor you could get an Athlon 2800+ (socket A, just like the 2400+) for $120-$140 on trade me here (www.trademe.co.nz) Note: That is CPU only no fan |
Faded_Mantis (79) | ||
| 441657 | 2006-03-29 10:35:00 | I thought Socket A only went up to 2400+. Is there a bios update for most the old socet A mobos to allow them to use higher speed processors? I don't think my socket A can even go up to 2400+ | Greven (91) | ||
| 441658 | 2006-03-29 10:47:00 | Socket A went up to 3200, But what cpu speed can be fitted is depentant on the capabilities of the specific motherboards.... | Metla (12) | ||
| 441659 | 2006-03-30 02:23:00 | And Plod, no console is a replacement for PC gaming.Some games work better on consoles, some work better on PCs, it all depends on what it was designed for really. "The book of the movie" is never as good as the movie was, and the same goes in the other direction the "movie of the book" is never as good as the book. PC ports to console are never as good on the console and visa versa. If you want the best of any game, play it on the platform it was designed for. (Which is hard for Halo.. is there an OSX version yet?) -Qyiet |
qyiet (6730) | ||
| 441660 | 2006-03-30 02:32:00 | Meh, you will need a much better card than the 2+ yr old 9800 pro or otherwise. For a start all the eye candy is SM3.0, That means an ATI 1xxx at least or a GF 6xxx. From what I have been reading on US boards, this game is crushing 7800 series cards @ 12x10. |
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