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which graphics card?
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I have an athlon xp 2000+ with 512mb ram running on an msi kt3 ultra mobo. At the moment it has a geforce ti4200 and I'd like to upgrade to a dx9 card. My budget is about £150 ($200 approx) and I'd appreciate any thoughts about which card would be the best bet. My mobo only supports 4x agp. Will that hold me back with a new card? thanks in advance Richard |
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"Richard Stanton" wrote in message
om... " My budget is about £150 ($200 approx) and I'd appreciate any thoughts about which card would be the best bet. " Sell your XP 2000+ and Ti4200 at www.ebay.co.uk . The following can then be done for around £150: 1. Buy a Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB. Check www.dealtime.co.uk and www.kelkoo.co.uk for prices. 2. This eBay seller claims that you can unlock the L2 cache from 256KB to 512KB on these 2400+ Thortons. Check with them, and if true, these are a good buy to maximize your motherboard's potential. http://snipurl.com/9txg |
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Richard Stanton wrote:
Hello all I have an athlon xp 2000+ with 512mb ram running on an msi kt3 ultra mobo. At the moment it has a geforce ti4200 and I'd like to upgrade to a dx9 card. My budget is about £150 ($200 approx) and I'd appreciate any thoughts about which card would be the best bet. My mobo only supports 4x agp. Will that hold me back with a new card? thanks in advance Richard 9800 Pro would be a perfect upgrade, your cpu will choke before it does, and I believe you can get one for around your price range these days. It does AA and AS very well, and will run at 4Xagp fine. I just sold a 9700 Pro on Ebay for 120 bucks, those were excellent cards as well and if you want to save some bucks, can probably find one on Ebay. It would be a good match on your system also. Good luck, -- Don Burnette |
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An ATI 9600 XT starts around $130.
The 9800SE also starts around $130, but SE usually means crippled version. "Richard Stanton" wrote in message om... Hello all I have an athlon xp 2000+ with 512mb ram running on an msi kt3 ultra mobo. At the moment it has a geforce ti4200 and I'd like to upgrade to a dx9 card. My budget is about £150 ($200 approx) and I'd appreciate any thoughts about which card would be the best bet. My mobo only supports 4x agp. Will that hold me back with a new card? thanks in advance Richard |
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I have the same setup at home .. except 1 gig ram. In
it, I have Gigabyte Radeon 9600XT 128. That card seems optimum for that CPU, and Far Cry, etc runs really well on all Medium settings except Environ on high .. for surf, birds, etc. PSU is 350 watts and no heat problems. I think if you go to the 9800 with the extra power requirements, you may need to get a case with a side fan like the Antec?? ( I forget, but they work. That side fan cools the video card and CPU directly, and the case temp stays down nicely. Advise getting 9600XT and another 512 ram .. for total $200. johns |
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"Richard Stanton" wrote in message om... Hello all I have an athlon xp 2000+ with 512mb ram running on an msi kt3 ultra mobo. At the moment it has a geforce ti4200 and I'd like to upgrade to a dx9 card. My budget is about £150 ($200 approx) and I'd appreciate any thoughts about which card would be the best bet. My mobo only supports 4x agp. Will that hold me back with a new card? thanks in advance Richard A 9700 Pro or 9700 Pro AIW can be had for a very decent price, and if you check the review sites, the 9800 Pro doesn't give you a ton of better performance. I'd bet that if you don't read benchmark numbers, you couldn't tell the difference when playing games. |
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At home I use a Pc which have 1 GB ram & Dual core processor.....
The built in graphics card is way to low in quality than I desired..... Which new graphics card should I buy....... |
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"Cuzman" wrote in message ... "Richard Stanton" wrote in message om... " My budget is about £150 ($200 approx) and I'd appreciate any thoughts about which card would be the best bet. " Sell your XP 2000+ and Ti4200 at www.ebay.co.uk . The following can then be done for around £150: 1. Buy a Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB. Check www.dealtime.co.uk and www.kelkoo.co.uk for prices. 2. This eBay seller claims that you can unlock the L2 cache from 256KB to 512KB on these 2400+ Thortons. Check with them, and if true, these are a good buy to maximize your motherboard's potential. http://snipurl.com/9txg Or just o/c your 2000+ to 2GHz. If you`ve got DDR333 ram this is a doddle. Just up the FSB to 166MHz and away you go (With a better HSF of course which is alot cheaper than a new cpu). |
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