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| Author: | Pix [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Looking for some new stuff for my PC |
Currently I got this as my main PC specs: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1.92GHZ 1GB RAM Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb I havent been up to date in a long time with PC Hardware as I use to be. Can anyone guide me an a direction towards a new Video card and processor? I am not sure if I want to get another ATI card, as I used to have an nVidia and it worked very well. Also I think I might have to get a new mobo since I'm not sure which processors are compatible with mine. Any suggestions? |
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| Author: | Matti [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:59 am ] |
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What motherboard do you have right now? What kind of RAM is it? |
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| Author: | Mikey [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:17 am ] |
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get a pci express card. Freaken amazing specs |
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| Author: | Pantherxx [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for some new stuff for my PC |
Pix wrote: Currently I got this as my main PC specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1.92GHZ ROFL thats what I had before I upgraded to 64 AMD Athlon 3500+ 2.28GHZ |
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| Author: | Salvatore [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:26 am ] |
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i prefer the Nvidia cards, and i prefer the AGP slot over the PCI slot for a graphics card. If i were you i would just goto a website like tigerdirect and pick out all the components you want, Usually the mobos will have a description with them that tell you what CPU they are compatible with. |
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| Author: | Arim [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:16 am ] |
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lucky you ive got a AMD athlon xp (i think) only 1 ghz XD <3 |
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| Author: | Pantherxx [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:15 pm ] |
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Arim wrote: lucky you ive got a AMD athlon xp (i think) only 1 ghz XD <3
that athlon xp is one that I had and runs 2.0 ghz oh its AMD Athlon XP 2500+ |
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| Author: | Pix [ Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:17 am ] |
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Ok so I was looking around at a new Mobo+CPU combo and I came across this, which I will probably get. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... No=1490934 The only thing is, this is an SLI Mobo which uses PCI-Express slots, and my current video card uses AGP. So I either get just the processor and a different mobo that supports AGP, or get a new video card =/ |
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| Author: | Tooyooo [ Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:41 am ] |
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I suggest that you just get a diff. mobo that supports AGP..... The Radeon 9800 Pro with 256 MB is pretty decent card.... and I can't see anything in the future really that will tax that card (with a good CPU). Of course unless you water your money tree regularly then go ahead... get one of the newer cards. 
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| Author: | Matti [ Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:25 am ] |
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Pix wrote: Ok so I was looking around at a new Mobo+CPU combo and I came across this, which I will probably get.
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... No=1490934 The only thing is, this is an SLI Mobo which uses PCI-Express slots, and my current video card uses AGP. So I either get just the processor and a different mobo that supports AGP, or get a new video card =/ That's almost exactly what I have. Mine is the AGP version but same spec other than that. I'm not a big fan of PCIe yet simply because the drivers still suck and the card aren't really worth the money. A 939 64 is definately the way to go though. They are fast and really good about staying cool without a big nasty HSF on it. As for GPUs, I use a 6800 GT and freaking LOVE it. I used to be a hardcore ATI guy until I got one of these. lol |
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