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| Raven |
Posted on 28-10-2007 16:36
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Hey All I need a New G Card as my ATI Radeon (X1600/X1650) is giving me grief (when plays games like tf2 it freezes) I need some Help with reocommend G Cards  Im gonna try an Nvidia see if it stops the problem, need a decent card (around £100ish) good for gaming etc will last for 1-2 years of possible Cheers Gaara
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| nax23 |
Posted on 28-10-2007 16:51
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arr 100!? |
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| Tinger |
Posted on 28-10-2007 17:26
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Think you will want to be looking at a 8600GT or GTS ? if you have pci-e If you have got AGP then you can get 7800/7950 GT/GS But how your pc will play the new games is another matter |
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| Cold |
Posted on 28-10-2007 17:36
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do you want dx 9 or dx10? if dx9, you can pick an x1950pro up for £70, or an x1950xt up for ~£115. dx10, then what tinger said. |
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| Raven |
Posted on 28-10-2007 17:44
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Posts: 1528 Joined: 23.10.07 |
Yeah was looking at 8600GT on Novatech and im gonna go with that get into dx10 and stuff. Im also gonna try duel graphics card (SLI) but need to get a SLI complatible motherboard but that'll be nxt year probs Ty All for help! gonna get 8600GT
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| Cold |
Posted on 28-10-2007 17:55
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Posts: 774 Joined: 28.08.06 |
don't bother with Sli, it;s a waste of time. it gives you roughly power of 1.4 cards(frequently even less), not 2. you would do better to buy a really good card now IMO |
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| Clever Idiot |
Posted on 28-10-2007 18:01
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Freezes?? have a 850 and dont freeze , get alittle lag now and again. but 15/20 fps with upto 40/50 at times. which drivers are you using for the 1650? take its AGP? |
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| Raven |
Posted on 28-10-2007 18:20
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Posts: 1528 Joined: 23.10.07 |
PCI express slot Its hard to explain its like the g card interferes with my D drive and freezing in game, sometimes it just goes really jerky and stops but comes back again Sometimes it never unfreezes then restart the comp and says disc read error :uhoh: i have to unplug the lead from drive d and restart it to work then connect back Using the latest 1650 driver for it Everythings been changed except for the g card and still having the problem Im gonna upgrade my comp fully now with new motherboard ram etc (Just ordered the 8600GT lol) Edited by Raven on 28-10-2007 18:22 |
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| sick-lizard |
Posted on 28-10-2007 19:12
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sounds like its the hard drive at fault... have friends running quad cores with dual sli 860gts gettings 140fps with everything maxed in tf2.. sli & multi cores will work better once games & apps start to use em properly.. tf2 should be able to use em once they have sorted the engine(it works server side atm as can split threads between the cores) I'm holding off upgrading for a bit longer.. as i'm still getting decent fps out of my single 32bit agp setup.. my specs lol AMD Barton XP2500(1.82ghz @ 2.4ghz) on Abit NF7 Board 1 gig o DDR1 @ 220 fsb CAS 2.5(try that with DDR2 or 3 lol) 2 x Western Digital 250gb in raid 0 X1950Pro Core 600Mhz Mem 1600Mhz(w00t) Realtek Gigbit Lan Hyper Power 580 watt I have had driver issues with the graphics Card and cannot use any of the drivers after 7.6 or any prior to 6.6 as ATI aren't been nice to newer agp cards  Gaara what is your current mobo etc.. |
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| CenTinela |
Posted on 28-10-2007 19:27
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New 8800GT is out this week. Seems it will be around 215€ (149L xD) and its powerfull than 8800GTS we have atm. With OC it we be like an GTX lol!! Get some more money and but it if u have good cpu&mobo. |
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| nax23 |
Posted on 29-10-2007 07:42
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new 8600 will also come |
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| Raven |
Posted on 29-10-2007 15:20
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AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+ 2.21GHz, 2.00Gb of Ram Radeon X1600/1650 (it says lol) |
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| CenTinela |
Posted on 29-10-2007 15:41
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Posts: 378 Joined: 09.07.06 |
mmm... buy 8600 then. In my opinion that comp wont make 8800s run well. |
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| Raven |
Posted on 29-10-2007 15:47
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http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/sp...?MBB-M2422 This is the motherboard bundle that i was gonna go for not bad price for what it provides
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| nax23 |
Posted on 29-10-2007 16:02
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Posts: 380 Joined: 09.07.06 |
i think u have 939 sockel so buy a new cpu ...x2 4200 toledo(60-70Euro) is ok u can overclock it to an 5000+ easy with a good cpu fan and after that a 8600gt but imao with 100pounds u will never get a 8600 or are the prices so cheap in england??? edit: omg just read that the new 8800 gt will be a singleslot gcard and also supports dx10.1(yaya i know not even good dx10 games are out but nevermind)hmm maybe i will buy me one after xmas edit2: arrr just an idea but do i need a PCIe 2.0 motherboard to run it? or will it also work with 1.0??? Edited by nax23 on 29-10-2007 16:07 |
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| sick-lizard |
Posted on 29-10-2007 16:13
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Posts: 1672 Joined: 09.07.06 |
As much as I like AMD they suck at the moment when compared with Mintels offerings... Asus have been mixed quaility of late, a peeps getting DOA kit... there again I'm an abit fan my first abit mobo is over 8 years old & still running overclocked... If you really want AMD spooted this on scan's site AMD AM2 Athlon 64 6000+ Dual Core 3.0GHz, 2x 1MB Cache, Retail + Abit AN-M2, NF630a, S AM2, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 800, SATA II, SATA RAID, uATX On Board VGA - DVI/D-Sub £131.59 inc vat if your prepared to save up for a bit would look to the iX38 chipset from intel which is just becoming availible which is bit more future proof & has more features than you can shake a stick at... expensive at the moment as its a shiny new thing so should drop in price... |
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| nax23 |
Posted on 29-10-2007 16:58
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Posts: 380 Joined: 09.07.06 |
ya sick but i thought he have an amd 939 board and so he doesnt have to buy a new one and a 4200 is good to overclock and not really expensive my next cpu will be a intel again after 7 years cause they presented their second wave of quadcores and amd doesnt have even 1 quadcore at the market |
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| gori11a |
Posted on 29-10-2007 17:05
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@nax23 u don't need PCIe 2.0 for the new 8800gt Yep Intel the way to go at mo, my E2140 cost £40 +vat and blows my old A64 X2 away if only i had something funny or clever to put here........
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| nax23 |
Posted on 29-10-2007 17:34
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Posts: 380 Joined: 09.07.06 |
but i read that pcie2.0 offers more voltage for the graca and so they dont need the external powercable |
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| Tinger |
Posted on 29-10-2007 17:51
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Posts: 315 Joined: 13.08.07 |
my card has 2 pci-e power cords going to it :uhoh: hope thats right as i got no instructions with it  ol: |
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