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« Reply #45 on: April 08, 2004, 11:11:02 PM » |
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ok, ive got some fairly fucking good news for me. im going to tennessee to visit my grandparents for the easter weekend....thingy. anyways, my uncle and his family are going to be there, and it turns out that he works for a computer company and can get us some stuff for free! anyways, one of the things im desperatly in need of is a decent video card. right now, im stuck with an old geforce 4. so anyways, could somebody give me a first, second, and hopefully third choice for decent video cards? i was talking to this one guy, and he said RAM type had something to do with it...dunnoh what he was talking about. anyways, if it does end up helping, my computer uses DDR ram.
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« Reply #46 on: April 08, 2004, 11:28:55 PM » |
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1: Radeon 9800pro
2: Radeon 9800
3: Radeon 9600xt
If want to play DX9 games like HL2 or use Pixel shader 2 with minimal hit on fps get a Radeon.
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« Reply #47 on: April 08, 2004, 11:34:47 PM » |
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yeah, the guy i talked to said to make sure not to buy one with "se" or something like that at the end of it.
what does that mean?
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« Reply #48 on: April 08, 2004, 11:56:41 PM » |
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He was right to tell you that. se uses a half bandwidth for the 9200se and 9600se they have 64-bit, the 9800se has 128-bit. Avoid them. They are poor performing cards.
BTW: I use a 9600xt Fireblade/Atlantis/Turbo model. 532/650 non o/c.
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« Reply #49 on: April 09, 2004, 12:01:52 AM » |
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i understand all of that first sentence about what you'd prefer. i know that o/c=overclock, but what's the 532/650?
and please remember, im just now getting into working with computers, so my knowledge is very, very limited, especially in the area of technical terms.
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« Reply #50 on: April 09, 2004, 01:16:02 PM » |
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It is 532 core speed and 650 memory speed, this is in MHz. This is the stock speed for the Fireblade 9600xt.
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« Reply #51 on: April 09, 2004, 09:38:44 PM » |
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ah, so that's the speed of your card? i think i get it then.
is that a decent speed?
also, im somewhat torn between two ideas; I could eithe 1) Get a faster Pentium 4 (2.3 Ghz is fast now, right?) or 2) I could keep the one that I have now which is 2 Ghz, and get a better cooling system and o/c it.
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« Reply #52 on: April 09, 2004, 09:57:11 PM » |
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PROCESSOR: Intel PENTIUM 4 3.20 GHz 800Mhz FSB
SYSTEM RAM: 1GIG PERFORMANCE PC-3200 DDR RAM
VIDEO CARD: ATI RADEON 9800 PRO w/256MB
HARD DRIVE: 120 GIG 7200RPM SATA HARD DRIVE
CD/DVD DRIVE 1: NEC 8X DUAL FORMAT DVD BURNER
CD/DVD DRIVE 2: NONE
CASE: NZXT GUARDIAN SUPER TOWER W/400 WATT PSU
SOUND: ONBOARD 6-CHANNEL 3D SOUND
KEYBOARD: LOGITECH USB KEYBOARD
MOUSE: LOGITECH CORDLESS OPTICAL MOUSE
MODEM/LAN: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK SUPPORT
GAMESHADOW: FREE 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO GAMESHADOW
O/S: MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME
SPECIAL OFFER: INSTANT $50 SAVINGS! LIMITED TIME ONLY!
hehe, that's close to what id like to have in a computer.
AND IT'S 1500 FUCKING DOLLARS!
*spleen explodes* maybe if i built it myself, used the mouse and keyboard i have now, and transfered windows xp from this computer to new one, i could slim down the price a bit.
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« Reply #53 on: April 09, 2004, 10:43:45 PM » |
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:miffed: a bit? I think you can do a whole lot better then that, price wise that is
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« Reply #54 on: April 09, 2004, 10:57:48 PM » |
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yeah, and i figure if i take up prostitution, that might help some to.
but yeah.
so, that's a radeon 9800, at least 256 more mb of ddr ram, maybe a new processor if im lucky.
ill see what i can get my uncle to dig up for me.
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« Reply #55 on: April 09, 2004, 11:46:14 PM » |
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The 9800pro is a very nice card, look at the 128MB version if you are trying to save a bit of money the difference between the two is minimal/ no difference at all.
Also home build the comp, it is loads cheaper.
Is that version of XP your transferring one that came with your current system or did you get that seperate, and is it a full retail/upgrade retail?
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« Reply #56 on: April 10, 2004, 12:35:14 AM » |
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unfortunatly, im not sure. i got this computer two years ago as a gift. but im pretty sure that it came with the system. and it's full retail.
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« Reply #57 on: April 10, 2004, 09:52:05 AM » |
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When you say came with the system, does it have the original MS disks or the disks that are specific to that computer?
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« Reply #58 on: April 10, 2004, 06:48:33 PM » |
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unfortunatly, it has neither. everything important was lost well within 3 months of it's life.
but if i bought a bigger case, and put this motherboard in with a newer one with more memory, wouldnt i still be able to run windows off of it?
or idk, maybe im mixing things here...
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« Reply #59 on: April 10, 2004, 09:02:54 PM » |
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If it is specific for the computer you got it with, it won't run another computer. OEM versions of XP are non transferrable, also the software is taylor made for that system not another.
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