Sumo Posted February 24, 2011 Member ID: 460 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 67 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 22 Achievement Points: 506 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 19 Birthday: 01/04/1967 Device: Windows Posted February 24, 2011 Hi Gang. Not sure if this is the done thing on a gaming site..... Am also a member of a D/hill mountainbiking site and any post that starts...."what bike part....?" will get slated. Anyhoo here goes. I want a new graphics card. Haven't upgraded a part on my pc for a least 5 years. Yes I know what a dinosaur!! Am looking at a couple in a certain price range......(not a lot when I started looking into it). Currently have the following system spec (no laughing at the back...) AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor 4400+ 2GB Ram NVIDIA Geforce 7800gt card (256 mb memory) This sits on a ASUS A8N SLI mobo. Have looked at a couple of Graphics cards that might fit the mobo and wanted your opinion/alternatives etc. They are... Clicky http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palit-GT-240-1GB-PCI-Express/dp/B002UXQN7O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1298533204&sr=8-4 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/nvidiageforcegraphicscards/nvidiagt430fermiseries/novatech/nov-gt4301.html Basically in the £50 - £100 price range. Again not a lot in the great scheme of things but that is all the pocket money I am allowed. It has been so long since I upgraded anything I have no idea what I am looking at. If anyone has any ideas as to the best I can get to fit my Motherboard etc can you let me know. Also how I can figure out what is the max I can fit in my system. I already know that I have a beefy ish psu. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance for any replies. Cheers all. Sumo. Awards
pwrcrzy52 Posted February 24, 2011 Member ID: 103 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 43 Topic Count: 698 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 3300 Content Per Day: 0.58 Reputation: 1604 Achievement Points: 25692 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 31, 2024 Birthday: 07/10/1952 Device: Windows Posted February 24, 2011 I bought the GTS 250 from Palit ,but check your power supply wattage . . Good luck Awards
X-RayXI Posted February 24, 2011 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6896 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 1376 Achievement Points: 44161 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 10:59 AM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Posted February 24, 2011 Please use this link to compare the performance and pick one that meets your budget. I always found this very helpfull and to compare(left / right). Use the pulldown menu's as I save this one in my favorite and not selected those you have posted. http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=512&card2=474 Awards
Cavey Posted February 24, 2011 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Posted February 24, 2011 Sumo hit me up. I have a Nvidia 295 GTX for sale, and only want £100. As you live only 10 minutes away, pop over, take it home to try before you buy, if interested.
CplMOFO Posted March 10, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Device: Windows Posted March 10, 2011 Humm.. That GTX295 house 2 X GTX275 chips right? Sounds like an awesome deal and is within the OPs price range... The GTS250 is a rebadged 9800GTX+ card, which is a rebranded 8800GTS 512mo...so that GTX295 is a beast...the OP has to have a power supply up to the task tho! it needs 1X 8 pin PCI-E and 1X 6 pin PCI-e connectors... Awards
ROCKAPE Posted March 10, 2011 Member ID: 4 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 172 Topic Count: 1107 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 5185 Content Per Day: 0.90 Reputation: 3128 Achievement Points: 43910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 15 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 08/16/1967 Device: Windows Posted March 10, 2011 I bought the Nvidia GeForce GTX295 off Cavey and Im very pleased with it having replaced my 8800GTX. Awards
Bazza Posted March 10, 2011 Member ID: 340 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1082 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 393 Achievement Points: 6691 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 01:06 AM Birthday: 06/21/1971 Device: Windows Posted March 10, 2011 you're in the samn boat i'm in, my wife has all the money, and all i get is what i find when i'm working, or what i can steal when her backs turned. my comp needs burning at the stake and upgraded to an abacus maybe Awards
ChknFngr Posted March 10, 2011 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.62 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Posted March 10, 2011 im not sure a new card will give u any boost. as all the rest is also outdated, u will still suffer. u need a good balanced computer. but hey, i've put a 9800gtx+ on an amd 6000+ and it seems to do good, u might wanna check in that area, so 9800, 250,... Awards
CplMOFO Posted March 10, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Device: Windows Posted March 10, 2011 A recent card will surely be "bottlenecked" by his CPU/mobo...a quick and dirty upgrade is to get a Phenom II X4 CPU on the cheap...even the 6 core AMD CPUs are dirt cheap compared to Intel (CPU/mobo/RAM requirements) Awards
Sumo Posted March 11, 2011 Member ID: 460 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 67 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 22 Achievement Points: 506 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 19 Birthday: 01/04/1967 Device: Windows Author Posted March 11, 2011 Hey guys, gals and idiots. Thanks for the replies. All's well that ends well. The 295 from Cavey would never have shoe horned into my system. Bought one from a guy at work that has transformed my system. Rockape bought Cavey's .............All's cool in the land of G Cards. Cheers all. Frag u later. Sumo. Awards
BattlewolF Posted March 11, 2011 Member ID: 2028 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 11, 2024 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Posted March 11, 2011 Ore buy the ati 5770 price 100 pound on your amd system (nvdia used more power) and put 2gb ram more in your system And google ati versus nvidia you see all the differents than http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/atiradeongraphicscards/atihd5700series/57701GB.html Awards
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