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Hack157th   07-01-2007 at 07:42:23 PM

Hello,

I have the following system:

Asus A7N8X deluxe MB
AMD 2400+
2 gigs of pc3200 Ram
Radeon 9800 Video Card
Win XP pro
Maxtor 80 gig HDD

I just upgraded to 2 gigs of ram, but I am still seing a lot of performance issues with some of the newer games out there. I started looking into upgrading my video card, but I am really out of the loop on whats what. Any reccomendations as far as what to go with? It looks like PCIexpress is the way to go, but honestly, I dont even know if my motherboard supports that. Anyways, any help would be great. Budget of about $300.00 Thanks for any input guys.

Hack

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marlborosmoker   07-02-2007 at 06:21:20 AM
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According to this t will have to be an AGP card

http://www.digital-daily.com/motherboard/asus-a7n8x/

x1950 pro all the way although your processor maybe a serious bottleneck

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Xazax310   07-02-2007 at 10:30:23 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 50XT%2bAGP

Best card that 300$ for an AGP card can buy! that will do some serious ownage in your games without uprading. JUST MAKE SURE! your PSU can handle it

but in all reality i would save that money for a complete over haul your Comp was great like 3-4 years afo and that 9800 has some life left in it.

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mactronix   07-02-2007 at 02:27:04 PM
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Normally i would say 1950 pro/xt but in your case i would think the cpu may hold it back a bit.
I can tell you from experiance that an upgrsde to a 7600gt would be a good move it is good on power which the 1950 isnt and would let you play most things at mid/high settings.
Do you know what psu you have.

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rammedstein   07-02-2007 at 03:08:45 PM
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someone around here has a REAL $300 core2duo build, check that out, maybe swap the board suggested in the build for a asrock dualvsta and put the 9800in there, also flash your 9800 to an xt if if isn't already

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Hack157th   07-02-2007 at 10:15:48 PM
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Thanks for the input guys. Maybe I will look into building a new system instead.


Hack

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marlborosmoker   07-02-2007 at 10:25:21 PM
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Can I suggest this prior to shelling out $300 on just a vid card?

AMD X2 3600+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103036
Asus M2n
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 813131042R
PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817171016
RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820161670
Thats about $200, use your HDD, other drives and case
ECS 7900GS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814134001

Bang $330.00 and it should deal with all current games at high res.

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Dahak   07-02-2007 at 10:40:00 PM
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You'll be running AGP,not PCI-express so your options although somewhat good are limited.I would go with the X1950PRO for AGP.But even then,your cpu is likely to hamper it.In all honesty,you should consider a full upgrade.New cpu/memory/video card/and motherboard.You'll likely need a new power suply as well.Just make sure the PSU is a good quality name brand that has adequit amps on the 12volt rails.Goodluck.

Dahak

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Hack157th   07-04-2007 at 08:59:27 PM
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Thanks again for the input guys. I think I will seriously look into building a new PC.


Hack

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