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Bobjeee   03-12-2008 at 01:58:12 PM

hi evry1

my current system looks the following:
1gb ram ddr1
pentium 4 - 3ghz
XFX nVidia 6600gt ddr3 pci-e

i want to upgrade the last one, and its meant to be a temporary solution, cause within 1.5 years im going to study an ill get a high end notebook from the universety.

Well lets come to the point:
i want a new graphics card, and i have the choise of the following cards:
-XFX 8600gt 512mb DDR2
-XFX 8600gt 256mb DDR3
-NVGA 8600gt 512mb DDR2
-HDI 3650 512mb
-HDI HD2600XT

dont have more options because of my low budget and the company were i bought my pc, i still have a year of guarantee
and they only have the cards above in the price range of 80-100 euros

so which one do u guys recommend?

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Bobjeee   03-12-2008 at 06:35:25 PM
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no1 has an idea?

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dev1se   03-12-2008 at 07:14:18 PM
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8600GT 256mb DDR3

or... The HD2600XT.

They'll perform better than the 512MB cards since their memory is more efficient.

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Need Help A Lot   03-12-2008 at 11:35:21 PM
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umm dude u might wanna first boost up your RAM a little bit and i pretty much agree dev1se on the graphic card.however if u want a notebook in the futre well it may not have the best grpahic card like a PC would so i dont know its the futre.

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doomsdaydave11   03-13-2008 at 12:42:39 AM
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1. Upgrading your ram should be your first priority seeing that RAM is ridiculously cheap these days and the 1GB to 2GB performance difference is huge.
2. A lot of times upgrading a part on your comp voids the warranty. I would check that. (you specified that your PC has a year left on it)
3. Please tell us what your slot is for your motherboard. It does make a difference.
4. How much is a euro in US? And many parts you cant get from the US to where ever you live!!

------------------------------ E8400 3.6Ghz | 4GB DDR2-800 | HD4870 | 780GB HDD Space | VX550W | WinXP | Win7-64 | Ubuntu Studio 8.10

 

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Bobjeee   03-13-2008 at 10:43:16 AM
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1. well er i use windows xp that first, so 1 gb ram is suffiecient not?
2. i buy the parts from the company i have warrenty for, so my warrenty isnt lost. Only problem; they dont have all parts u can think off.
3. I have pci-express slot for my video card on my motherboard. Hope u mean this by "slot for your motherboard", otherwise i dont know.
4. 1,5 dollar = 1 euro

this is the site were ive have to buy my parts:

http://paradigit.nl/article.php?id=3

its all in dutch buy i think u can understand what 'videokaarten' means


thanks for ur replies

(and im thinking of upgrading my processor as well,i have stricted budget so i thought of the AMD 64 x2 4200+)

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