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mdemarco   09-01-2009 at 02:00:20 AM

Here's the board:

BIOSTAR TF560 A2+ AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 560 MCP ATX
http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en- [...] p?S_ID=317

CPU: Athlon X2 5400.

Vid: Sapphire Radeon 4650 512MB
RAM: 4GB DDR2 800

It runs Fallout 3, COD4 pretty well, but GTA4 runs poorly...

Not a great board, but not a bad one either. Best CPU it can handle is a Phenom X4 9650, and there's one at Newegg for $109

Thoughts?

Note: If you're going to suggest a new mobo/cpu combo, there's a $200 budget (yes.... I know....)


Thanks,

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GTA4 runs poorly on most dual core processors, it's recommended to have an X3/X4 for that game.

Personally I would look for a cheap Phenom II X3/Motherboard bundle before spending money on a Phenom I for the purpose of gaming.
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jennyh   09-01-2009 at 02:32:31 AM

Email them and ask if it can take a phenom II with a bios update first.

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loneninja   09-01-2009 at 02:38:34 AM
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GTA4 runs poorly on most dual core processors, it's recommended to have an X3/X4 for that game.

Personally I would look for a cheap Phenom II X3/Motherboard bundle before spending money on a Phenom I for the purpose of gaming.

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Gin Fushicho   09-01-2009 at 02:40:20 AM

I agree with jennyh But I also dont think it will make much of a difference , the people who ported GTA4 made the game far too CPU reliant and forgot to make it more reliant on the graphics card.

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mdemarco   09-01-2009 at 02:58:32 AM

All great advice - thanks.

I'll check with Biostar about the BIOS and see what they say...

If that is a dead end, I'm thinking this:

ASRock A790GMH
Phenom II X3 720

or

BIOSTAR TA790GX
Phenom II X3 720

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Shadow703793   09-01-2009 at 03:28:34 AM

^Go with the BIOSTAR.

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