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Hello
My 9800GT card just died! :cry:

The newest game that I was running on my 9800gt was Battlefield 2 Bad Company 2.
I'm using an old Geforce 7600 GT at the moment.
I'm looking as a replacement, another 9800gt, GTX 460 or the GTS 450.

I think that I read somewhere that the GTX card had a "bottleneck issue" with older systems.
If so should I go with the GTS 450 or just perhaps another 9800GT? Suggestions anyone?

The systems I have now is:
AMD 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard
4GB DDR2 800hz

Thank you all for all your help!

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Reply to Sandman3838

Don't bother with a GTX460, that's bit too powerful. You could grab a GTS450, but an HD5770 (which is around $5 cheaper) will perform better.

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Reply to shadow187

Upgrade to a Phenom II x4 940 first,
a GPU upgrade from something on par with a 9800GT will create a CPU bottleneck.

and you might wanna consider a AMD HD6850, based on the reviews i've seen so far, they're overclocking monsters and stock vs. stock performs better than the GTX460 in most games.

If you still want a 9800GT performer, u can grab a HD5670 which performs on par with it, while consuming far less power

Message edited by greghome on 11-21-2010 at 11:08:01 PM

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Sandman3838 wrote :

As I'm running a pair 0f 8800GT's with an E8400 I reckon you should be just about OK with a GTX460 so long as you are at a resolution of 16 x 10 or higher.

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Mousemonkey wrote :

As I'm running a pair 0f 8800GT's with an E8400 I reckon you should be just about OK with a GTX460 so long as you are at a resolution of 16 x 10 or higher.

WHy not upgradin the Athlon x2 to a Phenom II x4 first?

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greghome wrote :

WHy not upgradin the Athlon x2 to a Phenom II x4 first?

If you were paying for it I'm sure the OP would jump at the chance.

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Reply to Mousemonkey

Upgrade to a Athlon x2 Phenom II x4????
I'm not sure if my system will take it.
Maybe I'm wrong?
Here a link for the Motherboard.

Sorry here is the correct link: (my Bad)
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/p [...] id=2310#ov

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Message edited by Sandman3838 on 11-22-2010 at 02:11:27 AM

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Sandman3838 wrote :

Upgrade to a Athlon x2 Phenom II x4????
I'm not sure if my system will take it.
Maybe I'm wrong?
Here a link for the Motherboard.
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/mot [...] cket%20AM2

As there is no chance of a BIOS update unless you know of someone running a Phenom x4 on that board I wouldn't advise chancing it. That's not the mobo in your OP though.

Message edited by Mousemonkey on 11-22-2010 at 02:09:04 AM

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Reply to Mousemonkey

Sorry I edited my my link in that last letter I was thinking about my second system for reason! So sorry!

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Sandman3838 wrote :

Sorry I edited my my link in that last letter I was thinking about my second system for reason! So sorry!

The Gigabyte board should be OK with the Phenom II x4's.

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Reply to Mousemonkey

I have checked more that one CPU support list for the GA-M55SLI-S4 and in each case the CPU you suggested was NA or not supported. From what i have read though I'm leaning towards the GTS 450 if anything just because its quilter and takes less juice in most cases?

As for the HD6850..... I checked out the prices at Newegg and that's more than I want to spend. I need to keep it at 100 - 130.

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Message edited by Sandman3838 on 11-22-2010 at 02:31:13 AM

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Sandman3838 wrote :

Sorry mate, you're right I had the wrong list up. Doh!

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Reply to Mousemonkey

That's cool..... Hey I dropped in the wrong link earlier?

As for the cards here are four possibilities.

GTS 450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130572

GTS 450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814187120

GTS 450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814133343

98000GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814500115

Reply to Sandman3838

I reckon you would be OK running a 460, I wouldn't bother getting another 9800 and the 450 should perform somewhere between a GTS250 and GTX260 192 core.

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Reply to Mousemonkey

The 460 is actually not an option due to the price and like I originally mentioned I have read somewhere that there might be issues with the 460 and an older system like mine. What I listed above in the last letter where 3 GTS 450 and one 9800GT. From what I have read/remember correctly...

GT 240< 9800GT < GTS 450 < GTX 460
With the HD 5750 and HD 5770 falling on either side of the GTS 450.

But like I said with the GTS 450 you have Less power, Directx 11, and a quieter fan in most cases. With the 9800GT, HD 5750 and HD 5770 can be noisy depending on the manufacture. Also, I have been an avid user of NVIDIA for yours and I really don't like the idea of moving back to ATI even though I used them years ago.

Reply to Sandman3838

Any issues with the 460 and older systems would likely be the same with the 450 and here in the UK the price difference between the two is quite small really.

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Reply to Mousemonkey

Here.... I really like New egg the prices for the 450 have been $114 - $130 with the possibility of a Mail in rebate of 10-20. While the GTX 460 have started at $150 and up although I did find a Asus ENGTX460 $150 base but with a $30 rebate.

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