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| Author: | Infamous [ Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Needing a new vid card |
ok here is the specs for my comp.( http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/4053/4053sp3.shtml ) i need something that will fit cause cards are becoming giant now-a-days. looking to spend no more than 140 at the most these are a few i've been lookin at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102822 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130435 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150351 |
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| Author: | ColeLT1 [ Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:14 pm ] |
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The 9800 and the 4850 are about the exact same power (the 4830 is obviously lower) 9800 = 9600mp/s 33600mt/s 57.60gb/s 4850 = 10000mp/s 25000mt/s 64.00gb/s 4830 = 6900mp/s 18400mt/s 57.60gb/s The 9800gt is the best value of the bunch (has the strongest processor), but also you are on a (almost) 3ghz Pentium 4, you are throwing this card into a 5 year old computer, so don't expect to play crysis on highest settings, lol. Do you still have the 512 mb of memory, or have you upgrade that? |
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| Author: | Infamous [ Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:46 pm ] |
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upgraded to 2gb |
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| Author: | ColeLT1 [ Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:29 pm ] |
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Sweet, if your OS is over a year old, reformat it, put in your new video card, and come play L4D. |
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| Author: | Infamous [ Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:35 pm ] |
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how the hell do i reformat WindowsXP |
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| Author: | ColeLT1 [ Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:18 am ] |
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Recovery disk that came with your computer, you have to back EVERYTHING up first, I reinstall my OS yearly (sometimes more often), it really speeds things up. But I have multiple drives though, nothing important on my OS drive besides games. |
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| Author: | Infamous [ Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:46 am ] |
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so i need to do that before installing the new card? cause i restored it with the disk like 3-4 months ago |
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| Author: | ColeLT1 [ Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:18 am ] |
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Na, then you are good to go. I was just saying if your OS had 4 years of use in it, it would be getting really slow, and when you upgrade you can go ahead and do both. That being said, if you can afford a few more $$ (like 10), I would got for a 9800gtx+/gts250 (the full blown top version of the 9800). http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... rder=PRICE |
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| Author: | Infamous [ Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:45 am ] |
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oh. another question for you. i just checked up on my power supply connectors. i have a 6pin but it doesnt fit inside my current vid card. and i only have one 4pin for the 6pin pci-e card adapter but it never has said that there isn't sufficient power to the current card... so do you think it would still be ok for a higher powered card? |
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| Author: | ColeLT1 [ Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:53 am ] |
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Most GTS250s require 1 6 pin connector, but I was looking at them and some of them had a 8 pin connector. So just get one that takes the 6pin. |
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