Computer Upgrade

2006-11-08 17:26:03

#1

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|7005|Scotland

My birthday in 4 days, and then xmas soon, so im gonna upgrade me computer

I have an
Amd athlon 64 3200+
1.5 gig ram
Nvidia Fx 5500
19" LCD
Agp motherboard

Obviously the video crad is the first thing, but what too? should i stick with agp?

How much is an pci motherboard, please post your help, ideas, thoughts

2006-11-08 17:37:15

#2

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7160|67.222.138.85

Budget?

2006-11-08 17:38:57

#3

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|7005|Scotland

hmmm... i dont really know tbh, not really really expesnive, i want to play on medium ish graphics with no lag

2006-11-08 17:40:05

#4

Aust1mh: Member; +23|7022|Sydney, Australia

Time to move away from the AGP mate,

PCI-E all the way!

2 GIG ram if u can swing it.

2006-11-08 17:43:36

#5

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|7005|Scotland

Aust1mh wrote:
Time to move away from the AGP mate,

PCI-E all the way!

2 GIG ram if u can swing it.

Well how much is a pci mother board, and what pci card should i get?

2006-11-08 17:51:19

#6

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|7005|Scotland

anyone?

2006-11-08 17:53:03

#7

ShellShock.PwN: Member; +31|7241|Barrie Ontario

8800s are out....

2006-11-08 17:54:05

#8

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7035|SE London

White-Fusion wrote:
Aust1mh wrote:
Time to move away from the AGP mate,

PCI-E all the way!

2 GIG ram if u can swing it.
Well how much is a pci mother board, and what pci card should i get?

Between about £30 and £200. Go for something around the £50-60 mark. The Asus A8N-SLI SE is nice. GPU, how about a 7600GT about £100.

Running 1.5GB of RAM is doing you no favours at all. You want your RAM to be running in dual channel mode, because it goes twice as fast (in theory, not in practice - but it is much better). To run in dual channel you need identical matched DIMMs. If you could post the details of the 1.5GB of RAM you are using that would be useful.

You should be able to get something pretty decent for about £300-400.

2006-11-08 17:55:29

#9

Naughty_Om: Im Ron Burgundy?; +355|7086|USA

Ok, first off. Yes Video Card, Second, Keep your AGP mobo. PCI-E video cards are still being modified to get optimal performance. On your NEXT compy get a PCI-E, but since your budget is low, a new Pci Mobo would be expensive + better ram to go alon.g. (what is your ram?)

2006-11-08 17:55:47

#10

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7035|SE London

ShellShock.PwN wrote:
8800s are out....

Don't get an 8800 - unless you want to be selling your house to pay for it. £600 for a graphics card, it's madness, madness I say.....

(or £350-400 for low end versions)

Knowing your budget would make this much easier.....

Last edited by Bertster7 (2006-11-08 17:58:22)

2006-11-08 18:02:56

#11

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|7005|Scotland

My ram... http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ … dules.html

top item on that page i belive, also 512 ram that came with comp. So stick with agp? ok, can i get that dual channel thing on agp?

*Edit*

If i got a decent Agp card, would that enable me to run on medium with no lag? or would i be better getting 2 gig ram?

Last edited by White-Fusion (2006-11-08 18:05:06)

2006-11-10 05:51:56

#12

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7035|SE London

White-Fusion wrote:
My ram... http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ … dules.html

top item on that page i belive, also 512 ram that came with comp. So stick with agp? ok, can i get that dual channel thing on agp?

*Edit*

If i got a decent Agp card, would that enable me to run on medium with no lag? or would i be better getting 2 gig ram?

You'll be fine with an AGP card. But not for long. 2GB of RAM would help a lot. Get another stick of identical RAM. Get rid of the other 512MB and get an AGP card. Maybe a 7600GT. Don't go for anything higher than that, because the AGP doesn't keep pace with GPU which is a waste. Would come to about £200 and would let you play BF2 very nicely (not perfectly, but you'll notice a VAST improvement).

2006-11-10 06:33:19

#13

heggs: Spamalamadingdong; +581|6842|New York

big budget= mobo to pci-e and accompanying ram and vid card
but with that, you're basically building a new comp.

Smaller budget= vid card and ram are your best bets to keep things reasonable.

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2006-11-13 06:52:34

#14

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|7005|Scotland

"You'll be fine with an AGP card. But not for long. 2GB of RAM would help a lot. Get another stick of identical RAM. Get rid of the other 512MB and get an AGP card. Maybe a 7600GT. Don't go for anything higher than that, because the AGP doesn't keep pace with GPU which is a waste. Would come to about £200 and would let you play BF2 very nicely (not perfectly, but you'll notice a VAST improvement)."

Thats exactly what im going to do, where is the best place to get a 7600GT AGP?

2006-11-13 07:00:24

#15

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|7052|Cheshire. UK

This is better than a 7600GT

http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=25242

And a touch cheaper

Last edited by joker3327 (2006-11-13 07:01:13)

2006-11-13 07:04:10

#16

ShellShock.PwN: Member; +31|7241|Barrie Ontario

Bertster7 wrote:
ShellShock.PwN wrote:
8800s are out....
Don't get an 8800 - unless you want to be selling your house to pay for it. £600 for a graphics card, it's madness, madness I say.....

(or £350-400 for low end versions)

Knowing your budget would make this much easier.....

Yea but why spend money on old tech? spend the extra bit on a crad that will aslt you for a year or two

2006-11-13 08:06:53

#17

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|7005|Scotland

joker3327 wrote:
This is better than a 7600GT

http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=25242

And a touch cheaper

Is this defo true? is this card better?

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