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new graphics card ?

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  • 11-12-2008 4:09pm
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    voyager
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    Hi all, i was running a agp geforce 6600gt with 256 mb of memory on my system which is an Amd Athlon 2400+ 2ghz with 1.5 gigs of ram on an ASUS A7N8X motherboard with a 600 watt power supply, last night the graphics card gave up and died on me, now i have seen a new card on Komplett, the one below.

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=344106

    would this be a decent upgrade from my last card, and more importantly would it run ok on my system.

    many thanks,
    voyager :cool:


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Not really, it would be faster but at 100 euro it's shocking value. Shockingly bad, that is. It's not even as fast as a reference 7600GT. This is twice as fast. But your CPU is pretty slow so the best medium is probably a X1650/HD3650/7600GT class card with DDR3. Elara and Komplett only seem to stock them - the X1650 and HD3650 - with 512mb DDR2, better then nothing however and still faster then a 6600GT.

    AGP cards are terrible value for money and your machine is ancient, maybe time to think about a new build instead? 250 euro would get you a board, cpu, ram and a PCI-E card miles faster then a 6600GT. You could use your old case/supply/hard drive/dvd drive etc.


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    voyager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭voyager


    hi TerrorFirmer, i believe i will go down the road that you suggest, however i am not an expert in these matters, could you please suggest some parts that i might be able to use to upgrade as you suggest.
    many thanks in advance,

    voyager :cool:


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    Solitaire
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    I assume you're using this machine for gaming? What's your budget? And is that power supply of yours branded (unless its a very poor model 600W should be more than enough for a low-mid-range build :) )

    EDIT - In any case that stuff down below is plenty good. And a LOT faster than your current setup :)


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    Sqaull20
    Registered Users Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    I agree with Terror.You can build a very good modern pc from scratch for about 250.

    You could probably sell your mobo, graphics card, ram and cpu for €80 or so on adverts/ebay.

    ctrk6pc6e5fzman7qj2.jpg


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    Hoser
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭Hoser


    i got a 3850 for sale atm

    click on adverts
    <<<< over there

    105 shipped..only a month old


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    voyager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭voyager


    Hi all, many thanks for all your input so far, what do you think of the following specs i have considered, would it be suitable for mid range gaming,

    - intel Dual Core 2 duo E7300
    - Asus P5KPL/1600 ATX Mbd
    - Radeon hd4670 512mb
    - 600W ATX Case
    - 2GB DDRII RAM PC800
    - 500GB SATA II HDD 32MB Cache

    many thanks,
    voyager :cool:


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    Hoser
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭Hoser


    you need to post some brand names and type names so we can more of an idea what parts you are getting..which are good which can be improoved.


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    voyager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭voyager


    thanks for the reply Hoser, i will get back later with some more brand names, but in the specs are intel, radeon, asus, so as far as it looks so far would it be a good mid range system.
    sorry i cant be more specific but i dont have the time right now.

    thanks again, voyager:cool:


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