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Old 17th Apr 2008, 01:45
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hey im planin on gettin a new grsphics card for my comp cus the 1 im usin is just a crap intergrated 1
so anyway i wanna get a new decent 1 that isnt that expensive but i have a old motherboard p5vdc-mx which only has PCI, PCI express x1 and AGP so i dnt have a PCI express x16 which is what most cards use

comp spec is :

408 ddr2 ram (upgradin soon to 2 gigs )
3.00ghz intel pentium 4
VGA unichrome pro graphics
80gig 7.200 hard drive

im upgraddin it all but 1 by 1 cus money is a bit tight right now :( lol

any ideas on what card to get ?
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 01:51
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Best bet is still an 8800GT i reckon.

But please get the RAM too or you will have a huge bottleneck.

RAM is super cheap anyway, 2GB for £35-£40 in the right places.

With those two things you should be able to max out most games.
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 01:53
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is the 8800gt compatable with PCI tho cus i thought it was just PCI x16
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 02:02
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According to Asus you have a suitable PCI-E slot.

http://www.asus.co.nz/products.aspx?...14&modelmenu=1
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 02:10
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i do have a PCI E slot but it is only the 1x version not the 16x which i think is what the 8800 works on if i did have a PCI E 16x slot i wouldnt have a problem lol

btw on my comp motherboard theres like a load of metal circles that seem to make the size of a PCI E x16 slot but there is no slot there , also above the circles is a sign sayin PCI E x16 so am i spost to intall a slot myself or somin

u can see it on the http://www.asus.co.nz/products.aspx?...14&modelmenu=1 site next to the PCI E x1 slot ( the small white 1 )
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 02:17
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o and btw just like to add if u go ebay u can get ram even cheaper bout 15 -25 for 2 gigs and 35-40 for 4 gigs :D
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 02:33
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o and btw just like to add if u go ebay u can get ram even cheaper bout 15 -25 for 2 gigs and 35-40 for 4 gigs :D
I bet they are poor quality and unbranded.
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 02:37
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i do have a PCI E slot but it is only the 1x version not the 16x which i think is what the 8800 works on if i did have a PCI E 16x slot i wouldnt have a problem lol

btw on my comp motherboard theres like a load of metal circles that seem to make the size of a PCI E x16 slot but there is no slot there , also above the circles is a sign sayin PCI E x16 so am i spost to intall a slot myself or somin

u can see it on the http://www.asus.co.nz/products.aspx?...14&modelmenu=1 site next to the PCI E x1 slot ( the small white 1 )
Ooopsss, well spotted, It isn't a PCIx16.

Time for a new mobo, which probably means new CPU too.
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 02:46
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ye probs but money is an important isue lol :P i cant afford to upgrade much for at least another month so thats y was hoping just to get graphics for now

and if i get a new mobo surely it would be compatable with pentium 4 ?

btw ty for all ya help so far :D
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Old 17th Apr 2008, 20:45
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If it's a month you might as well wait. Cheapest AGP card worth it is HD 2600 PRO but you're still wasting ~$100 as no new motherboards support AGP.

As for the P4 thing, depends on how old the processor is. You're really best off doing a complete upgrade though.
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