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6th Nov 2008, 15:41
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Hi, I'm currently looking to upgrade my graphics card but I'm totally lost These are my current specs : AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ 1 GIG [Upgrading to 4gig] And graphics card is an 8400 GS. Now I'm totally lost when it comes to graphics cards so here it is. I'm looking for an affordable upgrade for $100 or less. Any suggestions? I'm looking for a site that compares GFX cards by showing how much FPS per game, but finding no luck. Thanks in advance
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6th Nov 2008, 17:14
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Try going here, and selecting one of the benchmarks at a time, then there is a chart with all the latest GFX cards on. However I would probably say this card is your best bet at that budget, just ensure you have a good enough PSU for it.
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6th Nov 2008, 17:16
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Thanks for the reply, I have a 500 PSU would that do good? I like that card you linked me, I might just check into it. One question though, would you suggest 2gig or 4gig to go along with it? I run a Win XP Pro 32Bit OS.
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6th Nov 2008, 17:22
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The Wattage of the PSU isn't what matters, it's what current it puts out on the +12V rails, if you look at the side of the PSU, you should see a table which says this, please have a look and tell me what it says, or, you could take a picture and upload it and link to it for me. Also, whilst you have the case open, have a look at the wires coming from the PSU, do any of them look anything like this:
 or this:  2GB is fine for XP, I'm running 2GB and have no problems when playing games. |
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6th Nov 2008, 17:26
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XP 32Bit only recognises upto 3.5GB. 2GB is plenty anyway.
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6th Nov 2008, 17:31
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Okay, so 2gig it is. I just checked my computer out I see the 6 holed plug from my PSU. Also, reading my PSU, I saw some 12V1 numbers. I could get the exact numbers if you want.
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6th Nov 2008, 17:35
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yea, please, but it might be easier to just take a picture.
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6th Nov 2008, 19:23
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Okay, here's the numbers
AC 115V 10A 60Hz 230V 5A 50Hz DC +3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 -12V +5VSB MAX 34A 40A 16A 17A .8A 2.5A Don't know what that means, but it's all yours. I don't have a camera on me, so if you need any more information, let me know. On a side note, I've been looking at the 9600GSO. How good would that be, and would my PSU handle it? |
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6th Nov 2008, 19:34
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What's the brand of the PSU? The 9800GT demolishes the 9600GSO.
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7th Nov 2008, 01:52
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Ok, I'm assuming that's just how it was formated in the table? so the +3.3V was directly above the 34A, the +5V above the 40A, the +12V1 above the 16A etc? And I agree with what Carbon said about the gfx card, the 9800GT is much better than the 9600GSO
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