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| Hi to everyone reading this... I have been into the gaming scene for about 1 year now (mainly HL2, TF2). I now realize that if I want to enjoy more of the gaming experience, and to help my game improve (that's the deal!), I need to upgrade my graphics card. My existing machine carried an OEM nvidia Geforce 6700 XL, I have just upgraded this to another OEM Geforce 7500LE. Having carried out an FPS test on game the results gave apprximately 20 FPS (boy it's that bad!!) Biting the bullet I have decided to go for the 8600 GTS (about £140) but would really like the 8800GTS 320MB (roughly £179). Having investigated and reading your forum, I am left with a few questions, such as PSU capability and Processor power. If I give you my machine and monitor spec, could you give me advice which system would be optimum? Medion Titanium MD 8800 Pentium D 3.00 ghz proc 2 Gbyte RAM Iiyama 19" LCD Prolite E435S monitor (DVI connection) If anyone has any suggestions/recommendations I would be eternally thankful!! ![]() Last edited by Geo : 6th Jan 2008 at 11:47 AM. Reason: looking for an avatar |
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| CPU isn't so great, but you could still get better performance out of it.
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You should be fine but I dunno about the PSU. You haven't said the wattage. If you can't afford a 8800GT get the GTS, definitely. My System: 日夏子
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| I can afford the 8800GT but don't want to buy it if it isn't compatible with my PC. Am I right in saying that you would recommend the 8600GT otherwise? Cheers Last edited by Geo : 8th Jan 2008 at 03:32 AM. Reason: spelling error |
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| Both require at minimum 400W. So you're fine for the 8800GT. If that's too pricey, go with the (old 65nm) 8800GTS. The 8600GT is a pretty terrible card for the money.
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I would suggest a PSU upgrade though.. My System: 日夏子
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