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hatpin7 Rated PG-13
Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 26 Location: canada
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Posted: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:19:39 Post Subject: a agp upgrade is in time... |
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http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2201329&sku=P450-8626
i have a budget of $320
i have a ati 9550 128 mb now and i would liek to upgrade my agp system.
i was thinking of that card but the 8 pipe lines is bugging me. so i might over clock it 40 mhz or so to get a little more outa it or 100 mhxz max... last 6800 bfg i had burned outa after 47mhz so i dont wanna risk it...
the 512 mb is for the best screen resolution i can get and the speed i hate lag. this card si the only 1 in my budget i can find i want it to be around $320 dollars canadian after shipping and tax.
is this worth it? any betetr cards for my money?
ps: im a heavy gamer i play
swat4
swat4 ss
COD2
BF2
MOHPA
NFS UG 2
all high detailed games....
screen resouliton high and the visual details on high with x2 or x4 aa is what i like ... lol so basicaly every thing. _________________ ASUS A8N SLI DELX
AMD SKT 939 1.8GHZ O'C @ 2.6GHZ
XFX 6800XT 256MB X2 SLI
CORSAIR 1 GB XMS RAM
MAXTOR DIAMOND MAX 9 120 GB MASTER
ULTRA X-FINITY 600W PSU
DIAMONd XT SOUND 5.1
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 500 WATER COOLING |
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Little Bruin
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Doctor Feelgood Arrrrghh!
Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 20349 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:38:57 Post Subject: |
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Hi... Welcome!
To be honest, I don't think I could justify spending that much on anything AGP. Especially looking at your signature and seeing you have a 939 processor and plenty of good stuff in your system.
My guess is that you could get a whole new motherboard that supports PCIe and get a PCIe graphics card and being within your budget... With the benefit of greater performance and future upgrades (although limited with AM2 arriving).
$320 is $283 US... Man you can get some good stuff for that!
Just random ideas...
256MB 7600GT PCIe - http://bigbruin.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=19408832
DFI SLI INfinity Motherboard - http://bigbruin.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=10839605
Combined right under your budget. Could probably pick a better / cheaper board... And maybe spend less on video.
Just curious... Is that Corsair XMS DDR400 or higher? |
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hatpin7 Rated PG-13
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Posted: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:50:00 Post Subject: |
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i dont think i am ready to go to pci-e yet...... i want to get the most out of this mobo first....
im thinking of makeing a new sli system in about a year or so........
so that card is not worht it or u say no because u think i should not be agp?
and yes the ram is ddr400 mhz twinx
-thankx _________________ ASUS A8N SLI DELX
AMD SKT 939 1.8GHZ O'C @ 2.6GHZ
XFX 6800XT 256MB X2 SLI
CORSAIR 1 GB XMS RAM
MAXTOR DIAMOND MAX 9 120 GB MASTER
ULTRA X-FINITY 600W PSU
DIAMONd XT SOUND 5.1
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 500 WATER COOLING |
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hatpin7 Rated PG-13
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Doctor Feelgood Arrrrghh!
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hatpin7 Rated PG-13
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Posted: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:06:54 Post Subject: |
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i want to lower the cost of this upgrade to $320-$330 the max!
if i get the http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2183363&CatId=0 and get a second one later would that be ok? performance wise or would to 7600's be better? as i know the 7600's are knock off's _________________ ASUS A8N SLI DELX
AMD SKT 939 1.8GHZ O'C @ 2.6GHZ
XFX 6800XT 256MB X2 SLI
CORSAIR 1 GB XMS RAM
MAXTOR DIAMOND MAX 9 120 GB MASTER
ULTRA X-FINITY 600W PSU
DIAMONd XT SOUND 5.1
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 500 WATER COOLING |
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Hellfire Rated XXX
Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473
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Posted: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:15:05 Post Subject: |
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I would say to definetly get a new MB and PCI-E card...
I evaluated an AGP 6800 256 against a PCI-E 6600 256. The 6600 256 only lagged about 2% behind the 6800. At that time, the 6800 256 was about $400, while the 6600 was 250.
End result was my 6600 was SLI read, after the prices dropped could toss in a second and was running SLI, and easily trumped the 6800AGP. Plus I was able to get a better card later (now running a 7900GT KO Superclock.
When I originally bought my first PCI-E MB (still in use today) along with the video card, I spent $400 that I would've spent on the 6800AGP. But as I said, I was able to upgrade that system down the road at a lower cost.
Ok, that's long winded. All in all, get a SLI MB, and a PCI-E card. You'll be happier you did, when later you just spend a little cash to buy the 2nd video card (or a totally new more powerful card). Especially since you already said you want to build a SLI box in a year or so (by then you'll need new ram, mb, cpu). |
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hatpin7 Rated PG-13
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hatpin7 Rated PG-13
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Posted: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:28:08 Post Subject: |
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man ur gunna kill me with the $$$$$$ wil lthe extra 128mb and the 128mb intrface realy help alot?
ahh well i guess if im going sli it will.... wow 512mb in total :> :p
but i realy cant spend that much man its alot..... ahh but the rebate should help me pay for the electricity bill this thing will be useing _________________ ASUS A8N SLI DELX
AMD SKT 939 1.8GHZ O'C @ 2.6GHZ
XFX 6800XT 256MB X2 SLI
CORSAIR 1 GB XMS RAM
MAXTOR DIAMOND MAX 9 120 GB MASTER
ULTRA X-FINITY 600W PSU
DIAMONd XT SOUND 5.1
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 500 WATER COOLING |
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