Joined: Nov 22, 2005
Posts: 3314
Location: England
Posted:
Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:12 pm
didn't really have a set budget in mind... the more it costs the more i may have to wait
guess i figured i could get something high-end in the AGP standard fairly cheap... atm, i have a full size ATX case, decent power supply, plenty of cooling fans, sound card, and the nvidia 7600 gs i just bought, which didn't solve my issues... also use a SATA HD so my new board will need those connects..
probably just want to order all the parts from one place, I've done the one part here, one part there thing before, to save a few $$$, and it's usually a pain in the ass.
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spasticdonkey
President of the United States
Joined: Jun 23, 2005
Posts: 3381
Location: Texas, USA
Joined: Jun 23, 2005
Posts: 3381
Location: Texas, USA
Posted:
Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:27 pm
good idea, im running the 6400 right now, along with a 230 dollar motherboard, that can do quads, the cpu is strong, and i have 3 gigs of ram in it, along with colts kick ass 7950 vid-card
P.S. you may want to buy liek 600 watt or better PS if you plan on SLI'ing ltr
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ColonelMustang
Secretary of Defense
Joined: Feb 16, 2007
Posts: 2379
Posted:
Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:18 pm
All that stuff is directX10 and Vista compatible, am I gonna have any trouble with windows XP home 32bit version?
As far as the power supply I hope it's still working ok, theres a chance that could be part of the problem I had with the last pc.... but it's probably the motherboard or processor....... If it still works, I guess I'm right on the borderline at 550w
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spasticdonkey
President of the United States
Joined: Jun 23, 2005
Posts: 3381
Location: Texas, USA
Posted:
Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:02 am
dont cheap out on PSU, cuz they tend to die on you. the more power the better. i got Ultra X3 1000W to be safe. a $365 PSU Canadian at tigerdirect.
Joined: Feb 10, 2007
Posts: 1302
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:15 am
do you really need a 6400 they upgrade every two years so i cant see spending tomuch money on a new pc that often myself i got a 4000 for 57$ you can allways oc with a good case and fans they dont have my mb instock anymore at newegg but i got a foxconn 570 sli ready board for 50$ after rebates reg was 120$ the only problem if any is that it takes ddr2/800hmz 1.8 volt ram and not 2.1 or 2.2 and its 8x mode in sli but most boards are from what i have heard there is only like maybe a 10% differance for now in 8x vs 16x sli mode im no pro on these things but im poor so im allways looking for the best deal for what i need if it last 2 years im happy if your not going to get a video card thats say over 560mhz core clock you dont need a sli ready powersupply for all sli cards im not sure how high you can go but not much more the 620mhz core clock cards need the sli ready power supply its all in the amps your 550watt ultra is only 17amp & 18amp +12volt rails so look to see what your card needs most cards want 22amps or more if they need there own power supply i have a ultra 500watt single rail that runs at 28amps i got it at tigerdirect for 30$ i just ordered this video card a msi/8600gt/oc for 98$ after rebates here is a link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127319 maybe im wrong but i dont see why i cant run 2 with what i got in sli mode im still running windows xp pro allso i hear the new patches will be out soon the 1 for xp will improove xp but the 1 for vista they say it will slow it down more i will just have to wait till the price go's down and the performance improoves with vista the directx10 looks great but im not hearing anything good from any vista users i saw a review not sure where it was now but it said most quad core mb are not working right a patch maybe idk and free shipping helps i love working on pc's just had to add my 2 cents in gl
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Bangedup
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Joined: Jun 23, 2005
Posts: 38
Posted:
Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:10 am
the question is, can you use a directx 10 rated video card on a directx9 system?
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no1beaver
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Joined: Aug 22, 2007
Posts: 183
Location: vancouver, wa usa
Posted:
Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:57 am
ya i had some question about that myself... hmmm
most of the newer cards are listed as dx10, and i would assume they are backwards compatible, but not sure..
At least I got A&A running on a backup pc, so I can take a little time, decide whats best, wait for prices to drop some more, etc..
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spasticdonkey
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Joined: Jun 23, 2005
Posts: 3381
Location: Texas, USA
Posted:
Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:33 pm
lol and it's alot of cash to drop to find out the hard way
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no1beaver
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Posts: 183
Location: vancouver, wa usa
Joined: Feb 10, 2007
Posts: 1302
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posted:
Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:54 am
to put it simple: yes, directx 10 cards are backwards compatible.
to put it long:
if you buy for example an nvidia 8000 series, or a ati 2000 series graphics card, they will work on both xp and vista, while being direct x 10 cards. i currently am running an ati 2350 under 9.0c directx with vista 32bit...
btw, if you really want a good machine...this setup costed me 748 bucks (well, without the 12.5% discount it would have...payed 655 for it in the end)
I can run battlefield with all graphics on max, AA on 4x (but i shut off AA b/c it gets laggy when artie'd)
quad core processor @ 2.4 ghz
cache: 8192KB
bus: 333mhz
internal memory: 2048 (changed to 4 gb since it has 4 slots and i had 2 more sticks of 1gb lieing around)
HD: 500gb
ati 2350 HD graphics card
windows vista home premium...
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