7950GT upgrade
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7950GT upgrade
I'm looking at whether a vid card upgrade would be worth the effort, I cant afford to do whole PC, it will remain a AMD 3500, 2gb RAM, .92Tb HD etc... getting games to run reasonable at 1920 x 1200 is the issue on my 24" LCD
What I wanna know is would it be worth replacing my 256Mb 7950GT with a new 9800 card or something similar..
I done some research that suggests that 9800GT 512Mb would be a reasonable improvement or a GX260 even better...
Suggestions please
What I wanna know is would it be worth replacing my 256Mb 7950GT with a new 9800 card or something similar..
I done some research that suggests that 9800GT 512Mb would be a reasonable improvement or a GX260 even better...
Suggestions please
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
Yeah, assuming you have pci-e, I'd say that would make quite a difference
Is your current cpu a socket AM2? If so, you could slap a newer processor in for not too much as well.
Is your current cpu a socket AM2? If so, you could slap a newer processor in for not too much as well.
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
Mobo is PCI-E but dont support AM2, CPU is an original Athlon 64 3500
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
I ordered a 9800GTX 1Tb
Should tide me over for awhile I hope....
New quad core PC next year after some other shite is sorted
Should tide me over for awhile I hope....
New quad core PC next year after some other shite is sorted
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
And if I've done my job right you should have it tomorrow sulley.
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
Good man....knew I could rely on you...
Should run Sacred2 a bit better by the weekend
Should run Sacred2 a bit better by the weekend
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
Installed and run 3dMark05 25% improvement over old card, not too bad
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
So will you be 25% faster in rFactor then?Sulley wrote:Installed and run 3dMark05 25% improvement over old card, not too bad
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
Not bloody likely.....Growler wrote:So will you be 25% faster in rFactor then?Sulley wrote:Installed and run 3dMark05 25% improvement over old card, not too bad
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
hehe
haven't decided if an when I will reinstall rFactor yet
haven't decided if an when I will reinstall rFactor yet
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
Good to hear it arrived and it making a difference sulley. Means I must of done job right, miracles can happen!!
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Re: 7950GT upgrade
couriuer badly dented box but card seems to run fine about 15 degrees cooler too, big Zalman fan on it
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