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New AGP Card needed me thinks :)

Maybejustmaybe

Maybejustmaybe

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HIya guys,

Can someone recommend a top notch AGP card as my now dated Gainwood Ultra 6600U needs to be replaced!

I cannot afford a new MoBo/CPU ect ect at the moment, so the best AGP card I can lay my hands on would be brilliant, as I have the Dell S2409W 24" Widescreen coming tomorrow, and I want to get the best out of it ;)

Chris
 
off the top of my head the PSU I cannot remember, but its a new one, about 2 months ago, cost me £100!! lol its a really nice one, and I cant for the life of me rememeber what its called!"!!!

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3850 is where I thought of going :)
 
Unfortunately with that CPU you will be heavily bottlenecked even at that res and I'd hazard a guess that the you'll struggle with most things I don't really know if it's worth bothering with IMO.
 
mhhh thats not good news :(

So it will be even worse with the 6600u gfz card then?

even the fastest cpu for this MoBo which is not obviously made anymore will set me back a good £100.00 from places that have it

I hate to ask but........ lol

Say I was to update the System, I can I HOPE keep my old Lian Li Case? I would like a decent MoBo, with decent GFX card, good amount of ram, so how much is it goin to cost?
 
Maybejustmaybe said:
mhhh thats not good news :(

So it will be even worse with the 6600u gfz card then?

even the fastest cpu for this MoBo which is not obviously made anymore will set me back a good £100.00 from places that have it

I hate to ask but........ lol

Say I was to update the System, I can I HOPE keep my old Lian Li Case? I would like a decent MoBo, with decent GFX card, good amount of ram, so how much is it goin to cost?
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Oh it'll murder the 6600 by miles!

What CPU can you get for 100? Bit steep for Skt 939 considering you can get an AMD quad for that on AM2.
 
I wouldn't bother really. Even if you get the 3850 you will then start looking at a new CPU/motherboard and what you going to do with the card then ? I would say try to get a cheap x1950pro 512mb. I usually say 7600 GT 256mb but the extra vram will help with a 24"

I still think it's better to do a full upgrade.
 
Wait until you get a new setup. A new card will simply transfer the bottleneck to something else, and then you'll have to go 775/AM2 and get a PCI-E card anyway. Save your cash, wait to see if January drops the prices a bit.
 
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ok so, as were looking at upgrading now lol....

What am I looking at money wise?

Say I had a limit of £700.00 but I did not need a Monitor, and I brought a new 750 PSU only 2 months ago, what would I get? would it be reasonable?

I have a Lian Li Case thats about 4 yrs old, is that going to need replacing too?

I would like to get a SATAII HD but can I also attach my old Sata HD as well?

if someone could spare a few mins to spec me something decent :)

Chris
 
willhub said:
Oh it'll murder the 6600 by miles!

What CPU can you get for 100? Bit steep for Skt 939 considering you can get an AMD quad for that on AM2.
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Oh cool! I didn't realise murdering was measured in miles! :D

I'd go for a new system. Intel quads are pretty cheap these days too. A 'budget' computer on AM2 or S775 will be a lot better than what you've got now.
 
Maybejustmaybe said:
ok so, as were looking at upgrading now lol....

What am I looking at money wise?

Say I had a limit of £700.00 but I did not need a Monitor, and I brought a new 750 PSU only 2 months ago, what would I get? would it be reasonable?

I have a Lian Li Case thats about 4 yrs old, is that going to need replacing too?

I would like to get a SATAII HD but can I also attach my old Sata HD as well?

if someone could spare a few mins to spec me something decent :)

Chris
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You'll still be able to use your bringed PSU, :p, and everything else. It depends what case you've got, but it should work really.

Any idea what case you've got? Pictures? Model number?

If it's a standard ATX case, and fits your PSU fine, it should pretty much fit any ATX motherboard.

If you want to spend £700, you be able to get yourself some nice stuff with £50 to spare, you could even go for 8GBs of RAM if you wanted to spend the whole £700 :D:

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EDIT: Oops, I forgot the DVD drive! Do you have a DVD drive already? If you've got a SATA one there's no need to get a new one really.
kylewaller
 
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