9800gt???

[TierBlundell]

Hi I am pretty new to pc gaming, and I have ordered a pc from dell which comes equipped with a ATI RADEON 5450 1gb I understand I need to upgrade this so should I go for the nvidia 9800gt? my budget is about £100 but for a better one I may stretch that. just looking for something that plays fallout and crysis in all it's glory. also does having two make much difference and if so can they be different cards? Thanks

 

[danewesley]

Hi, you should sell the 5450 and put the money with the £100 to get a 5770, thats your best bet.

 

[cmndr_andi]

I have ordered a pc from dell

Oh god. Any way you can cancel? Its just a shame you didn't come here earlier, we could have shown you one of the nice OCUK pre-builds or talked you through building your own.

I understand I need to upgrade

Aye, if you get this system and want to play any modern games - a graphics card upgrade is required. However, we can't advise you on what upgrade to go for without knowing the case size and the PSU specs. What is the Dell model name/number that you went for?

fallout and crysis in all it's glory

Fallout is do-able, crysis however will be challenge unless you have a really low-res monitor. That said, running crysis on medium-high will work fine on a £100 GPU and will still look amazing.

 

[danewesley]

how much is the dell?

 

[TierBlundell]

Thanks guys yeah I jus checked out that pre builds link (I'm doing allthis off of my iPod) they look great but I couldn't afford to buy a good pc outright I'm doing a finance deal were I pay £50 a month. my friend said it was a good pc though... it's a intel quad core inspiron 560 with 4gb ram and a terrabyte hardrive.

 

[TierBlundell]

the pc cost 499

 

[TierBlundell]

Actually... iv just seen u can do the same finance option on here... how long does it take to ship???

 

[danewesley]

there are finance options available on this site also, you could have got this Titan Xenomorph on finance for 12 months and paid no interest, its like £130 over buget but take the £100 for the other gfx card and your almost there.

 

[danewesley]

it takes one day, if all finance is set up correctly and the paperwork has been signed.

 

[jorzeh]

Actually... iv just seen u can do the same finance option on here... how long does it take to ship???

Normally next day with OCUK depends on there stock but genreally it's blooooddddy fast

so £499 + the £100 would get you a nice OCUK system ^^

 

[TierBlundell]

Ok good stuff after work tommorow I am going to cancel my dell order (hopefully) and get the titan krypt!!! btw which is better 5770 or 5750???

 

[cmndr_andi]

5770 for sure.

However, remember that you need to buy an operating system as well. OCUK orders are not made with OS as standard - so you choose your own. If you have an XP/Vista license you don't need then you can get the retail Upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit for £68. Or you could go for the OEM option offered with the machine for £72.

 

[Phoenixdancer]

Wow... £500 for that... I sold a decent Dual core, 2Gb ram, 9800GT, good case and 600w PSU for £250 the other day... i actualy sold two of the same systems to the same house hold

 

[Mr Fujisawa]

Please note the OCUK system doesn't come with monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. But you could always add them to the finance deal

 

[TierBlundell]

Unfortunately i was turned down for finance on that pc i dont know why i have an immaculate credit rating but hey. so im having to stick with the dell...sigh. its an inspiron 560 spec: (know you will probably laugh) Item
Description
Base
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q8300 Processor (2.50GHz, 4MB cache, 1333MHz FSB)
Memory
4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 [4x1024] Memory
Keyboard
Dell™ USB Entry Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Monitor
Display Not Included
Video Card
ATI Radeon™ HD 5450 1GB DDR3 graphics
Hard Drive
1TB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
19-in-1 Media Card reader
Microsoft Operating System
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit - English
Mouse
Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Modem
No Modem
Optical Devices
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with DVD Burn software
Sound Cards
Integrated 7.1 channel audio
Speakers
No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Cable
2 Meter Power Cord - UK

 

[TierBlundell]

so will i be able to put the 5770 card in it? also will it run slow on only 4gb ram as its a 64bit version of windows should i upgrade to 6gb at least? thanks

 

[Randomface74]

It will have a balls PSU in it, so probably not a good idea.

 

[cmndr_andi]

How much will that be setting you back?

TBH, its not a great spec. CPU is OK (a bit old and low clocked - but will manage), RAM can't be added to in the future and will need replacing, 5450 effectively being binned as soon as it arrives and the rest will be dell standard tat (custom/locked motherboard, bad PSU, little room for any upgrades). And then you need to spend another wedge to replace the GPU.

It is a shame that you couldn't get finance at OCUK, but if you are commited to borrow money for a new PC then have you examined loan and overdraft options? - just buying a dell because they will let you pay later seems crazy.

 

[TierBlundell]

wot is gpu? and plz bear in mind I just want to play fallout c&c4 and napolean total war smoothly and looking good will this pc do that?

 

[cmndr_andi]

wot is gpu?

GPU stands for Graphics Processing Unit, so a short way of saying graphics card (its technically not 100% accurate as the GPU is just one part of the graphics card - but its a faster way of typing it). TBH, everything needs a TLA.

I just want to play fallout c&c4 and napolean total war smoothly and looking good will this pc do that?

If you keep with the 5450 GPU, no. Here is a review showing some gaming benchamarks.