Choosing a graphics card for a asus p5kpl-am epu

luke123

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Hi, This is my first pc build, spec list:

Asus p5kpl-am-epu (Mother board)
NZXT source 210 elite (case)
500gb Western Digital caviar blue (Hard Drive)


I bought the Board as a deal on ebay, It came with cpu cooler,cpu,Mother board,ram which was 1gb which is poo, instructions, box etc.

But i carnt remeber what cpu it is i think it's either intel core 2 duo as it is a 2.6ghz one if im not mistaken.

Ram is upgraded with Kingston hyper x 800mhz 4gb ram

700w psu

Etc

I am after a graphics card that will allow me to play world of warcraft, sims2 and watch videos on youtube etc

I have a budget of £45 i can possibly stretch to £55 ish

cheers Luke
 
luke123 said:
So that ovcuk graphics card wouldnt work with my ddr2 system ram??
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no, independent means it is not affected by what type of ram you have. it will work

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hmm, the only 700W alpine PSU i can find is on sale pretty much everywhere for £20. i'd really look at getting that replaced as a £20 700W PSU isnt a sign of quality.

heres a couple of reviews of cheap PSU's to make my point:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=123
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=154

if you get a decent make of PSU you can happily go for a much lower wattage. the corsair 430W PSU from here would be great (dont get the OcUK value PSU's though)
 
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whats the difference between the OC version and the standard version thats £4 cheaper?

they are both exactly the same card with exactly the same cooler and exactly the same clock speed as far as i can tell
 
Reaper 392 said:
whats the difference between the OC version and the standard version thats £4 cheaper?
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The OC is clocked higher ( I have already looked at various OC 9800gt models at manufacturer websites and they seem to be around 50-100mhz on the core alone), don't go assuming OCUK specs are correct.

they are both exactly the same card with exactly the same cooler and exactly the same clock speed as far as i can tell
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A stock picture told you all this?
 
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Reaper 392 said:
whats the difference between the OC version and the standard version thats £4 cheaper?

stulid said:
The OC is clocked higher (I have already looked at various OC 9800gt models at manufacturer websites and they seem to be around 100mhz on the core alone), don't go assuming OCUK specs are correct.
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right, so i shouldnt assume that OcUK have the description correct on any of their products, thats a really good attitude to take :rolleyes:

Reaper 392 said:
they are both exactly the same card with exactly the same cooler and exactly the same clock speed as far as i can tell
stulid said:
A stock picture told you all this?
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the stock picture and OcUK's description of the product they are selling, yes

also, if OcUK have got it wrong then surely the OP can download MSI afterburner and overclock the card to a similar level himself. i know its only £4, but it seems silly to spend that on the movement of a slider to me
 
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stulid said:
For example,

http://www.inno3d.com/products/graphic_card/gf9/9800gt.htm

http://www.inno3d.com/products/graphic_card/gf9/9800gt_oc.htm

Both "look"the same, but the OC is faster.



Why risk killing the card, voiding the warranty for the sake of £4.

The OP is already asking questions about can the graphic card ram be ok with the system ram, and you want him to start manually overclocking?
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yes, i know the cards are like that in their normal state, but it is entirely possible that while being refurbished they dont put the OC on the card. also, overclocking the card doesnt void the warranty, especially since its held with overclockers themselves.

as for him breaking the card with overclocking i seriously doubt that would happen. with MSI afterburner you have to jump through a number of hoops to overvolt the card beyond nvidias or ATI's recommendations. you have to change some well hidden settings to change the voltage atall.

its up to the OP, but it just seems like a waisted £4 to me
 
Reaper 392 said:
overclocking the card doesnt void the warranty, especially since its held with overclockers themselves.
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Whats the company that sells it got to do with the warranty? you overclock you void warranty, try googling if overclocking a graphics card voids the warranty, which is why ATI "Overdrive" for example presents you with a few warnings before it displays the overclock settings.

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as for him breaking the card with overclocking i seriously doubt that would happen. with MSI afterburner you have to jump through a number of hoops to overvolt the card beyond nvidias or ATI's recommendations. you have to change some well hidden settings to change the voltage atall.
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When the OP is asking newb questions, its not worth fiddling.

but it is entirely possible that while being refurbished they dont put the OC on the card.
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A refurb probably means just a clean up and such, the GPU bios shouldn't need changing, so the overclocked model will be as it was before the refurb.
 
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