DEAD GFX Forcing upgrade????

t0ny

t0ny

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Hi there, turned on my machine this morning and my 9800Pro is outputting nothing! Swithed it for an old Radeon 7500 and that works, but will not output to my two monitors.

I really can't afford this right now, but I can't be without a PC. Is it worth buying another AGP card or do I upgrade the MOBO and get a PCI Express.

My Current spec is an ASUS PC4800E Deluxe and a Intel p4 2.4c. Can anyone recommend?? I am thinking of going to an AMD this time!

I am guessing I can't get a MOBO+Chip+GFX for £300 that will be half decent???

Thanks for any direction...
 
£300 should get you something decent I think, such as the Asrock Dual Sata II, an AMD 3700 SD and a not bad gfx card, you could stay with AGP until you have more money for a better PCIe card.
 
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG) 1
£99.95 £99.95
CP-119-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3500BPBOX) (CP-119-AM) 1
£89.95 £89.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) 1
£54.95 £54.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£15.95 £15.95
Subtotal £260.80
VAT £45.64
Total £306.44

I put a cooler in there too so you can overclock that 3500+ :)
 
Hmm, thing is when I got my machine it was the best thing I could get.

PC4800E Deluxe
Intel P4 2.4c (Clocked to 3Ghz)
Corsair Platinum (2x512) 1gb Dual Channel
Western Digital Raptor 74gb (System and Apps)
Maxtor Diamond Max 9 Ultra 120gb (For Data)
ATI Radeon 9800pro

I do lots of Graphical work in Photoshop and tons of time in Nuendo (Cubase, audio application). I do play games but rarely, however I like them to work properly.

What I am saying is, I don't just want to drop to basic stuff because of this and am I right in saying that all I could get would be cheap low performing stuff for £300?

Would It be better to replace the Video Card, or is this money down the toilet?
 
Just get a 2nd hand 9800 to replace what you already had then, if you were happy with the PC and it was doing what you wanted it to do :)
 
If you do a lot of graphical work you might want to buy a Pentium D 805 and OC it a bit.

Edit: You could always buy an AGP and PCI-E motherboard (if they do them for LGA-755) - that way you could always improve your graphics card.
 
I would rather have a warranty than grab something second hand, mostly for reasons that I have discovered this morning!!

Whats the best under £100 card I could get that would function on AGP and be as good/better than the 9800Pro?

I think It would be a shame to upgrade now and get crappy stuff when I would prefer to get good gear when I can afford it!
 
I know the 7800GS thing would be best, but for £200 it is too pricey for an ageing system

There are x800GTO's? X1600Pros' ??
 
I have decided on getting a new x800GTO for £110. This will see me to next year when the new intels have come out and prices have settled maybe making AMD's cheaper...

That make sense??
 
t0ny said:
I have decided on getting a new x800GTO for £110. This will see me to next year when the new intels have come out and prices have settled maybe making AMD's cheaper...

That make sense??
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yup. :)
 
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