Hey guys. Just ordered this off OCUK. Took me a while to make sure all the components were good. Just curious as to whether you experts out there think the purchase was good and maybe help other upgraders out there make up there mind. Here is my order:
FG-001-ZA Zalman ZM-F2 92mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin (FG-001-ZA) 2
£5.50 £11.00
CA-041-AN Antec Titan 550 Tower Case - 550w TruePower PSU (CA-041-AN) 1
£79.99 £79.99
GX-088-LT Leadtek GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-088-LT) 1
£114.99 £114.99
Subtotal £205.98
Shipping (Parcelforce Euro 48) £22.00
VAT £39.90
Total £267.88
Came to almost €400 exactly and it gets me started on my new box. Most of the other components will be taken out of my current dell box before I upgrade them after Vista and DX10 cards come out. I'm hoping ATi/AMD come out with some fancy setup in the next year or so. I'm thinking that the 7600GT should tide me over til then.
The main reason for upgrading was to be able to work on the Crysis 2 engine which the game studio I work with is currently using. I'd like to be able to actually run the test builds on my home computer
I hope any other AGP upgrader out there can use this to help them decide on the essentials.
For anyone that's curious my current specs are:
3Ghz P4,
1GB RAM,
9800Pro (upgrading),
330W PSU (upgrading),
Audigy 2 w/ frontboard,
1x 80GB, 2x 40GB HDs,
TV Tuner card,
Wifi card.
The whole system was being a bit strained by the 330W PSU so that had to be upgraded and while I love the 9800Pro for the 3 years its given me I think it's time to upgrade and I'm hoping that the new card will give a significant boost. Can anyone tell me roughly how much of a performance increase I can expect from the 9800Pro to the 7600GT?
Next year I plan on upgrading the entire system and the new Titan box will certainly provide the space and power I need to do that.
FG-001-ZA Zalman ZM-F2 92mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin (FG-001-ZA) 2
£5.50 £11.00
CA-041-AN Antec Titan 550 Tower Case - 550w TruePower PSU (CA-041-AN) 1
£79.99 £79.99
GX-088-LT Leadtek GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-088-LT) 1
£114.99 £114.99
Subtotal £205.98
Shipping (Parcelforce Euro 48) £22.00
VAT £39.90
Total £267.88
Came to almost €400 exactly and it gets me started on my new box. Most of the other components will be taken out of my current dell box before I upgrade them after Vista and DX10 cards come out. I'm hoping ATi/AMD come out with some fancy setup in the next year or so. I'm thinking that the 7600GT should tide me over til then.
The main reason for upgrading was to be able to work on the Crysis 2 engine which the game studio I work with is currently using. I'd like to be able to actually run the test builds on my home computer
I hope any other AGP upgrader out there can use this to help them decide on the essentials.
For anyone that's curious my current specs are:
3Ghz P4,
1GB RAM,
9800Pro (upgrading),
330W PSU (upgrading),
Audigy 2 w/ frontboard,
1x 80GB, 2x 40GB HDs,
TV Tuner card,
Wifi card.
The whole system was being a bit strained by the 330W PSU so that had to be upgraded and while I love the 9800Pro for the 3 years its given me I think it's time to upgrade and I'm hoping that the new card will give a significant boost. Can anyone tell me roughly how much of a performance increase I can expect from the 9800Pro to the 7600GT?
Next year I plan on upgrading the entire system and the new Titan box will certainly provide the space and power I need to do that.
