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Matching gpu to pentium D 2.8

JonJ678

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The owner is struggling somewhat with playing TF2 and I'm trying to work out what he should upgrade to. I'm a bit confused by the naming, but the current card is a discrete pci-e (unless agp looks similar and I've been unobservant) which dxdiag and cpu-z both identify as X300/X550.

PSU is rated at 286W on the 12V line, has no pci-e cables. I'm thinking a low power 9800gt, and possibly more ram.

Google doesn't think the board will take a c2d, despite the 945 chipset being able to. I have a 3.06ghz pentium 4 lying around, which might be quicker. If significantly so I'll donate it, and the question becomes what gpu for this.

Its at 1280x1024, and price is definitely an issue. What can I do for him?
 
The pentium D will likely be faster than the p4 though will run hotter than the sun. An ATI 4670 would also be worth looking into, it's a very capable card at lower resolutions.
 
Geckovich said:
The pentium D will likely be faster than the p4 though will run hotter than the sun. An ATI 4670 would also be worth looking into, it's a very capable card at lower resolutions.
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This is a very good idea. A 4670 doesn't need an additional PCI-Ex power connector and will do nicely for resolutions upto 1280x1024, just dont expect any AA/AF :)
 
What worries me is 'discrete PCI-E'. You sure it's not AGP? Because i can't think of any cards that aren't either PCI-E or AGP, it might be a custom one in which case a new motherboard would be required. What PSU is it? And what case?
 
I did think it looked like pci-e, but I haven't seen agp for years so was a bit suspicious.

Learnt something new here, cheers guys. I shall leave the processor in place, no wonder the heatsink is massive. I shall look around for a 4670, cheers :)
 
Arthalen said:
This is a very good idea. A 4670 doesn't need an additional PCI-Ex power connector and will do nicely for resolutions upto 1280x1024, just dont expect any AA/AF :)
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Well to be fair when i built a rig for someone with a 4670, i tested this out on dead space and it ran maxed out on dead space @ 60FPS no drops, same on cod4.
1680x1050 res btw.

O and i managed to pick one off here for £36 ;)
 
unknownsock said:
Well to be fair when i built a rig for someone with a 4670, i tested this out on dead space and it ran maxed out on dead space @ 60FPS no drops, same on cod4.
1680x1050 res btw.

O and i managed to pick one off here for £36 ;)
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Damn thats nice. I guess I'm underestimating what these can do. Gonna go look up a few reviews, might be the right card for the missus' machine.
 
A 4670 is amazing for the price but don't forget TF2 is incredibly CPU limited, esp at low res. (See techpowerup fps chart)

Don't be surprised if the GPU upgrade does sweet FA ;)

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