Upgrade for Company of heroes!

[Booner!]

My friend is skint (has no job) I am going to buy him a GPU and he has the following spec (lol)

P4 2.8
768mb ram
Radeon 9550 256mb

What GPU would be a nice upgrade for me to aim for £60inc

6600Gt? (would he notice a difference?)

 

[jrodga2k5]

Id try the members market to see if you can pick up a decent deal!
For around 60quid you may be able to pick up a 6800gt which would obviously be ideal, i have seen x800's as well go for around about those prices or a smidge higher, that would probably be your best bet!

Im assuming he is still on AGP of course

 

[Booner!]

yes still AGP.

I could either get him a 1gb ram or GPU, I think GPU would show most benifit.

Problem is, he has a rubbish case + PSU (hewlett packard standard stuff)

I dont know wether it worth just asking for donation and building him a system when i get paid

 

[melbourne720]

How much do you want to spend?

AGP Cards:-

9800 Pro(S/H), 6600 GT(S/H), 7600 GS (£78), 6800 GS(S/H), 6800 GT(S/H), X800 XT(S/H)…, 7600 GT (£118)…, x1950 Pro (£152)

 

[Booner!]

As i said price is about £60inc

 

[melbourne720]

As i said price is about £60inc

Oh, yes, apologies.

6600 GT it is then. If you could find a 6800 GS for that money, that would be very good. Some of those unlock to a 6800 GT.

 

[jrodga2k5]

yes still AGP.

I could either get him a 1gb ram or GPU, I think GPU would show most benifit.

Problem is, he has a rubbish case + PSU (hewlett packard standard stuff)

I dont know wether it worth just asking for donation and building him a system when i get paid

THe GPU is a big thing tbh and this happened with my mates PC recently, the gfx upgade will help a lot! he took a 7600gt (Obviously out of your price range) and it did help a lot, although the mem problem creeps in when he tries to push it!

Anyways id say scour the members market and im sure you could find a good un! Otherwise why not post in the wanted thread and see what offers come in

 

[Booner!]

gonna try sticking up a wanted

 

[jrodga2k5]

Good luck

 

[Booner!]

whats 9800pro like in comparison to a 9550 ?? 20% better?

 

[melbourne720]

whats 9800pro like in comparison to a 9550 ?? 20% better?

I'd say more like 30-40%. Any experts on 9550 cards out there? My brother still has a 9800 Pro, he plays strategy games and he's still happy with it.

 

[phatboy]

The 9800 is a whole different league to the 9550, atleast a 30% increase in speed, not to mention the 8 pipelines rather than the 4 on the 9550.

The 9550 is a clocked back version of the 9600 chipset, so is a mildy capable but quite geriatric chipset now

My old 9800 pro ran Battlefield 2 with a semp(non 64) 3000+ and 512mb ram without any issues.

Great upgrade if the price is right, a 6800LE is a fantastic upgrade from a 9550 and quicker again than the 9800 and in about the 40 quid price bracket on the members market if that.

hope thats of some help

regards

Ben

 

[Sean_UK]

Do you want game to look good and run well, or just run well? To just run well then 6800 series will be fine, to have high details & look great then tbh your talking 7600gt 256ddr.

6600Gt? (would he notice a difference?)

Nope, seen it running on these and you wont be using 1280x1024 thats for sure