Upgrading Advice.

craig_tea · 25 Oct 2006 at 23:55

Hello all!

I am thinking of upgrading my RAM, Motherboard and Graphics Card!

now i just want some opinions...

these are some ideas I had:

1.

MY-039-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3 (MY-039-CS) 1
£159.99
MB-118-AS Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS) 1
£99.99
GX-015-EA EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO Superclocked 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-015-EA) 1
£199.99

2.

Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3 (MY-039-CS)
£159.99

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£54.99

OcUK MSI GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-041-OK)
£153.99

3.

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard £64.61

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 £152.69

OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7900 GS OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £152.74

They are just some Ideas, but i want something in the 7900/7950 range... 512 mb ram on or 256, i dunno whether the 512 is worth it? i will be getting dual eventually, just in another month or so...

motherboard, well I don't rely know at all lol

needs to be socket 939 and have SLI.

the RAM i want 2GB got to be pretty good.

This is for a gaming machine so will need to be pretty good spec, so some honest advice would be much appreciated! thanks

Macabre · 26 Oct 2006 at 00:18

7900 GTO is amazing, I've maxed out all the games I have installed so far. Oblivion, GRAW, BF2, COD 2, FEAR etc.

craig_tea · 26 Oct 2006 at 00:24

Macabre said:
7900 GTO is amazing, I've maxed out all the games I have installed so far. Oblivion, GRAW, BF2, COD 2, FEAR etc.

which one is that? theres lots of gt oc's ... i cant see just a GTO? can you be a bit more specific please

craig_tea · 26 Oct 2006 at 11:54

anyone please help?

CarlD · 26 Oct 2006 at 11:59

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7900_Series.html

Bottem one.

oweneades · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:21

7900GTO or the X1900XT would be a better option than the 7950GT.

craig_tea · 26 Oct 2006 at 18:16

OK, I am thinking of either:

OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7900 GS OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-043-OK)

or

OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7950 GT OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/HDCP/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-OK)

or

OcUK MSI GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-041-OK)

what one would be best? or would you recomend another?

please post the names and links...

also i need help on the ram and motherboard

Thanks.

Steve Watford · 26 Oct 2006 at 18:52

Id recommend the 7950

craig_tea · 27 Oct 2006 at 18:42

nobody else? this seems a nice kind helpful forum! not

oweneades · 27 Oct 2006 at 21:45

craig_tea said:
OK, I am thinking of either:

OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7900 GS OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-043-OK)

or

OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7950 GT OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/HDCP/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-OK)

or

OcUK MSI GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-041-OK)

what one would be best? or would you recomend another?

please post the names and links...

also i need help on the ram and motherboard

Thanks.

Out of those 3 cards the GTO is the best, the 7950GT I wouldn't bother with and the 7900GS (albeit the 256mb version) is a bargin!