What would be a good upgrade?

[BriT]

Hey guys,

I've had this Sapphire X1950 Pro 512MB for 2 years ? not totally sure! and i have no idea what to upgrade it to since im not in the loop. I have upto £200 to spend and would prefer an ATI card.

Any reccomendations?

Brit.

 

[karl01]

What Games do you play and what res is your monitor?

 

[siumatfung]

could you post the rest of your specs?

 

[[timko]]

Hey guys,

I've had this Sapphire X1950 Pro 512MB for 2 years ?

Hopefully that isn't the AGP version otherwise your upgrade options will be quite limited.

 

[jigger]

This is what I would get.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-141-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403

 

[Hairybudda]

Are you going PCI-E or AGP? If its AGP a 3870 or equivalent would probably be your top end.

 

[BriT]

Hey guys,

my specs are :

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte P35-S3
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5)
Antec truepower trio 550W
Western Digital RE3 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3202ABYS)Digital RE3 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3202ABYS)

Yes i have PCI express slot..only one though.

I play COD4, Flight Simulator X, Brothers In Arms series and Fallout 3 all at 1024x768

 

[Hairybudda]

Get a 4890, but at 1024x768 you won't be doing any new card you get these days any justice. That being said it'll slaughter the games you play right now.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-141-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403

 

[BriT]

Thanks for the advice.

I've updated my drivers/catalyst and my Graphic card is running very high temp? 85c idle and when i play games they work for 10-15 min then the PC turns itself off?

 

[Hairybudda]

Is the fan still spinning on the card? I had the exact same card as you quite a while back and the fan got clogged and stopped working.

 

[BriT]

I just checked and yeah the fan is still spinning.

Would it be worth buying this? Zalman GV1000 Quad Heatpipe Extreme Gaming VGA Cooler Zalman GV1000 Quad Heatpipe Extreme Gaming VGA Cooler

It doesn't say what card it supports though.

 

[Hairybudda]

It'll fit the card fine, OCUK don't have it in stock though, it'd keep temps down though. Is there any clogging in the duct the fan blows out of? A can of compressed air or a hoover might be a cheaper alternative than an aftermarket cooler on that card.

 

[arc@css]

512mb for that res. Plenty of vram available.

 

['Wes]

I'd buy a new monitor and get either a GTX 260 or a GTX 275, if not then get a GTS 250.

 

[jigger]

Would it be the card with a blue heat sink cover and a pic of a robot girl with one outstretched arm ?

 

[BriT]

Yeah thats the one.

Solved the heat issue. Just gave the card a hoover and now idle temp is 55c. Amazing what dust does.

 

[Hairybudda]

Yeah I know, I hoovered the other halfs computer out a couple of weeks ago and her ambient temps dropped from ~75c to about 40c, dust is a nightmare.

 

[jigger]

If you undo the tiny screws the blue part pulls off, you will probably find most of the air ways are still blocked.