Worth upgrading

[borich_planner]

I currently have:

Xp2600
Abint NF7
2X1 Gig DDR 3200 mem
200 gig
ATI 9700 Pro

I am looking to get back into gaming, and don't want to spend 1000's on a new pc, So would the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 give me a boost which I would notice over the 9700. Games i would be playing are total war series, left for dead, day of defeat.

Could anyone recommend a good AGP card that can be found second hand alternatively to getting a brand new card if the card is overkill for such a old pc

Borich

 

[TheRealDeal]

If i were you i would be looking at a new build which will not cost you 1000's. You can probably put a decent gaming rig together for around 4-5 hundred. Probably could go even lower. As for your machine a 3850 would be held back badly by your cpu.

 

[borich_planner]

I found ATI Radeon HD 3650 Graphics card HD3650 for 65 pounds. I am on a very tight budget and cannot afford really more than 100 atm,

borich

 

[jak731]

if you can then maybe get something like this

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
**B Grade** Asus Vintage V3-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD Socket AM2 £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 512MB TV-Out/HDTV/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (HD-465X-YAF2) £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £29.99
(£26.08) £29.99
(£26.08)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel £17.24
(£14.99) £17.24
(£14.99)
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £9.19
(£7.99) £9.19
(£7.99)
Sub Total : £129.04
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £20.86
Total : £159.90

you will need to use your existing HDDs and optical drives.

although very low spec by todays standards (on this forum), it will beat your current specs and allow you to enter the PCI-E market for GPUs freeing you from the massively overpriced AGP market.

i do not expect you to do any upgrades to the specs above, instead i suggest that you use the pc for a while allowing you to amass more funds for a better PC a few months down the line and replace almost if not everything in the PC above.

 

[borich_planner]

I have a 750 Duron atm, as my old Xp 2500 died, once that chip arrives, and my 2 gig of mem I will see how my system copes. What would a good 512 AGP to find on a auction site for 40/50 quid mark.

Borich