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Adam_B
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27th Dec 04 at 14:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


i need (want) a new graphics card before i get some propper games for my PC like Half life 2

ive been having a look around on the net this morning and now my head really hurts, its so confusing, im wanting to spend £230 tops ish. Found this, any good?

http://www.pcwcomponentcentre.co.uk/invt/210440040?source=dealtime&type=pricecomparison

my pc is-
Intel celeron 2.4 GHz
768 MB RAM
Windows XP SP2
40 gb hd
Nvidia geforce 4 mx 440 (64mb?)

please help me before i go insane

[Edited on 27-12-2004 by Adam_B]
AdiSRI
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27th Dec 04 at 14:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get a GF 6600GT, best value for money there is atm in my book...
Adam_B
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27th Dec 04 at 14:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats an nvidia geforce yes?
AdiSRI
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27th Dec 04 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah, shud be about £170 odd
Adam_B
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27th Dec 04 at 14:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is there much difference between 256mb and 128mb cards for the money?

http://www.pcwcomponentcentre.co.uk/invt/pvt43andf7
AdiSRI
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27th Dec 04 at 14:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not really, the XFX one is very good, and that price is remarkably ok....

look about on the net see if you can find someone with one in stock..
AdiSRI
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27th Dec 04 at 14:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_6600_GT.html

bottom card, they have them in stock...
PaulW
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27th Dec 04 at 14:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tbh the 6600GT is overkill for the cellery he has...

radeon 9800PRO with 128Mb is plenty enough! HL2 will run 1024x768 with 2xaa and 2xaf with all detail set to max with no worries at all! plus can be got for around the £100 mark now

but the CPU will slow things down a fair bit!
Adam_B
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27th Dec 04 at 14:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is the CPU upgrade like a graphics card? just get a new one and swap it over?
PaulW
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27th Dec 04 at 14:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
should be able to

but try get what model motherboard you have, look on gogle & see what chips it will take

no point buying a 3.8ghz p4 & then finding out it only takes upto a 3.2 or something!
James_DT
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27th Dec 04 at 16:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Plus, the new P4's run on a different socket to the old P4/Celeron, so you'd need to get the correct one too.
9800Pro would work dandy, especially as they're releasing new updated HL2 levels in 2005 that make the most of features on ATI cards.
Adam_B
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27th Dec 04 at 16:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cool. thanks for the help
Dean_H
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27th Dec 04 at 17:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
6600GT is £99 , 1/2 price in pc world
Adam_B
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27th Dec 04 at 17:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
have you seen that in the shop? its 199 on the website.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0831160701.1104169923@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccccadddhejkmhjcflgceggdhhmdfhm.0&page=Product&sku=587851&category_oid=-9928&fm=2&sm=8&tm=undefined
John
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27th Dec 04 at 18:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
None of them left in Scotland by the time i seen the advert. Tried everywhere.

 
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