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Jas
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26th Nov 06 at 14:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any good?
John
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26th Nov 06 at 14:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That could be any of about a hundred

Need a model number.
Whittie
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26th Nov 06 at 14:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
anything below 9600 are shite, too old and outdated.
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how do u go about ugrading the graphics card just out of intrest?

never done it
Whittie
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Open Case > Take old gfx card out > put new in > install drivers > done
Dan B
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I'd add another few "obvious" steps into the above, just to be safe, just in case!

Uninstall old drivers -> shutdown and remove all external cables -> open case -> remove old card -> install new card -> close case -> insert external cables -> install new drivers -> done!

[Edited on 26-11-2006 by Dan B]
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pdwhelan
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haller14...
ok add a few more steps to the above

check compatabilty and see how good of a graphics card you can get, is it AGP/PCI-E or just PCI if its old. if its AGP does your motherboard support agp x2 x4 or x8. if your confused now just get as much detail on your system and post it on here or take it to a cumputer engineer, i would give you more details on pci-e but i dont use it my self. im on agp and currently waiting for my mum to buy me a new agp card for xmas and yeh radeon are very good. far better than nvidia IMO
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26th Nov 06 at 17:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
But it depends what you buying.

Nvidia 6xxx series cards were better than ati.

Buying an agp graphics card just now is a total waste of money.
Dan B
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26th Nov 06 at 17:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ATI may have clawed back some respect over the last 12 months, but it's now blown back out of the water again by nVidia...

Early benchmark tests in various games show that ONE 8800GTX has similar results to TWO Crossfire'd X1950XTX's.
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I'm not bang up to date on the latest cards but is the ati the same generation as the 8800?

I doubt an ati competitor to the 8800 will be that much slower.
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John its not a waste of money if AGP is all you can afford im hopefully getting this for xmas... http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-004-GC

i have to put towards it. if i could afford to buy pci-e board video and cpu then trust me, i would
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Not the same gen, John, no, but it's been public knowledge that nVidia have been developing one, yet there's no news about ATI developing a competitor...

No doubt when ATI finally drag out a similar-generation card, the nVidia stuff will be even more powerful, since they'll have had time to research the info from the 8800GTX/S cards.
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26th Nov 06 at 18:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dusnt AMD own ATI now?
John
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190 quid on a non dx10 card is really a waste of money.
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa Sport Gav
dusnt AMD own ATI now?


yes, but it shouldnt affect the cards that much.

Go for Nvidia as i wouldnt put money into DX9 cards now
Jas
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26th Nov 06 at 19:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
radeon 8x 256mb il find out the model number soon
Jas
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ATI RADEON 9250 256 MB

no good?
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but i wont be playing any dx10 games John.. so its not a waste of money, the only reason im getting it is because my 9800 pro is damaged. when i can afford a new system then it will be the dogs bollocks.. but that will only last for what... a year maybe? lol so realisticly anything computer wise now is a waste of money when the only games i play are amercias army, counter strike 1.6.. wich is what my 9800 had no problems with. im getting the new ati so i can play americas army on higher graphic settings. that will last for a while untill i get a new job and then i will get a new system
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quote:
Originally posted by Jas16v
ATI RADEON 9250 256 MB

no good?

Worth about £30, and probably not powerful enough to play any new games......I'd get something a little more powerful. At least a 9600 Pro, if you want to stick with ATI cards.

Given the age of the 9250, I'd assume you're still using AGP, so would probably suggest something like this.

[Edited on 27-11-2006 by Dan B]
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when you say any new games...

i have need for speed carbon sitting here..

will that work with that card?
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whats the spec it needs?
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Minimum requirements straight from the sticker:

-Windows XP (32-bit) or 2000 with SP4
-1.7 GHz or faster
-512MB or more RAM
-8x or faster DVD drive
-5.3 GB or more free space
-DirectX 9.0c compatible
-Keyboard, mouse, or USB steering wheel/gamepad

Video card with 64 MB or more memory and one of these chipsets is required:
ATI Radeon 8500 or greater; NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti series or greater.

It would run on a 9600XT fairly well but it's not all down to the graphics card. Processor speed, memory (availabilty and speed) play a factor too. iwould go for something like this (out of stock at the mo but just to illustrate).
John
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Get a 6600gt.

Should be able to get it for not much over 100 now and it was amazing value when it cost nearly double that.
Dan B
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If you're prepared to pay just over £100 for a new AGP card, how about one of these?

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