Which Graphics Card?
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Which Graphics Card?
Its GOT TO run Battlefield 2 to and my missus plays the sims now and again.
Budget is £200, some links to spec would be good
Im Currently Running:
160HDD
3.2ghz AMD
1.5GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce fx5200 128MB
Budget is £200, some links to spec would be good
Im Currently Running:
160HDD
3.2ghz AMD
1.5GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce fx5200 128MB
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I've always prefer nVidia cards to ATI, but it's all down to personal preference......and, I'm assuming your motherboard has support for AGP:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=200309
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=200309
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Andy, Overclockers no longer stock that graphics card 
And the £111 was only for a week.
Now, You want a 68800Gt or equivalent to run BF2 i'm afraid. With a budget of 200 sheets you scrape in with one of the bottom of the range cards
I've been scanning the puter sites for the past few days with no real success as to what card to buy to run this poxy game.
800 x 600 with low detail is bringing tears to my eyes
And the £111 was only for a week.Now, You want a 68800Gt or equivalent to run BF2 i'm afraid. With a budget of 200 sheets you scrape in with one of the bottom of the range cards
I've been scanning the puter sites for the past few days with no real success as to what card to buy to run this poxy game.
800 x 600 with low detail is bringing tears to my eyes
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Originally Posted by DanRSturbo
Andy, Overclockers no longer stock that graphics card And the £111 was only for a week.
Now, You want a 68800Gt or equivalent to run BF2 i'm afraid. With a budget of 200 sheets you scrape in with one of the bottom of the range cards
I've been scanning the puter sites for the past few days with no real success as to what card to buy to run this poxy game.
800 x 600 with low detail is bringing tears to my eyes
And the £111 was only for a week.Now, You want a 68800Gt or equivalent to run BF2 i'm afraid. With a budget of 200 sheets you scrape in with one of the bottom of the range cards
I've been scanning the puter sites for the past few days with no real success as to what card to buy to run this poxy game.
800 x 600 with low detail is bringing tears to my eyes
The 6800 normal WILL run BF2 perfectly @ full graphics Dan, you dont need a 6800GT, altho if you got the money to spend then yeah buy a GT
800 x 600 @ low detail
.................. See "boat missed" for £111 you could have had max detail @ 1280 x 1024 
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will that run that res at 80hmz Andy?
need it run quite large res on my new apple cinema monitor
need it run quite large res on my new apple cinema monitor
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if you are not interested in overclocking it has got to be a 6800GT for your price range.
Be aware that 6800GT's in the AGP format are rapidly going out of stock everywhere due to the AGP format being discontinued and replaced by the PCI-E format!
Be aware that 6800GT's in the AGP format are rapidly going out of stock everywhere due to the AGP format being discontinued and replaced by the PCI-E format!
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800 x 600 @ low detail .................. See "boat missed" for £111 you could have had max detail @ 1280 x 1024
.................. See "boat missed" for £111 you could have had max detail @ 1280 x 1024
I can't run it at 1280x1024 with everything maxxed out without getting a bit of stutter and thats with an overclocked 7800GTX on an AMD X2 3800+
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i would rather have an nvidia card over ati tbh
http://www.neeyik.info/3dspecs/ is a good comparison site for different chipsets used in graphics cards
http://www.neeyik.info/3dspecs/ is a good comparison site for different chipsets used in graphics cards
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Andy, I didn't have the bling at the time the boat was in the port
Buyt, I have my eye on a couple of things. I'm deffo not rebuilding the pc again for a game, that is where I seriously draw the line
Buyt, I have my eye on a couple of things. I'm deffo not rebuilding the pc again for a game, that is where I seriously draw the line
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BOUGHT ONE.
My bro works for microdirect and he called me saying he had a brand new Geforce 7800GTX 256MB at home, there £320 at work, mine for £250, just collected it
My bro works for microdirect and he called me saying he had a brand new Geforce 7800GTX 256MB at home, there £320 at work, mine for £250, just collected it
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BOUGHT ONE.
My bro works for microdirect and he called me saying he had a brand new Geforce 7800GTX 256MB at home, there £320 at work, mine for £250, just collected it
My bro works for microdirect and he called me saying he had a brand new Geforce 7800GTX 256MB at home, there £320 at work, mine for £250, just collected it
Did he also offer you a new motherboard and cpu to accomodate it ??
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Just realised how silly my PC looks since I upgraded a few days ago, it's kinda stripped out and lightened...
P.s that revs sticker has got to come off!
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Well, it works!
Oh and the Revs sticker is oldschool!!!!!!!!!
Oh and the Revs sticker is oldschool!!!!!!!!!
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Well, it works!
Oh and the Revs sticker is oldschool!!!!!!!!!
Oh and the Revs sticker is oldschool!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by CraigN
too bad it wont fit
the 7800 GTX only comes in PCI-express format
your pc will defo not have a PCI express slot
if your brother works for a IT reseller he should have known that lol
the 7800 GTX only comes in PCI-express format
your pc will defo not have a PCI express slot
if your brother works for a IT reseller he should have known that lol
Just put it all back together and give him a call
In all fairness he didnt know anything about the spec of my PC as i have never told him, still bugger
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Dan, i havnt a clue what i need, but can you find anything on www.micrdirect.co.uk as i get a discount from there and can go to collect!
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You meant micro direct yeah ?
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...33&GroupID=304
That is the only one I would consider buying personally, but, I would search the net for reviews / issues people have had with it. Hence why I use ebuyer
I would aslo up the ram to 3 gig m8 3 x 1024 sticks
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...33&GroupID=304
That is the only one I would consider buying personally, but, I would search the net for reviews / issues people have had with it. Hence why I use ebuyer
I would aslo up the ram to 3 gig m8
3 x 1024 sticks
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Originally Posted by Mr.Manchester
cheers mate, i wont be buying anything i dont need pal,
You could always flog the graphics card on e-bay and get an agp one ?
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Dont forget with the new MB i think your need a new CPU to fit it and a better power supply. The power supply is more important than the other bits, without it providing enough of the right power it wont run ......... as we found out huh dan ?
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True, you need a genuine 350+ watt power supply for a graphics card of that magnitude to run properly.
And so, the rebuild begins.
Mr Manchester, as it stands, you now need. New PSU, New Motherboard, New CPU, quite possibly a new case depending on the one you have
Thank you brother kindly for his assistance
And so, the rebuild begins.
Mr Manchester, as it stands, you now need. New PSU, New Motherboard, New CPU, quite possibly a new case depending on the one you have
Thank you brother kindly for his assistance