new graphics card.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 12th, 2007, 20:39

Mr. Johnson wrote:a graphics card isn't that heavy now is it?

nope, you're probably looking a pound or two all in (depending on manf.'s packing)

No idea on cost, but it shouldn't be *that* much.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » September 12th, 2007, 20:43

waiting a week for it to arrive will be bloody hard though.

eion · Post by **eion** » September 12th, 2007, 21:21

Mr. Johnson wrote:waiting a week for it to arrive will be bloody hard though.

TNWSS

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » September 12th, 2007, 23:25

Mr. Johnson wrote:just to make absolutly sure:

1: you are certain this thing runs on my machine?
2: you are aware i live in belgium, and therefore; overseas?

if you answered yes to both of the above, consider it SOLD!

1: No, obviously can't commit to that on machine I haven't personally tested it on but for reference I ran it on a P4 2.8, 2GB RAM, ASUS P4P800 Deluxe Mobo (Considerably older than the card itself) I honestly doubt you'll have PSU problems though (If you do it's time for a PSU upgrade regardless of this GFX card).

2. Yes, no problem, it's in the EU, shipping a small box via 'Royal Mail International Signed For' service to you is no probs, call it £5 for P&P??

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » September 13th, 2007, 8:06

mrbobbins wrote:
1: No, obviously can't commit to that on machine I haven't personally tested it on but for reference I ran it on a P4 2.8, 2GB RAM, ASUS P4P800 Deluxe Mobo (Considerably older than the card itself) I honestly doubt you'll have PSU problems though (If you do it's time for a PSU upgrade regardless of this GFX card).

2. Yes, no problem, it's in the EU, shipping a small box via 'Royal Mail International Signed For' service to you is no probs, call it £5 for P&P??

sounds good to me.
what type of payment do you prefer?

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » September 13th, 2007, 8:50

Paypal ok?, let me know if you have it and I'll PM my paypal details

eion · Post by **eion** » September 13th, 2007, 10:10

mrbobbins wrote:I honestly doubt you'll have PSU problems though (If you do it's time for a PSU upgrade regardless of this GFX card).

This, hard. Like I said before, for the past eighteen months I've been running my BFG 7800GS OC (factory overclock and then overclocked about 20% more) in a machine with a 2.8GHz P4 overclocked to 3.1GHz, a DVD writer and two Raptors - on a (good quality) 250W PSU.

w3rthers · Post by **w3rthers** » September 14th, 2007, 8:31

Sorry to wade in late to this but...
I upgraded from agp to Pci e about 2 years ago and found that I could buy a pci mobo and pci e gpu for the same price as the equivilent agp gpu. But prices have probably changed so dunno for sure.
I was thinkin about the future because I still have the 1800xt but in a different set up and your going to have to switch at some point so why not do it now when you need a new gpu.
I had a amd 754 at the time and I didnt think they'd do pci e for them but they did so they must surely do one for a 939 and they'll be pretty cheap now.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 14th, 2007, 12:13

w3rthers wrote:Sorry to wade in late to this but...

Downside there is that a usable mobo would cost £40-50 probably. which is all well and good until you consider he just got a 7800gs for £55.

Not to mention that 939 is old and fairly dead now, so choices will be limited to overpriced crap.

However, if he was going for a more significant upgrade, dumping agp would be the right thing to do, but right now his spec and wallet will match a 7800gs perfectly. so that's good.

eion · Post by **eion** » September 14th, 2007, 12:15

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Downside there is that a usable mobo would cost £40-50 probably. which is all well and good until you consider he just got a 7800gs for £55.

On top of which he'd need to purchase a new graphics card too.

Sounds like someone really thought this through...