Expert advice required...

Post by **Joose** » November 11th, 2005, 10:33

simple answer?

yes.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » November 11th, 2005, 10:40

Joose wrote:simple answer?

yes.

this

These days you can get a decent enough card for £100 that should run Doom 3, COD 2 etc. fine.

Or go a bit more and get an X800 GTO2 for bargain bang for buck valueness

Edit: On offer this week at overclockers
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... 2d100_2dsp

amblin · Post by **amblin** » November 11th, 2005, 10:56

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » November 11th, 2005, 11:07

Ah yes me AGP too, I got a second hand 6800 GT, you should be able to pick up some kind of 6600 variety for about one hundred english pounds

Post by **deject** » November 11th, 2005, 16:22

yes. GeForce 5X00 anything is no good.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » November 11th, 2005, 18:18

Hypothetically speaking, whats the best mobo/cpu option for someone hypothetically looking to upgrade? I currently have an ASRock K7S41GX mobo with an AMD XP 2200 cpu, and would want to be keeping price down to as close to £100 as possible. If I was seriously thinking about buying them that is. Ahem.

Post by **deject** » November 11th, 2005, 18:23

Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (AGP + PCI-Express without any nasty slowness)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+

That should be around £100. Assuming your memory will work in the new mobo.

Post by **FatherJack** » November 11th, 2005, 21:53

Looking around overclockers, for £85 (that's £100 w. VAT) you can get:

Nvidia
6600 256M
6600GT 128M
6800 128M

ATi
x700 256M
x700 Pro 128M

Which is rather a tasty choice.

Which of these is the best, I cannot say, but I believe they all outstrip my 6600 128M which runs CoD2, BF2 and Doom3 with ease, is okay with Quake4, but struggles a bit with FEAR.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » November 12th, 2005, 11:31

amblin · Post by **amblin** » November 12th, 2005, 12:45

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » November 16th, 2005, 18:26

Been doing a little browsing and found this bundle on eBay. Is it worth bidding for, and what would any of you guys realistically be happy to pay for it? I already have 1GB RAM, so I'd probably just look to sell the new stuff on again

Post by **deject** » November 17th, 2005, 0:53

Lateralus wrote:Been doing a little browsing and found this bundle on eBay. Is it worth bidding for, and what would any of you guys realistically be happy to pay for it? I already have 1GB RAM, so I'd probably just look to sell the new stuff on again

I'd be wary of a Socket 754 motherboard, but if you can get it cheap go for it.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » November 17th, 2005, 0:55

deject wrote:
Lateralus wrote:Been doing a little browsing and found this bundle on eBay. Is it worth bidding for, and what would any of you guys realistically be happy to pay for it? I already have 1GB RAM, so I'd probably just look to sell the new stuff on again

I'd be wary of a Socket 754 motherboard, but if you can get it cheap go for it.

i concur (on just reading deject's post, no more)

754 is pretty much as dead as socket a already, ideally use 939

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » November 17th, 2005, 10:45

But for less than £40/50 its still a bargain, You would need a new motherboard to upgrade your Processor mind.. But if you're not planning upgrades anytime soon, I reckon its a bargain.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » November 17th, 2005, 11:09

Seeing as I have an Athlon 2200XP now I think that this is a bit of an upgrade, and being a student they don't happen often either!

If anyone's bored they could always do a nice hardware guide to 32/64 bit processors to explain how or why a 64 bit processor running at only 200mhz more than a 32 bit one is significantly better performancewise. My current cpu runs at 1818mhz, so would the Athlon 64 3000+ show a significant improvement?

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » November 17th, 2005, 11:15

um, it'll be lots better. Can't remember why, But it should run coolder? So you can overclock it faster. Pffft.

Post by **deject** » November 17th, 2005, 18:15

pixie pie wrote:But for less than £40/50 its still a bargain, You would need a new motherboard to upgrade your Processor mind.. But if you're not planning upgrades anytime soon, I reckon its a bargain.

that is basically my point. if it's cheap enough, then why not. besides, by the time you upgrade again, maybe Socket 1207 will be out...

lord knows it'll be that long before I have any money...

White · Post by **White** » November 17th, 2005, 19:35

wtf, i have a 9600se 128mb and celery 2.4ghz 1gb ram and CoD 2 runs on high 40-50fps =/

Post by **deject** » November 17th, 2005, 20:47

Icarus wrote:wtf, i have a 9600se 128mb and celery 2.4ghz 1gb ram and CoD 2 runs on high 40-50fps =/

yeah at the lowest resolution probably...