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12-25-2005, 01:30 PM
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Video Card Upgrade Question
Hello everyone,
I just joined up because I'm looking to upgrade my video card, but I was looking to see if anyone could give me an idea of what to look at. I want to get CoD2, I can handle the demo on my rig that I have now...with lower settings of course, but I think I want to upgrade the Vid Card and my Memory for it, but I'm not sure to what. Currently these are my stats: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz Memory: 512MB DDR-SDRAM(1 stick - I have another slot open) Video Card: ATI Radeon 9000 PRO 128 MB 80GB HD Soundblaster Live Anyways, it's a decent pc to just mess around with, but I want to see if I can't beef it up a little without spending too much money because I'll be getting a new PC in a few months. So, can anyone suggest a decent videocard to look at, or perhaps whether I should worry about that or memory, or both? Thanks in advance, dish |
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12-25-2005, 01:43 PM
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Could You tell us your budget ???
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12-25-2005, 02:04 PM
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Budget for the Vid Card is probably around $150
I'd spend more if I really need to get more memory, which it sounds like it helps a good bit if you grab an extra stick. |
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12-25-2005, 09:43 PM
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At that price point I would look hard at a NVIDIA 6600GT. That would be the best performance/cost performer out there. A second choice would be a ATI 9800Pro. I would also grab another 512Mb of memory. Memory is cheap right now and COD2 DEFINATELY benefits from more system memory. JMO.
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12-25-2005, 10:45 PM
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I did a little research and as much as I like my ATI, I think I might take your advice and go for the 6600GT, it sounds like a good bargain for the price and I have seen very few complaints about the card. I believe I'll purchase one with another stick of 512 and then see how she runs. Thanks for the input!
 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122201 that's what i'm looking at for the vid card. I like to mess around with pc's but I am not an expert by any means and I was wondering if you could tell me what I should look at to see if I could have a seamless install of this 6600GT into my current rig. I can post more involved specs if need be. - Thanks dish Last edited by dishalish; 12-25-2005 at 10:52 PM. |
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12-26-2005, 06:20 PM
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The 512MB RAM upgrade sounds good, but for the same price, instead of a 128MB 6600GT, I'd get a Radeon x800GT with 256MB( and 256-bit memory instead of wimpy 128-bit). I'm looking at the X800 GTO for myself which is even faster for only about $190. The advantage of a 6600GT, though, is the NVIDIA cards features better video playback. (Impotant if you watch movies on you PC or do any video editing.) Just my 2-cents.
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