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Postby gebbss » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:03 pm

yeah, so I was thinking about changing my videocard.

So, like is changing the video card from a pc easy and do I need to have some sort of programming knowledge? I don't really want to set off on this project not knowing anything :)
Also, what would be THE brandname to be looking at? I'm kinda looking for something that can process all the games on todays market. But, I can settle for a bit less, depending on the price ;)
Lastly, is this a quest that is worth taking or would it be easier for me to just build a pc myself with all the goodies I want?
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Postby nwru » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:49 pm

You generally want to get the most power for your budget. See this article to help with that choice.

It's not very hard to do, but there are several ways to make a bad decision that would leave you SOL.
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Postby crazy.neo » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:03 pm

Don't go ATI... that's my advice... NVidia users have the best drivers, apps and performance... And I am a ATI user! So you know I'm not a ******* fanboy or something...
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Postby Rogue_F » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:07 pm

Nvidia and ATI are what you want to choose between. At the high end it's always a back and forth battle as who has the best/fastest card. Though the high end cards cost $500+.

There are plenty of NICE cards which can be gotten for 150-200 (which I think are a better value than the 200-350 price range)

At the sub $200 level it probably doesn't matter what you choose. (Much of this won't make a difference for FoF).

In the sub 200 and the low end of 200-350 look also at the bundle (games, cables, other goodies) that come with the card.

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Postby gebbss » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:07 pm

Crazy.neo:Ah, a fellow ATI user..
I got a lousy Radeon 9200SE. Geez, it can't even run BF2.

Also, I was wondering whether my pc's different stuff affect the range of video cards I can get.
I have a 1.7GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and DirectX 9.0c
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Postby BlackFate » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:12 pm

I have a Radeon X600, it's fine for me, I can play Oblivion, Half Life 2, Tiberium Wars...

So it's ok, but I wouldn't mind having a better one :p .
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Postby tibiazak » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:26 pm

the first thing you need to do is find out what kind of slot you have. if you've got an AGP slot (it'll be brownish) then your selection is severely limited. but as far as cards go, i'm going to be building a new computer and i'm probably going to get a GeForce 8600GT. it's a PCI-E 16x slot though, so you might not be able to use it.

edit: and it doesn't take a lot of knowledge to switch out a card after you pick the right one. it's simply a matter of knowing what slot to put your card in, and which options to tweak in the bios, and that's explained (the options anyway) in the manual that will come with your card.
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Postby gebbss » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:37 pm

8600 GT.. this one?
I was just thinking of asking you guys about it :D

seemed to be the cheapest around anyway..
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Postby nwru » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:28 pm

AFAIK, the 9200SE only came in AGP, so you'll be only looking at other, newer AGP cards, unless you want to spend several hundred on upgrading other parts of your system.

By today's standards, the whole computer is pretty weak. Running BF2 is silly when only taking your 512MB of RAM into consideration. Perhaps saving up for a whole new system would be worth your while, because when you take that step. and you eventually will, you won't be able to bring this AGP card with you.
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Postby crazy.neo » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:11 pm

gebbss wrote:Crazy.neo:Ah, a fellow ATI user..
I got a lousy Radeon 9200SE. Geez, it can't even run BF2.

Also, I was wondering whether my pc's different stuff affect the range of video cards I can get.
I have a 1.7GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and DirectX 9.0c

I have a 9250 128MB, wich sucks even harder... I am going to update my GPU soon, with a new AGP (I don't need high resolutios, my monitor only goes to 1248x1024). Only have 512MB RAM, though, so I need to install a new module. My Prescott is @ 3.2 now, and handles most stuff for now...
I only wanted to run Bioshock and Thief 3, wich I never could... Also wanna Half-Life 2 at full Graphics config, Call Of Duty 2 (I loved 1!), Straglehold (I love Max Payne! For real...) and Alan Wake...
If anyone could tell me a good place to make orders of a GPU to Europe (Portugal), I would appreciate it, because with the whole Dollar/Euro conversion and the shipping it would be still MUCH cheaper than bought here...
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Postby AcidikRayn » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:19 pm

gebbss wrote:8600 GT.. this one?
I was just thinking of asking you guys about it :D

seemed to be the cheapest around anyway..

It could be me.. but that looks like its pretty good for about $100.. and its pretty easy to install the hardware. I have a real **** videocard.. its nvidia but its real cheap.

Yeah good luck.
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Postby tibiazak » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:52 pm

that's the card i'm planning on getting (i'm gonna get the XFX though) but it won't run on your computer - at least, i'm 95% sure. if you're running AGP graphics, you probably don't have a PCI-E slot. ...um, i think the GeForce 7900 came in AGP? try going to http://www.newegg.com, they've got good prices. and @crazy.neo: newegg has the best prices i know of. i don't know if they'll ship to Europe, but it's worth a look.
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Postby amplitude » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:02 pm

make sure you get one your power supply can handle.
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Postby nwru » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:11 pm

amplitude wrote:make sure you get one your power supply can handle.

Good point. If you have a crappy 250W power supply, you could potentially have some problems there.
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