BongoBob Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Originally posted by ZBomber Radeon 9600 Pro is good enough to run Doom, and it's like 200 dollars. i'd go for that, unless you got extra money to spare. Yeah, but that video card doesn't kick ass much ass as the X-800 I never said he needed it, I just said what I thought was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Of course not, but it gets the job done. ATI cards have problems with KOTOR though :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Originally posted by BongoBob I'm guessing around 1300-2000 dollars. Well, lets see...Radeon X800 is 500 alone, AMD Athlon 64FX is about 200+, so that should help out a bit. WAAAAAAAAY too much there. I'm with Tyrion for around $800. I bought my pc last year, I spent $800, but after all the upgrades, I wound up dumping about another $200 into it anyways. I'd rather spend $800 and get a really spiffy system this time. I am pretty sure I can salvage alot off of my current PC. I just installed a new fan this year, i'm keeping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Ahhh, goin for the cheap but works well work, instead of the expensive but works well route I should edit that. If I had that much money for the video card I would'nt have aol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Well I know more about the internal side of pcs than I did about 2 years ago. I just figured I was getting a great deal for an AMD processor, 512 of ram, and a 80GB hard drive. Turned out my graphics card was an abomination of Biblical proportions, and my sound card was virtually non existant. You live, and you learn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 I'd love to be able to put PCs together for upgrading, but dont have to bother, seeing I have a business lease on my compy, so get an upgraded one each year mtfwbya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Grooves, can you list what you currently have? That would help, because then you can only upgrade the things that really need to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Originally posted by ZBomber Grooves, can you list what you currently have? That would help, because then you can only upgrade the things that really need to be. Hewlett Packard Pavillion 523 N AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8 GHz 512 of RAM 80 GB Hard Drive CD/CDR Drive: Mitsumi CR - 48XCTE DVD Drive: Pioneer DVD 117 Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 9200 Pro Sound card: (?) Plan on keeping my monitor and printer, they are still fairly new, and in excellent shape. Also installed a high powered fan recently, keeping that also. What I want new: The fastest Athlon processor, a new motherboard The best graphics card money can buy The best sound card money can buy. A much larger hard drive Probably a new motherboard. And I want to dump everything into this case: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cas-239.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Hmmmm..... Upgrade your video card to a 9600 or a 9800. That should be anywhere between 100-200 dollars. 512 Ram, upgrade to a gig to be safe. 1.8 GHz and AMD Athlon XP 2200+, not sure about. I have 2.6 GHz, and I don't know what my motherboard is. But, definetly upgrade your video card to a 9600/9800 and 1 GB of ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 My lord... You rich people and your fancy computers... I spend 1200 on a compaq back in 1999 and look where that got me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Originally posted by ZBomber Hmmmm..... Upgrade your video card to a 9600 or a 9800. That should be anywhere between 100-200 dollars. Who would upgrade to those two when you can get a Geforce 6800 GT 256mb card for £220-260! Thats what I'm getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Originally posted by Pal™ Who would upgrade to those two when you can get a Geforce 6800 GT 256mb card for £220-260! Thats what I'm getting. Because thats over 300 dollars in American money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Ah well. It's much better. The x800 is very good aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR-0927 Posted September 6, 2004 Author Share Posted September 6, 2004 Plus, the ATI Radeon X800 is better, or at least, next generation. As for the space...I currently have 4.00 GB left on my computer, and I'm not using it. The other hard drive has 3.00 GB. The larger hard drive has 20 GB total, and the smaller one has 9.00 GB total. I don't use much space. Oh, and also, this computer that we made at http://www.ibuypower.com, it had 512 MB of RAM as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR-0927 Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 Well, I need help!! My Dad was asking the difference of the video cards, and why the X800 was better. He also wants to know the significance of all of the numbers on the video cards, like, 6800, 5500, X800. I told him it was the model name, but he doesn't think so. I hope you guys know the full and total answer to these two questions. You guys are all awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Originally posted by Majin Revan Well, I need help!! My Dad was asking the difference of the video cards, and why the X800 was better. He also wants to know the significance of all of the numbers on the video cards, like, 6800, 5500, X800. I told him it was the model name, but he doesn't think so. I hope you guys know the full and total answer to these two questions. You guys are all awesome!! X800XTPE- Supreme Publa of Ati Video cards X800 Pro- The Lieutenant Publa of Ati Video Cards. X600- Mainstream Ati Video Card 9800- Previous Supreme Publa, but is now retired. 6800 Ultra- Supreme Publa of Nvdia video cards 6800 GT- Lieutenant Publa of Nvidia Video Cards 6800- Mainstream Nvidia Card 5500- Previous Nvidia generation peasant, it's worthy of execution via firing squad. How's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR-0927 Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 Well, I already knew that... What I need is the meaning of all the weird numbers and the statistics of why one card is better than another... Nice try though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Originally posted by Majin Revan Well, I already knew that... What I need is the meaning of all the weird numbers and the statistics of why one card is better than another... Nice try though... ... That's what I just gave you, silly. The heirarchy of the cards of this and last generation. If you want to actually read up on benchmarks between the cards, I'd suggest you look at Firing Squad and Elite Bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR-0927 Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Heh, well, my dad proved me wrong about the ATI Radeon X800 being the best card on the market. He found a research test for the best display quality...and it was the nVidia GeForce 6800!! It was the highest for Doom 3, currently the game with the most advanced graphics, under ultra high, high, and medium. So, we searched more...and we found a sweet computer thing, I hope he will order it soon!! These are some notable (spelling?) features: nVidia GeForce 6800 GT 256 MB AMD 64 Processor (3200) 160 GB Hard Drive 1024 MB of RAM (1.024 GB of RAM) 56x CD-ROM Drive 16x DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive Asus Motherboard (Something like that.) More power...thing. Two fans. Pre-formatted Hard Drives, no OS, we have a Windows XP Professional CD from KSU for $5!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR-0927 Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Well, I guess he already ordered it last night, but without the extra power, a cheaper motherboard, a better CD-RW/DVD-RW burner, and temperature cooling displays, etc. And, it is silver!! Here is what it looks like: It'll be arriving on September 21st, and my Dad'll keep it in his lab, as he has to install Windows XP Professional, Linux, and all of the drivers for the hardware stuff!! Then, it comes home...and the gaming begins!! Oh, and I have a question. I bought Halo for PC, and it didn't work, as my graphics card is bad. I took it to some of my friend's houses, and the CD was damaged, the game didn't install as it should have. I know it is legal to have a copy of a game if you had the original. I'm gonna download the copy, but, will it still work online? Thanx!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by Majin Revan Heh, well, my dad proved me wrong about the ATI Radeon X800 being the best card on the market. He found a research test for the best display quality...and it was the nVidia GeForce 6800!! It was the highest for Doom 3, currently the game with the most advanced graphics, under ultra high, high, and medium. So, we searched more...and we found a sweet computer thing, I hope he will order it soon!! The 6800 is better in OpenGl than Ati, thus it's better in Doom 3. But according to some recent benchmarks, the X800 is better in Half-life2(DirectX9)...but both cards are good, and I'm even thinking about the 6800 Gt. nVidia GeForce 6800 GT 256 MB AMD 64 Processor (3200) 160 GB Hard Drive 1024 MB of RAM (1.024 GB of RAM) 56x CD-ROM Drive 16x DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive Asus Motherboard (Something like that.) More power...thing. Two fans. Pre-formatted Hard Drives, no OS, we have a Windows XP Professional CD from KSU for $5!! Looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Ppfft... I'm an ATI fan. *gets shot by angry Nvidia fans* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR-0927 Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 So, anyone know anything about the Halo for PC question I had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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