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PacMan777
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15. February 2007 @ 12:32 |
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I'm seeing about $60-$70 difference between them. It would mean your leftover card would be better suited for the new Vista, whatever you decide to do with it. But at about $92 US the card you're getting isn't too bad. ;)
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15. February 2007 @ 12:37 |
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It's the cheapest card I could find that would run my monitor (2560x1600 Dual Link) and wouldn't steal system RAM (turbocache / hypermemory).
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15. February 2007 @ 23:27 |
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You say that like the X1600PRO is crap. It's a decent mid level card and full capable of running most new games and Vista decently.
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16. February 2007 @ 04:09 |
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Hi guys,
what's your opinion on amd's Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400??
thanx
Chuck
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16. February 2007 @ 04:20 |
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Estuansis: That's the irony, it really isn't that bad, and yet it's the cheapest card that suits me.
Tranquash: It's a decent processor, but unless you find it cheap, Core 2 Duos are looking better value.
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16. February 2007 @ 04:32 |
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that was quick...
thanks a lot sammorris
Cheers!
Chuck
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16. February 2007 @ 04:34 |
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No worries, what are the other components you have or are considering getting?
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16. February 2007 @ 04:50 |
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something about the middle. most probably 2GB sdram and an nvidia geforce 7300le
Chuck
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16. February 2007 @ 04:52 |
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SDRAM? We use DDR RAM at the very least nowadays. I assume the PC isn't for gaming? There are far better value graphics cards that don't cost much more than a 7300LE.
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16. February 2007 @ 05:07 |
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yup! no gamer, and as you see not well versed with computers, ddr it is. lol
thanx again!!
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16. February 2007 @ 05:33 |
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no problems, any further enquiries, just ask.
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16. February 2007 @ 06:32 |
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does anyone now wat does nm stands for?...eg 65nm
by the way has anyone played Supreme Commander?
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16. February 2007 @ 07:17 |
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Yeah: 65nm (nanometres) is how wide each transistor is on the CPU.
As for supreme commander, yes I have, it RULES!
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16. February 2007 @ 08:51 |
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Unless you're in the US where they spell it nanometer. ;) Just to add to what Sammorris said, that is the process on which they build the processors. The new C2D is 65nm and the older stuff is 90. Intel just reached a milestone recently. They're producing over half of their CPUs on the 65nm process. The future is looking bright for a 45nm CPU.
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16. February 2007 @ 08:59 |
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16. February 2007 @ 10:36 |
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I only suggested a X1600 Pro a while back as an inexpensive mid-range gpu and caught all kinds of grief. I won't do it again even though the one I had in my old system never caused any problems and was a good deal at the time. It was on sale for about $50 less than anything else equivalent to it.
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16. February 2007 @ 12:05 |
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need help...i bought a 7600gs AGP today and i install it...with 350W psu powering it...after i install the driver i tried to play some games with this new gpu...some games work some DONT...then i tried to watch some movie its couldnt watch it(it freezes)...and its lags after 20min of gaming...why is that so...i need help...
is it my psu watt too low thats causing the gpu to go crazy? but then i install my old gpu everything is fine except my old gpu couldnt run modern games but the rest is fine
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16. February 2007 @ 12:25 |
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Look on the web to see if there is a newer driver. There are some aftermarket drivers available but I can't remember what they are.
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16. February 2007 @ 12:44 |
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so u r saying that its the drivers problem?...the latest driver is v93.71...wat is the min psu power for 7600gs?...
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16. February 2007 @ 13:16 |
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I'm not saying it's a driver problem. Something to look into. Gotta start somewhere. Info sheet with your card should tell you minimum requirements. You can probably find the nin requirements on the manufactures website.
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16. February 2007 @ 14:15 |
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It could be a driver issue, or you could have a dodgy PSU. For once that brand sounds OK to me, but there's no guarantee anyway. One of my sticks of Corsair RAM for my Core 2 Duo was faulty, and that's one of the best brands in the industry. So only 512MB of RAM for me for a few days, ugh that's painful!
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16. February 2007 @ 14:41 |
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i've gotta say pentium is crap.i bought my sister a dual core blah blah blah pentium 4 or w/e and it kept crashing after one day then got it refurbished and it broke again.supposedly this is supposed to be the greatest processor.while im here chillin wit my amd athlon 3000+ which works 20 billion times faster than that crap dual core sitting with 2gb of ram.AMD ALL THE WAY
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16. February 2007 @ 14:54 |
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The pentium D's by no means the fastest CPU on the market, but 99% of all issues aren't the CPU, it's usually the motherboard or memory.
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16. February 2007 @ 14:56 |
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so motherboards for pentium suck too then
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16. February 2007 @ 14:58 |
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Not necessarily you may have just got a faulty one.
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