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2. January 2005 @ 03:09 |
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no offense but Radeons are not the top of the line
and yes you can get it for 100 at microcenter, last time i checked
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ddp
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2. January 2005 @ 06:25 |
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they are both about par
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indienemo
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2. January 2005 @ 10:12 |
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no offense but Radeons are not the top of the line
Ha, Ati kick nvidias ass, check out the benchmarks... Ati's best: the 850x against the 6800 Ultra... Ati is cheaper and faster...
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indienemo
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2. January 2005 @ 10:15 |
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they are both about par
Not even close... I used to have a Geforce 5950 Fx...My bro has a 9800 Pro... you should have seen the difference... plus the Geforce 5950 Fx is better than the 5500 FX to start off with.
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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ddp
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2. January 2005 @ 12:37 |
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that is why i said "about par" not "exactly the same". each of us prefer one tpye over another type same as cpus. i preferred cyrix than amd til now & i am using p4 2.4c celeron with nvidia gforce2 400mx-64. but i'm not into gaming yet
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indienemo
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3. January 2005 @ 02:21 |
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even saying "about par" is stil way to harsh on the radeon....it has 16 pixel pipelines , whereas the nvidia has 8 0r 12, it has almost double the memory core speed, and roughly 70% better core speed also, but if you dont play games of course you wouldnt be able to tell the difference, my server box has a Rage 6 16mb intergrated card and still performs well at basic server routines etc...
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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Doodlez
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4. January 2005 @ 21:10 |
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Hi there,
Plz excuse me for my ignorance here but here goes...
I have a Dell 2.4 Ghz with 512 of Ram and it says that I have an Integrated Graphics Device running at 96Mb (I think). My quesion is ... do I have enough to run Doom 3 without too much problems and if not is it possible to upgrade this video? Even though it is intergrated within the motherboard (I think?)
Thanks so much in advance.
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5. January 2005 @ 04:11 |
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Well doodlez integrated graphic cards take a chunk out of your RAM meaning if you have for example 512 MB you have less now because you have an integrated graphics card
And most of all from my experience with integrated graphic cards, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, ahhh hell they suck.
So yeah get either a GeForce FX 5950 AGP 8X, it'll cost you though or one of the newest ones form the 6000 series
Go to www.nvidia.com to check em out
Or like Best Buy or Micro Center
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Doodlez
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5. January 2005 @ 06:34 |
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Thanx for the quick reply ... I had a feeling the intergrated card wasn't as happy happy as they lead me to believe. Does this mean that it is possible to upgrade the video card within my machine even though the card is intergrated within the mother board? (I was told that I couldn't but I didn't really believe him)
Thanks again and I swear I'm getting less stupid with each reply!
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ddp
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5. January 2005 @ 06:35 |
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check to see what slots on motherboard you have whether agp or pci before getting new card
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ddp
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5. January 2005 @ 06:46 |
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not unless you put more ram into system & increase video ram to 128 or higher in bios
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Doodlez
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5. January 2005 @ 08:10 |
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In a Dell Dimension 3000 I think it's a PCI slot but I've read that it lacks the ability to upgrade the video because it doesn't have the right type of PCI slot. If this isn't the case what type of card does anyone recommend? I would like to go as high as the system would allow
Thanks again
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5. January 2005 @ 09:17 |
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it should have a PCI slot, not all have AGP slots, go and check, but if you got a AGP slot more power to you. all motherboards produced dating back to like 5 or more years should have a pci slot, if any one wants to correct me go ahead i dont seem to sound like a know it all
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indienemo
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5. January 2005 @ 12:00 |
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unscrew the case, take a photo of your board and post it here, we'll tell you all you need to know...
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
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5. January 2005 @ 12:03 |
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now that is a very good idea
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Doodlez
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5. January 2005 @ 17:39 |
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Hi again,
Assuming that I have PCI what would be a good choice for a PCI video card?
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ddp
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5. January 2005 @ 18:13 |
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remember pci/e or /x is not pci
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Doodlez
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5. January 2005 @ 18:49 |
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So if I have a PCI /e or /x I can't upgrade the video?
How would I know?
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ddp
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5. January 2005 @ 18:56 |
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you'll more than likely have pci slots than pci/e as pci/e is on new boards
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Divinus
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5. January 2005 @ 19:29 |
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He has to have an AGP slot. P4 2.4GHz, 512MB Ram. I highly doubt he doesn't have an AGP slot.
Isn't PCI/e the new one and PCI/x the old slot used in servers? Something like that I thought?
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indienemo
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6. January 2005 @ 00:09 |
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No, only the most new systems are shipped out with PCI-E, a system like that from last year wouldnt. All you have to do is either find a picture of your motherboard from google....or take a photo of it. Theres a program called Aida32 that will tell you your complete specs in great detail. If you dont do any of these things dont expect any more help from me, i feel like im running around in circles...
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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