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What sort of performance leap am i looking at if...
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Blighter
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28. February 2006 @ 12:46 |
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Hi guys, me again.
I currently have an XFX 6800GT, nice card n all, but my motherboard only supports AGP4x atm. I am, however, planning to upgrade my motherboard this coming June to one that supports AGP8x. What sort of performance jump will i be looking at? Double the frame rate in games, maybe?
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Blighter
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28. February 2006 @ 13:34 |
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trust me it will improve ur fame rate but by double i doubt it, maybe like a third at most i should imagine.
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28. February 2006 @ 23:30 |
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it depends on the rest of your system aswell, you need a good processor and a lot of memory to get the best results from a graphics card like that
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1. March 2006 @ 04:31 |
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Shouldn't he be looking at a motherboard that supports PCI Express Graphics Cards? Last I heard, those are much better than AGP.
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1. March 2006 @ 06:37 |
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raceman: he has brought a 6800GT AGP card so y not just get a new AGP motherboard as he probley doesnt want to upgrade the WHOLE of his system quite yet as that could cost him around £1000 where as a new motherboard would cost him around the £60-100 mark.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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Blighter
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1. March 2006 @ 07:48 |
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That is correct. I'm a poor student at the moment so can't really afford a whole system :-P The 6800gt was bought fairly recently, so i don't really want to have to get another card in June! I'm upgrading the processor to an Athlon 64 3400+ (which is an upgrade from my P4 1.6ghz), so that should be a fairly decent upgrade...I'm having 2 gig of ram in there too (2 x 512mb + 1gb).
Cheers, Blighter
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1. March 2006 @ 09:15 |
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Then u will be looking at a new motherboard, u can try to get one which has AGP & PCI-E if u want to keep ur current graphics card and for future upgradabilty.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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Blighter
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1. March 2006 @ 14:07 |
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You can get those? Where!? Tbh, there's this motherboard bundle i'm looking at (motherboard, processor, 512mb ram, cpu fan + heatsink) for £190, which is the reason i'm going for it...i can't seem to find anywhere cheaper (even buying the parts seperately!)...
cheers Blighter
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