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Can I Put A Radeon 9800 Pro?
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eLiTe23q
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28. October 2005 @ 12:06 |
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if i have a gigabyte mobo shouldnt i be getting a gigabyte 6600gt or it dosent matter if i get the xpertvision?
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rugripper
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28. October 2005 @ 12:57 |
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dosnt matter,but the evga 6600gt i posted has some pretty good reviews too. its only a 128bit instead of 256mb which is faster
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2. November 2005 @ 14:43 |
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It'll cost about $40-50 AUD to get the Power Supply. As far as the card goes, I bought my Radeon 9800Pro 128MB AGP card at around $219 USD, or near $297 AUD, but that was O.E.M. (Original Electronics Manufacturer), which is to say "out-of-box". It could have gone down from now, as I'm sure it did here in the states, but I don't know about in Austrailia.
The card is a pretty good one for F.E.A.R., just a little slow beyond 1024x768, but runs good with games like Half-Life 2 and Doom 3. If you do get this card, I would recommend getting a after-market heatsink and fan, it tends to get very hot when playing these titles.
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eLiTe23q
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5. November 2005 @ 16:39 |
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well i've dediced to go with the FSP Blue Storm 400W Silent Power Supply And the XpertVision ATi Radeon 9800PRO 256Mb AGP Or XpertVision GeForce 6600GT 256Mb AGP Which One Should I Get?
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5. November 2005 @ 18:53 |
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Well, if you are a serious gamer, I would personally go with the 6600GT. Even though I prefer ATI over NVidia, NVidia has shown to work better on games for longer. I like my card, but it tends to reduce fps when overworked, and can get very hot. Still, Counterstrike: Source would work better with an ATI if it's the main reason for getting the card. Half-Life 2 and CSS were made with the 9800Pro in mind, so it would work better for those titles.
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eLiTe23q
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5. November 2005 @ 22:06 |
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Thank You My main reason is for css but does it tend to get hotter quicker or Just really hot? for the 9800 Pro If So how much would be fans costing me in AUD
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jonni3
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6. November 2005 @ 02:41 |
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9. November 2005 @ 19:19 |
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Well, the fanless heatsink I bought was about 32USD, or 43AUD, but it didn't come with a fan that I was supposed to get for it (the brand was from Zalman and the part number was ZM80C-HP, and I was missing the optional fan for it, so I just put a "custom" fan on). The main reason that I had to do that in the first place was that the original fan was acting up at first, so I had to buy a replacement, but it turned out that I needed to buy the optional fan, so recently I just stuck a regular case fan to the side of it where two logos are screwed on to it. I didn't care much cuz it was already OEM and I don't really care much for it now, it just works for my system as it is. I'm just waiting until the current technology gets cheap enough for me to fully upgrade without diminishing 2000+ dollars out of my pocket. Well, I hope that helped some.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 9. November 2005 @ 19:42
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eLiTe23q
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9. November 2005 @ 19:29 |
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ok i found out i am going to buy a radeon 9800PRO as i found it can get better fps than the 6600gt. For the cooling solution im going to get 2 antec case fans (something my friend will get for me). And im going to get a 500W antec power supply. this is a total of about 300AUD all my old stuff will go into my brothers computer :P
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9. November 2005 @ 19:44 |
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Well, good for you. I'm glad that you've finally come to a solution. I hope that everything works out for you. Good luck!
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