Upgrading PC

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23. November 2007 @ 10:24

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If have a pc with the following specs:

Intel p4 3.4GHz
1 GB ram
nVidia gforce 7600 (256MB)
Win XP SP 2

I want to upgrade it a little to keep up with current games

I am thinking of adding another gig of ram (i hav 2 slots free) and have my eye on the new nVidia GeForce 8500 512 MB grapics card
I know that it supports DirectX 10, but I ant to know if it will support DX10 without me having to upgrade to Vista as most people don't seem to like it.

could someone tell if i should do this or what I should do
All tips are welcome

PS -- I dont have a high budget :(

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lecsiy

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23. November 2007 @ 12:19

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Hounest opinion?

Your not gonna like it but putting more money in a p4 system is suicide.
With the money you were going to use to uprgrade get a new computer with core 2 duo or an dual core and go from there.

P4 is old technology.

john179

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23. November 2007 @ 20:39

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I'm sure if you upgrade your card and put another gig of ram in you will be able to play all the games you like.P4 maybe is a old processor now but it is still a very good processor.All said and done dual core maybe the future i have one myself but at present hardware is moving much faster than software as 64bit as not even really got going yet in my opinion so alot of the hardware coming out at the minute is still in line for things to come in the future and not fully with the present at the minute.

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23. November 2007 @ 23:43

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The 8500 is crap. Steer away from it, it's worse than your 7600GT?. Add a gig of ram, and tell us what the rest of your budget it. Honestly you cant do much more with a CPU like that, gonna have to upgrade that soon as well.

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24. November 2007 @ 07:10

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I want to buy a new one with a dual core processor but this one is only 6 months old
So I won't be able to get a new one right now
I'll get the gig of ram, but is it possible to keep my old GPU and install a new one
Someone told me you can run two graphics cards at the same time

PS I live in Saudi and I'm a student so Im not reli sure what my budget is something not too much--which is why im not buying a new rig

Currently I have been able to run Bioshock on medium graphics and textures, id say its pretty decent BUT I WANNA MAKE IT BETTER

PS could someone tell me about overclocking and if it s dangerous

EDIT: @abuzair
This is my graphics card (accoording to the box)
nVidia GeForce NX7600GS - T2D256EH and it says it has
dynamic overclocking technology (D.O.T.) - watever that is

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24. November 2007 @ 07:17

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Salam Alaikum, You WILL be able to run two 7600GTs in SLI IF you have an SLI motherboard.

Also overclocking is NOT dangerous as long as you don't overdo it. We can help you out with that too, in the overclocking thread. You also need to have a motherboard that allows overclocking, not all do.

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24. November 2007 @ 07:22

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Waalaikum assalam

Could you tell me how I can check if my pc has an SLI motherboard or not and whether it can be overclocked or not

I think it is an intel motherboard

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24. November 2007 @ 07:31

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Then it can't be overclocked, and it can't run SLI. So they best thing would be to sell that card and buy another.

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24. November 2007 @ 07:39

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I live in Saudi Arabia
There is no market for second hand graphics cards

I think the graphics card supports SLI

If not which card should I get thats not too xpensive but decent as well

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24. November 2007 @ 07:52

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Yes your graphics card does, but your motherboard doesn't. BTW what;s your price range? Do you know any Saudi websites that sell this kinda stuff?

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24. November 2007 @ 08:01

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IN Riyad everyone goes to the computer souk to get pc stuff
sry don't know any websites
I dont think my dad will let my buy a graphics card costing more than 500-600 riyals
any ideas

PS does directx 10 work on xp

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24. November 2007 @ 08:13

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The cards will work, and you can enable DX10 stuff in DX9, but DX10 wont actually work in XP.

As for the Video card, 600 Riyals would be about 160 US dollars. Prices over there wont be the same but to give you a general idea, you couls get something like this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102007R

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24. November 2007 @ 08:29

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Ray92, try and track down a Radeon X1950 Pro. That should cost less than 600 riyals if the exchange rate Abuzar's given is right.
However, you will also want a better CPU than a P4 for Bioshock. The P4 is outdated and slow by now.

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11. February 2008 @ 05:03

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I have a question, but didn't know where to post so here goes.

I am getting a 160GB external/protable hard disk, and I have two choices.

I can get either a
-Lacie Mobile Disk 160 GB or
-Memorex Ultra TravelDrive

Price is not an issue
Without copmparing prices, which one of these two would you reccomend.

I am leaning toward the Memorex as it seems more durable, and protective (I have a nosy 4 year old brother in my house) but I'm open to suggestions based on other factors like speed as well.

Thanks