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Shotgun Oooooohhhh Yeahhhh Joined: December 6, 2007 Status: Offline Posts: 115 Rep:

Upgrades?

Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:49:16 PM #76078 Perm Link

Yeah so I've been wanting to get a little into PC games but my PC Isn't exactly the best for games. I would like to start upgrading it just a little. But I don't want to spend over $200.00. Here is whats in my PC now.

Windows Vista Home Premium

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+

2.00 GB of RAM

And a ATI Radeon X1250

As you can see its not the best. So his is where you guys come in. What should I do first?

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Aron Schatz

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Re: Upgrades?

Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:51:17 PM #76080 Perm Link

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Graphics Card Upgrade.

Nvidia or ATI.

Your choice. That would be the best thing to do for the system. Seriously. Buy a $200 graphics card and you'll be able to play every single game.

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Shotgun Oooooohhhh Yeahhhh Joined: December 6, 2007 Status: Offline Posts: 115 Rep:

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Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:54:06 PM #76083 Perm Link

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Yeah I was thinking graphics. Any suggestions?

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Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:54:34 PM #76085 Perm Link

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A Radeon 4850 should fall within that price range.

»http://www.aselabs.com/shopping.php?catid=0&kw=radeon+4850

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Shotgun Oooooohhhh Yeahhhh Joined: December 6, 2007 Status: Offline Posts: 115 Rep:

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Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:55:39 PM #76087 Perm Link

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Ok thanks. Ill check it out.

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Shotgun Oooooohhhh Yeahhhh Joined: December 6, 2007 Status: Offline Posts: 115 Rep:

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Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:33:38 PM #76090 Perm Link

Yeah I've been doing some researching on it. And it looks like it may be the one I'm getting. Everything I have seen about it has been good except something about it running a little hot. But i don't think I'll Be over clocking. So I'm not worried about it.

Thanks for the help.

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Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:46:17 AM #76316 Perm Link

Try this Video Card comparison page. Pretty cool.
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=524&card2=520

Also, you can get a really GOOD Graphics card for well under 200 bucks. I have Radeon X1950 Pro and it works really well for the games I play.

The ATI X1250 you have now. Is that integrated Video? Also check your motherboard and make sure you have an open PCI-e Slot.

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