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Subject: Video card- which one should I get?
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I currently have a sucky Nividia Ge force4 MX 4000
It's crap for Halo PC, so I want to get Video card thats totally works with Halo PC.

  • 05.30.2006 5:46 AM PDT
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Well, it all depends how much your willing to spend.

And if you have an AGP slot or PCIe.

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  • 05.30.2006 6:00 AM PDT
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Sorry but I am kind a noob wen it comes to video cards, Can you tell me how I can check?
Oh yea Ill spend up to £200 ($400)
If you're asking me if it's removable then the answer is yes

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  • 05.30.2006 6:07 AM PDT
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I would suggest you go for an ATI Radeon 9000+ series. Very good cards made by a very good company. ATI has been around a little longer than NVidia, and in most benchmark tests, they generally outpreform Nvidia cards by a small degree. I have seen a list of ATI/Nvidia cards and their benchmark scores, and more often than not the ATI cards get better scores compared to a similar Nvidia card.

I have a Radeon 9550 and I love it. My old computer had a GeForce 4 Titanium and the heat sink fan broke into three pieces, it still worked after I took it apart, and glued the fan back together.

*BTW: How's my grammar? Easy to read I hope, Might as well put some of the crap I learned in High School to good use...

  • 05.30.2006 6:15 AM PDT
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Actually, you have AGP, as far as I know you cant what you have currently for PCIe.

Im assuming your UK (as you gave £s first), and I always use ebuyer, they are a good indication of price.

This would do you very nice indeed L inky

And save the rest of your money for an upgrade to your PC (going 64bit).

Dont get anything higher than that, because it will be bottlenecked by your CPU.

Dude! Dont go for a 9000, geeze thats underpowered for a game. A 9800 or X800 will do you fine.

When you buy, be careful. Some X800s are PCIe, which wont work in your PC.

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  • 05.30.2006 6:19 AM PDT
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Thanks for the help!

64 bit? well I don't really know if I should can you please tell me what I would need to get to upgrade?

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  • 05.30.2006 6:23 AM PDT
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Because AGP (which you have) is the older slot type.

PCIe is the new one. Imagine trying to fit a Athlon 64bit processor into a socket A motherboard. Just wouldnt work.

Happy to help.

Ohh you edited again..

64 bit invloves upgrading your motherboard, graphics card, possibly memory, processor, and maybe power supply unit too. And if you have a premade PC (HP, dell etc) then the case also.

Basically, its mostly likely everything except your optical drives and floppy drives. More or less a new PC.

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  • 05.30.2006 6:28 AM PDT
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I have decied to get my self a new PC, (might as well) I am currently thinking of buying this one 64 Bit PC . Tell me if you think it is a good buy. Thanks!

  • 05.30.2006 6:36 AM PDT
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It sucks. Well, not quite, but its got a 9600, which will slow the whole thing down. I also suspect that means its got AGP and not a PCIe slot.

Cant you build yourself one? Its piss easy, trust me. You can get help (like from this forum for example).

If you want I can spec you a decent one from parts?

  • 05.30.2006 6:41 AM PDT
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Yeah that would be cool, Thanks (again)

  • 05.30.2006 6:43 AM PDT
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Mmm.

You get:

A case with 350 Watt PSU

Abit KN8 motherboard. This can take the X2 processors as well, so when you want to upgrade its just a drop in process.

Athlon 3200 939pin processor (64bit, and better than the 754 pin).

1 Gig of ram, DDR 400.

DVD burner.

Floppy drive with built in card reader.

250gig sata hard disk, 7200 RPM.

Windows home edition. (Unless you have a spare copy, so knock £50 off if you do).

And an ATI X850XT with 256mb Ram. This is a good card, and you can easily upgrade when it gets old, due to having PCIe.

No speakers, keyboard monitor etc. Thats £511.27 delivered and inc VAT. You got to put it together yourself, but personally I enjoy that.

If you want speakers, monitor and mouse/keyboard, I'll give you some pointers on that too.

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  • 05.30.2006 7:02 AM PDT
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Was waiting for a job to finish, so I looked up the missing stuff:

8ms response 17" TFT - £117.49

decent 5.1 surround speakers - £38.77

MX1000 optical mouse (this really kicks ass so say) - £34.83

Decent keyboard - £6.04


Which brings the whole lot to £712.63 delivered. Which is a much better system than the one you were looking at, and you get computer building expirence in the process, hurrah!

  • 05.30.2006 7:22 AM PDT

* Pr: ĭnʹtərnĕts: "I hear there's rumors on the uh (pause), Internets...

If you're willing to spend $400, get a 7900GTX or SLI a pair of 7900GT's.

  • 05.30.2006 8:00 AM PDT
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Errr, no.

Pointless, overpriced, and he doesnt even have an SLI motherboard.

  • 05.30.2006 8:25 AM PDT
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*Hands you a menu*

[waiter] Might I strongly suggest a 7900GT? They're quite a delicasy, and it will be wise to get it before our cooks run out of supplies... [/waiter]

  • 05.30.2006 12:21 PM PDT

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*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Dont build any computer just yet, wait until july when intel comes out with the conroe chip(also known as core 2 duo) and get a decent card now, but save for the direct x10 cards which should be much more powerful at dx9 than even the top of the line cards now.

This board must be stuck in 2004 because the 9xxx series from ATI is old news and to some extent the x800/x850 series is as well.

  • 05.30.2006 12:37 PM PDT
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*BTW: How's my grammar? Easy to read I hope, Might as well put some of the crap I learned in High School to good use...
It's excellent, my friend, compared to some other people here at the Bungie Forums, and on the internet in general. They also, should put some of the crap they learned in high school to good use as well. If they even passed their grades high enough to go to high school, let alone pass it.

  • 05.30.2006 2:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: ImSpartacus
as long as u can play halo, i would severly advise w8ing for vista to come out, its a lot easier to kno that u will be able to use vista by getting a copy with your pc (thats if u buy from dell, alienware, etc), but u might not want to do that, anyway, i would advise waiting for vista and for a dx10 card too (i forgot bout that)

so the moral of the story is w8, u wont b disappointed


Hey, um, I understand you're trying to type fast and all, but please don't type "w8" or "kno" or "bout", and etc. etc...grammar is highly needed in this forums. ;)

  • 05.30.2006 2:16 PM PDT
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Why wait?

A pc with those parts is going to be vista capable. Have you even seen the requirements?

Theres no point getting an over priced graphics card now, esp the one thats being suggested.

I have an X800, which is one below the X850, and its still playing all the new games with all turned on.

And the intel processors? Even if they start beating the AMD counterparts, they will no way match them for price, plus you dont need them yet.

I have yet to find a game that my CPU bottlenecks, and its a venice 3000.

By getting a motherboard that can support both the Normal 64bit 939 processors, AND the X2 dual core processors (which most abit boards do, inlcuding the one I specced), you can easily upgrade when you got the cash.

You can go as high as you want really, you could get the highest X2 processor with a crossfire system, but that just isnt needed yet.

  • 05.30.2006 3:15 PM PDT
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grammar is highly needed in this forums. ;)
I agree. And the entire internet could use it for that matter.

  • 05.30.2006 3:19 PM PDT
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Master Kim is the grammar police here. He's probably the only one you'll find complaining about grammar. I only get annoyed when people cant spell words correctly, or have amazingly long run on sentences.

sorry kim, I dont mean to be a douche, but you do complain about grammar alot.

  • 05.30.2006 3:47 PM PDT

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*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Posted by: Minjita
Why wait?

A pc with those parts is going to be vista capable. Have you even seen the requirements?

Theres no point getting an over priced graphics card now, esp the one thats being suggested.

I have an X800, which is one below the X850, and its still playing all the new games with all turned on.

And the intel processors? Even if they start beating the AMD counterparts, they will no way match them for price, plus you dont need them yet.

I have yet to find a game that my CPU bottlenecks, and its a venice 3000.

By getting a motherboard that can support both the Normal 64bit 939 processors, AND the X2 dual core processors (which most abit boards do, inlcuding the one I specced), you can easily upgrade when you got the cash.

You can go as high as you want really, you could get the highest X2 processor with a crossfire system, but that just isnt needed yet.


I highly suggest you read up on intel's conroe, not only will it generally be cheaper it should out perform the current AMDs(all of them) by a fairly big margin. http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2713&p =2

With the prices as follows:
Core 2 Duo E6300(1.86Ghz) $209
Core 2 Duo E6400(2.13Ghz) $244
Core 2 Duo E6600(2.40Ghz) $316
Core 2 Duo E6700(2.67Ghz) $530

  • 05.30.2006 3:47 PM PDT
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I cant wait for the conroes to come out, and I'd consider myself an AMD fanboy. I've always been with AMD, but now looking at these conroe benchmarks intel finally has something to offer. They will be alot better, and your hearing this from someone whose always used AMD for gaming.

  • 05.30.2006 3:49 PM PDT
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sorry kim, I dont mean to be a douche, but you do complain about grammar alot.
You're right, and I don't mind that much. The "WTF?" section in my brain activates when people go "grammer?????? lol wut i s thhat ?".

You should get a mid-range card like the GeForce 6600, which is great for Halo PC.

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