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RE: New PC or Upgrade

Smi1ar — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:19:32 GMT

alot of probs with vista at moment m8 i wouldnt bother just yet i have just formatted n reinstalled xp because every game i installed or softerware vista didnt like it if u doo want vista doo a duel boot then u got best of both worlds

RE: New PC or Upgrade

AidenC — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:56:02 GMT

oh and vista

RE: New PC or Upgrade

AidenC — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:54:42 GMT

cool, that looks a lot cheaper option, cant believe i was gonna spend 1200 quid when thats basically half the price, all i'd need then would be a new case, just need to find the cash now

cheers smi1ar

RE: New PC or Upgrade

Smi1ar — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:03:12 GMT

aiden m8 get this setup first link is a bundle deal for m/board cpu n mem...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-004-OK

and this card i have wil ldoo the trick

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-036-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=927

total £540.45 inc VAT...

RE: New PC or Upgrade

AidenC — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:26:07 GMT

Thanks for the reply Dread, looking into it, might leave it for a while and save for a new one because.........
1-because the graphics card i want is vista only - i have xp
2-my motherboard takes ddr ram, not ddr2 so if i bought a new motherboard in the future i would have to buy the ram again
3-id probably blow it up anyway with my fiddling

gutted really cos ive got the idea in my head and want a new computer now, but looks like im gonna have to save about £1200 to get the one that i want

RE: New PC or Upgrade

Agent Dread — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:41:41 GMT

Hi mate, first off will need to replace GFX card especially for Crysis, as I understand it will be Direct X 10 only, and the only cards on the market that support that are the Nvidia 8000 series (ie 8400, 8600, 8800) and the new ATI 2900 series.

Then look at the RAM, would recommend 2 GB for modern games.

Processor you might get away with for a while, but if you want one of the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, you'll also be looking at upgrading your motherboard aswell.

Check your ower supply also as you will need a good 450-500w power supply to give enough juice to the latest GFX cards.

New PC or Upgrade

AidenC — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:46:23 GMT

Hi, thinking about getting a new pc in order to run all the up and coming games in all there glory, such as age of conan and crysis, looking at the prices they are very expensive for a top of the range ones, just wondering whether it would be worth it/easy enough to upgrade my current one (in stages) instead......
P4 3Ghz
Geforce 6200 (512mb mem)
1gb ddr ram
160gb hdd (not to bothered about hd space as i have a 320gb ext drive)
runs win xp

im not a pc expert and dont wont to waste too much money, also whats the best oder to upgrade the components....ie do i get ram first , then gfx card then proccessor etc
any advice from any pc experts would be gratefull before i spend my hard earned cash

thanks