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Someone bought me as a gift..

Postby Alejandro Rhodes » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:42 pm

an XFX8400GS 512 ddr2 and I don't know too much about PC express cards :-/, the only thing Im sure gotta be much better than my AGP FX6200 , I will buy next tuesday a FOXCOM motherboard with an PCI port because I Just have an AGP MB.

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Re: Someone bought me as a gift..

Postby Wii » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:45 pm

It will beat your current card but will perform like a good laptop. 8400, not really for gaming, 8500 not really either, 8600 some gaming, 8800gt hardcore or not hardcore great card, 8800GTX and ULTRA HARDCOOORE. :)
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Re: Someone bought me as a gift..

Postby congo » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:17 pm

Hi Alrot,

The 8400 isn't a good card for FSX, and it certainly is not a good enough card to base a new mainboard/system around.

When you buy a new motherboard, you'll almost certainly need new ram and a new cpu, so you are basicly building a whole new system.

A much cheaper option would be to get a high end AGP card for the existing rig but it still won't run FSX well like a whole new core system and a good video card will.

That 8400 may have it's uses, but not as the basis for an FSX machine.
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Re: Someone bought me as a gift..

Postby NickN » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:46 pm

its a slow card Alex but it may be better than what you are using.. all you can do is try it and see how it does for you in compare to your old card
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