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Postby TSC. » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:31 am

Hi all,

Firstly, I'm next to useless when it comes to upgrading computer parts, that includes knowing what I need to buy, & knowing how to fit it & make it work.

At the moment I have installed:

1 x 160GB SATA (7200RPM) HARD DRIVE

1 x 128MB ATI RADEON
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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby waspiflab » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:06 am

For your money
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... ?SAP-26P5A
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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby waspiflab » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:23 am

Your hard drive is fine this wont make a bit of difference to game performance it's just a storage device.
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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby TSC. » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:35 am

Thanks for the advice Waspi, much appreciated.

I assume new cards are easy to fit? Just unplug the old one, take it out & replace with the new - I assume there would be drivers to install from a disk?

Cheers,

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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby waspiflab » Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:05 am

Latest driver for 2600 here:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catal ... radeonx-xp
just download the whole catalyst
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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby TSC. » Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:38 am

Are you windows XP??

Yes mate, running XP.

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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby Slotback » Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:57 am

Make sure you remove the old drivers before you install the new ones. :)
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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby NickN » Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:51 am

Your hard drive is fine this wont make a bit of difference to game performance it's just a storage device.




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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby MWISimmer » Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:12 pm

What are your other specs Martyn.. your motherboard, Processor, how much RAM you have, and PSU wattage.

If you're thinking of going for the HD2600 Pro bear in mind the HD2600XT is
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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby TSC. » Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:23 pm

This everything I got From Dell when it was delivered:

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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby TSC. » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:37 am

OK chaps,

Just got off the blower with Dell & they only recommend the ATI R423XT 256MB (or the Pro) as the highest card my PC will take - as far as I can work the R423 is the ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB - looking at 55 notes all in.

I've also checked, & I need a PCI Express connection, not the AGP.

Any of you guys able to shed anymore light on this for me? Shall I go for it?

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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby MWISimmer » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:12 pm

Well, if you have a PCI-E port I'd look at a few alternatives.
Maybe Dell only recommend that one as it's the maximum your Dell PSU will handle... and I'd guess you have BTX form factor which limits your PSU upgrading.
Other than that, I'm out of ideas I'm afraid, Dells aren't my strong point  :P
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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby TSC. » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:01 pm

[quote]I'm afraid, Dells aren't my strong point
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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby jimcooper1 » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:14 pm

Before replacing your graphics card you MUST get your RAM up to 1GB or preferably 2GB. This is going to give you a far greater boost to FS than any graphics cards replacement.

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Re: Graphics card advice?

Postby TSC. » Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:47 pm

Thanks Jim.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

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