umm.. asking for suggestions?

deathslagh · January 16th, 2009, 12:29 PM

dont know if this is the right place 2 put this.. but in your oppinion (and if u need further info i can relate) what needs changing in my specs.. from what i know the processor is better in performance than the vc.. but an overall things that i should add... better cooliing for some stuff so i'll boost they'r performance?

SpectatorX · January 16th, 2009, 12:52 PM

If u want u can change all in your machine, only if u have money there is a lots of possibilities to do this.

At all your computer seems to be nice config.

DOOMJESUS · January 22nd, 2009, 05:56 PM

a 4850 would make you much happier than the 3870.

it would be a cheap, single-stroke upgrade that would really beef up your system without having to upgrade other parts.
of course you could go with a 4870 but i'd think you might want a new power supply for that one but corsair's are the best so it might live up to the task...

deathslagh · January 22nd, 2009, 06:33 PM

10x for the heads up.. that's what i was thinking.. but what f they'r gonna be 2 good for the CPU ?

DOOMJESUS · January 22nd, 2009, 06:55 PM

i think your cpu may be a little faster than what i got and i'm perfectly satisfied most of the time.

imo a 48xx card could hold you for a while even if you go with a quad before the next gen of gfx cards comes along... ...i plan to not update cpu or gfx until this summer if i can avoid it...

deathslagh · January 22nd, 2009, 07:04 PM

i looked at a power related post on tomshardware and my curent psu can cough with a 4870..
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforc...w-31495-6.html
tracking prices as we speak.. was thinking about the 4870x2 or 4850x2 but power consumption on them is a lil exagerated..and that would require cpu and power supply updating.. wich would ultimately change maybe all my specs

.. so going with the radeon for now :P...

deathslagh · January 22nd, 2009, 07:17 PM

hmm.. curently.. my options are.. 195 euros 4 a 4870 1 gb ddr5 or 194 euros 4 a 4870 512mb dd5 with vacum chamber tech or 176 euros 4870 512mb ddr5 sapphire design?... so.. what do u think?

bigal · January 22nd, 2009, 07:52 PM

"deathslagh" what type of connection does your motherboard have a pci express 1.0 or 2.0 x16 slot.
Either way i would recommend the the Sapphire Ati Radeon 4870 512mb video card from newegg.com for
$200 it is well worth the price. The video card is excellent because i have a much weaker processor than you (2.5 dual-core, not core 2 duo, compared to your dual core amd processor with 3.2 ghz, my processor only has 800mhz bus and you have 1000mhz.I only have an pci express 1.0 x16 and getting these results.. With my system I can play crysis warhead on top setting (enthusiast) with 4x anti-aliasing at 1280x1024 and with 2x anti-aliasing with 1440x900 as the resolution. So you should get much better results than me with this video card.

bigal · January 22nd, 2009, 07:57 PM

The video card is quiet (but can get loud while playing graphic intense games such as the crysis games and far cry 2) and stays under 60c even when playing crysis warhead for 3 hours straight

bigal · January 22nd, 2009, 07:59 PM

by the way i own this video card for about 1 month and a half and only have had problems with starting up far cry 2 so far out of the other 30 that i have tried.