Graphics Cards

2006-08-30 10:16:26

#1

Anubis5289: Jaffa Kree; +55|7061|Campbeltown, Scotland

Hi. I'm needing some help with upgrading a graphics card. My current one is totally busted. Currently i have a 128MB DDR Ati Radeon 9800 with DVI output and it is in an AGP slot. I have a Dell Dimension 8300 is that helps at all.

Could you please recommend a 256MB card that could replace this one (nothing too expensive). There are also 2 spare PCI card connectors.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Anubis

2006-08-30 10:18:02

#2

-=AudigyXi=-: Member; +18|6959

agp slot, check out nvidias 7800gs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814130274

Or the 7600 gs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814121020

----But if u prefer ati------

x850pro

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814102606

x800gto

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814102608

Last edited by -=AudigyXi=- (2006-08-30 10:22:25)

2006-08-30 10:18:26

#3

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|6974

-=AudigyXi=- wrote:
agp slot, check out nvidias 7800gs

agreed

2006-08-30 10:21:18

#4

Israel-bf2: Member; +2|6759

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2006-08-30 10:30:41

#5

Anubis5289: Jaffa Kree; +55|7061|Campbeltown, Scotland

Are there any good websites in the uk that you know of?

Anubis

2006-08-30 10:32:28

#6

<BoTM>J_Aero: Qualified Expert; +62|6768|Melbourne - Home of Football

The appropriate ATi alternative for an AGP slot, of that same card generation would be an X850XT PE, that was the leading card before the introudction of the new range, won't be as expensieve either.

2006-08-30 10:33:17

#7

bijzondere: Member; +6|6785

Anubis5289 wrote:
Are there any good websites in the uk that you know of?

Anubis

www.overclockers.co.uk

www.microdirect.co.uk

Thanks bijzondere

2006-08-30 10:47:01

#8

Stubbee: Religions Hate Facts, Questions and Doubts; +223|7046|Reality

http://www.ati.com/upgradeadvisor/index.html

The US economy is a giant Ponzi scheme. And 'to big to fail' is code speak for 'niahnahniahniahnah 99 percenters'

2006-08-30 11:08:16

#9

Anubis5289: Jaffa Kree; +55|7061|Campbeltown, Scotland

Would i need to be upgrading my RAM aswell as i've only got 512MB?

Anubis

Last edited by Anubis5289 (2006-08-30 16:03:12)

2006-08-30 11:23:51

#10

theknuck: It's pronounced Knuck, like in Knuckle!!; +45|6915|balls

i have 1.5gb of ram after i upgraded from 512mb. do the upgrade. if you must still run agp, its your choice, obviously the 7800 is top of the line for agp, but too much for my blood. i recently bought a 1600pro (agp)and it does the job. this christmas ill be ugrading to pcie16. mainly so i can upgrade my cpu to dual core, but might as well go pcie too.

2006-08-30 12:02:09

#11

-=AudigyXi=-: Member; +18|6959

Anubis5289 wrote:
Would i need to be upgrading my RAM aswell as if only got 512MB?

Anubis

Absolutely running 1gb would make for a better gaming experience, and anything above that your golden.

2006-08-30 17:45:08

#12

pzerofgh: Member; +1|6753

You sure you would be able to run that 7800GS on that POS psu from the dell, like 280W lol.

Last edited by pzerofgh (2006-08-30 17:45:19)

2006-08-30 19:03:53

#13

<BoTM>J_Aero: Qualified Expert; +62|6768|Melbourne - Home of Football

2GB of RAM coupled with your processor will probably be completely lag free, unless you have quite alot of background programs running, all your settings can be on high, even with low AA with that much RAM, and whats more, with a 7800 or an X850, it'll easily handle BF2142. I personally use and reccomend Corsair RAM.

http://www.corsair.com/

2006-08-31 02:17:02

#14

Anubis5289: Jaffa Kree; +55|7061|Campbeltown, Scotland

pzerofgh wrote:
You sure you would be able to run that 7800GS on that POS psu from the dell, like 280W lol.

It has a 250W power supply so could you reconmend a card that would suit?

Cheers Anubis

2006-08-31 02:22:27

#15

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6923|Mhz

250W isn't going to cope with anything worth buying, you're probably gonna need a new one of those too.

2006-08-31 02:25:48

#16

Anubis5289: Jaffa Kree; +55|7061|Campbeltown, Scotland

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
250W isn't going to cope with anything worth buying, you're probably gonna need a new one of those too.

Thats what i was thinking.

2006-08-31 02:29:35

#17

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6923|Mhz

Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU (CA-045-AN)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ … plies.html

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-052-CO)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ … Cards.html

I'd go with those

2006-08-31 06:52:57

#18

ShotYourSix: Boldly going nowhere...; +196|7022|Las Vegas

^^^^ Antec Neo's are crap. Antec makes some great PSU's but DONT buy a NEO. My first one was DOA, it's replacement failed at 2 months. IT's replacement was DOA. Enough said.

2006-08-31 09:59:46

#19

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6923|Mhz

ShotYourSix wrote:
^^^^ Antec Neo's are crap. Antec makes some great PSU's but DONT buy a NEO. My first one was DOA, it's replacement failed at 2 months. IT's replacement was DOA. Enough said.

and i got 55 for where i work and there all perfect... your point?

my guess is the extra pins on the mobo plug confused you...

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2006-08-31 10:01:13)

2006-08-31 21:54:19

#20

<BoTM>J_Aero: Qualified Expert; +62|6768|Melbourne - Home of Football

Get an Antec TruePower Trio 550, fantastic PSU.

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=23550

2006-08-31 22:04:16

#21

-101-InvaderZim: Member; +42|7146|Waikato, Aotearoa

Hmmz last I heard, replacing Dell components CAN be tricky. Not sure about the UK, but in Aussie and NZ, Dell
components are proprietary (that is only Dell components will work in Dell machines). This generally means taking your pc back to Dell for replacement parts @ above cost and labour, (as opposed to buying say a Leadtek
card from XYZ Computers, and installing it yourself).

2006-09-01 02:06:15

#22

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6923|Mhz

Nah, people started to turn their back on Dell coz they were doing that. Its all pretty much standard these days. They are pretty stingy on expansion slots tho, usually just an AGP and 2 PCIs or 3 PCIes.

Worth checking the power connector for the motherboard tho coz they do still make those in silly shapes for some reason.

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