Need advice old XP needs 100bux upgrade... :) HELP!!!!!!

GTX · Jun 12, 2008

Hey there guys

dind enter TPU for a long time so things have changed however i wanted to ask your advice guys... need a two upgrade my bros ... "comp" if i can call it so now its so:

CPU: Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83@ 2.0 stable (oc by me

)
Cooler: unknown crap...
Motherboard: matsonic ms8147c
Ram: 512 DDR PC 3200 (400MHZ) 256x2
Vid card: Ati radeon series 9000 128/128 DDR
HDD: 80GB + 200GB +20GB

so i kind of have 100$ -/+... and thought to buy sth i know its old but for his San Andreas Scarface its OK ...
so i thought of buying 512 mb as this mobo has 3 slots and a vid card thought of... 6600 GT or the 7300GT
so any other ideas
PS
i cant spent cash :toast:

GTX · Jun 12, 2008

PS i created this theard in here couse the imp question is about vid card

suraswami · Jun 12, 2008

get a 6800XT/GT. best would be a X1650 pro AGP. You might as well buy a 1GB stick istead.

Make sure your PSU can handle.

yogurt_21 · Jun 12, 2008

GTX said:
Hey there guys dind enter TPU for a long time so things have changed however i wanted to ask your advice guys... need a two upgrade my bros ... "comp" if i can call it so now its so:

CPU: Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83@ 2.0 stable (oc by me )
Cooler: unknown crap...
Motherboard: matsonic ms8147c
Ram: 512 DDR PC 3200 (400MHZ) 256x2
Vid card: Ati radeon series 9000 128/128 DDR
HDD: 80GB + 200GB +20GB

so i kind of have 100$ -/+... and thought to buy sth i now its old but for his San Andreas Scarface its OK ...
so i thought of buying 512 mb as this mobo has 3 slots and a vid card thought of... 6600 GT or the 7300GT
so any other ideas
PS
i cant spent cash

wtf you stole my old rig! give it back! lol

i've always been a fan of matching hardware up to maximize stability, what about the good ol 9800xt?

intel igent · Jun 12, 2008

you can find an x850 (which is better than 6800/7300 + 1650) model card prolly pretty cheap these days as well as a stick of RAM

richjordan255 · Jun 13, 2008

i remember my good old x850xt pe for agp awesome card and is probably cheap now too

niko084 · Jun 13, 2008

x850 isn't a bad card... But a 6800GT/Ultra will eat it for lunch...

As for agp, you may even be able to find a x1950gt or x1950pro for under $100, which would be insane for that rig...

intel igent · Jun 13, 2008

niko084 said:
x850 isn't a bad card... But a 6800GT/Ultra will eat it for lunch......

what drugs are you on? :wtf:

niko084 said:
As for agp, you may even be able to find a x1950gt or x1950pro for under $100, which would be insane for that rig...

that would be a better find but prolly harder to get cuz people still want to hang on to them

niko084 · Jun 13, 2008

http://hwbot.org/hardware.compare.do?type=gpu&id=1275_1&id=1289_1&id=858_1&id=1321_1

x850 isn't a bad card, but the 6800Ultra will beat it out in newer games, especially at low resolution. The 6800 is a generation newer also so its not really such a fair comparison.

intel igent · Jun 13, 2008

niko084 said:
http://hwbot.org/hardware.compare.do?type=gpu&id=1275_1&id=1289_1&id=858_1&id=1321_1

x850 isn't a bad card, but the 6800Ultra will beat it out in newer games, especially at low resolution. The 6800 is a generation newer also so its not really such a fair comparison.

OK your link says that a 6800 is better than an x800, i was speaking of an x850; specifically an x850xt or xt pe which will beat a 6800

please rad the posts a little better before replying to them, and if i'm wrong please show me

niko084 · Jun 13, 2008

intel igent said:
OK your link says that a 6800 is better than an x800, i was speaking of an x850; specifically an x850xt or xt pe which will beat a 6800

please rad the posts a little better before replying to them, and if i'm wrong please show me

My mistake there...

But then again according to this they are some win some lose-
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/Radeonx850xtpeagp/1.html

On the other hand you can probably get an x850xt PE for cheaper than you can get a used 6800Ultra, they STILL sell for around $80-$100 on ebay sadly enough.

FreedomEclipse · Jun 13, 2008

i had a X850XT PE (AGP) it was badass - cost me like almost a weeks worth of salary when i bought it

(try working 5days a week on 12hr shifts)

intel igent · Jun 13, 2008

niko084 said:
My mistake there...

But then again according to this they are some win some lose-
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/Radeonx850xtpeagp/1.html

On the other hand you can probably get an x850xt PE for cheaper than you can get a used 6800Ultra, they STILL sell for around $80-$100 on ebay sadly enough.

the battle between the AGP x850 + 6800 was pretty close on most front's but the ATi IS a better all around card.

trust me

i used mine for 4yrs

and still have it in the box as a backup

GTX · Jun 13, 2008

tHX all there GUYYS:

)) i guess i will og with the x850XT good luick to ecery one... :

))

ShogoXT · Jun 13, 2008

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131081
(2600pro)
or
(2600xt)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161208

Make sure to use omega drivers.

Now some ram...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231036

And finally if your CPU is the Barton core, OC it to the 3200+. That should defib your computer for a short time...

ShogoXT · Jun 13, 2008

Found this too:
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31542
AGP drivers from ati.

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