It would have helped if you added more details of your system as well as a price range you are looking at.
You could get something like a GeForce 9800 GX2
regardless of what you get you really do need to get something since the FX series is pretty much discontinued
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Thanks for your reply so the geforce 9800 gx2 is the way to go , at least that gives me some direction as for price i am willing to spend somewhere in the area of £100 could be more , now system details this is where i am lacking in the knowledge could it be this : |
Originally Posted by Ajunta
It would have helped if you added more details of your system as well as a price range you are looking at.
You could get something like a GeForce 9800 GX2 regardless of what you get you really do need to get something since the FX series is pretty much discontinued |
i have an intel pentium(r) 4 cpu 2.80 ghz 2.81 ghz
Does that make any difference?
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I had an ultra version of that card and found that it was barely enough to run this game (or was it the 5600... can't remember).
In any case IIRC that card is AGP, you won't be able to find an AGP card that can do much more than that one. If you happen to have a PCI express version, you may be in luck.
Anything in this search will be an improvement if you're running PCI Express; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0Express%20x16
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Heres where the confusion kicks in for me .. am i doomed to stay with AGP or PCI express grathic cards? or can i slot any grathic card in like getting a Raidon ( cant spell i know )
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Originally Posted by MrNoj
I had an ultra version of that card and found that it was barely enough to run this game (or was it the 5600... can't remember).
In any case IIRC that card is AGP, you won't be able to find an AGP card that can do much more than that one. If you happen to have a PCI express version, you may be in luck. Anything in this search will be an improvement if you're running PCI Express; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0Express%20x16 |
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This is the thread you are looking for...
Ultra Mode video shopping guide
A great deal of useful information there.
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Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
This is the thread you are looking for...
Ultra Mode video shopping guide A great deal of useful information there. |
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Yeah, I'm looking to upgrade my vid which will also require a new power supply to support it.
Knowing the model number of your computer would be helpful to determine if you have an AGP slot or PCIe. The two are totally different an incompatible and the GeForce FX 5200 is offered in both.
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Originally Posted by Frost
Knowing the model number of your computer would be helpful to determine if you have an AGP slot or PCIe. The two are totally different an incompatible and the GeForce FX 5200 is offered in both.
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I had a problem upgrading from my GeForce FX 5xxx because it was AGP. If you don't have a model number, run this and post the results; http://www.piriform.com/speccy
Confused?
Simple, just pop a break-free, that should help.
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Is there a simple way to find out the progression of cards made by Nvidia and/or Radeon? Basically I'm confused by the alphanumeric jumble and am hoping someone can point me to some perspective.
Thanks in advance!
It's not how many times you get knocked down that count. It's how many times you get up.
nVidia's progression is "first number = generation" "other numbers = quality within the generation". The first number being higher is better (example: 9XXX series is better than 8XXX series), until you get to the 9000 series (nine thousand)... because after that is the 200 series (two hundred), which is followed by the 300 series, etc. The lettering defines which subtype of that specific card. So 9800 GS is different from 9800 GTX.
ATI's progression is all kinds of fuggered and I will never, in my life, figure it out.
Tom's Hardware, however, makes a very nice graphics card hierarchy, which lists cards from best to worst.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rd,2118-7.html
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Well, considering that nVidia renamed the GT300 to GTX480 and that a GF104 is (most likely) a cut in half GF100 that will likely be sold as a GTS450 or GTS460 I'd say nVidia is as bad in naming their products as ATI if not worse.|
Originally Posted by Aggelakis
nVidia's progression is "first number = generation" "other numbers = quality within the generation". The first number being higher is better (example: 9XXX series is better than 8XXX series), until you get to the 9000 series (nine thousand)... because after that is the 200 series (two hundred), which is followed by the 300 series, etc. The lettering defines which subtype of that specific card. So 9800 GS is different from 9800 GTX.
ATI's progression is all kinds of fuggered and I will never, in my life, figure it out. Tom's Hardware, however, makes a very nice graphics card hierarchy, which lists cards from best to worst. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rd,2118-7.html |
The list at Tom's Hardware is nice, but a bit outdated. The new generation cards are missing: nVidia GTX470 and GTX480 and the Radeon HD5xxx family.
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Originally Posted by FREAKZILLA
Heres where the confusion kicks in for me .. am i doomed to stay with AGP or PCI express grathic cards? or can i slot any grathic card in like getting a Raidon ( cant spell i know )
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This is AGP: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0b/AGP-Bus.jpg
This is PCI and PCIe (you need the PCIe x16): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...PCIe_Slots.jpg
If you're lucky and you have the PCIe I'd suggest to look for a Radeon HD5770. It's a bit above £100 and easily available. For example here: Amazon UK: Radeon HD5770 from Sapphire for £131.76 (not saying that this is the cheapest).
Before i start i just want to mention that i absolutely know nothing about computers ,other than turning them on and playing cov/h
now with ultra mode just round the corner i realy need to know what do i upgrade my grathics card to? seeing as there are soo many out there, any help would be greatly appreciated
heres what i have at the minute: NVIDIA GeForce fx 5200 and i have 2 gig ram ( i will be getting 4 gig soon)
Thanks again in advance
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