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Alowishus
Shadows of the Dead Aftermath Alliance
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Posted - 2007.11.02 20:11:00 -
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MSI 8500GT
Will Eve run well on one of these? With all the mid-grade cards out now it's hard to know what'll achieve sufficient performance. Right now I'm running Eve on a dated Athlon XP-2600M machine with a 800GTO AGP card, I'd still say the performance is admirable. I know that the ATI 800/850 series were pretty robust, even by today's standards, so when building a new machine I want signifigant gains in FPS without breaking the bank. Obviously with my processor, the current video card may not even be a bottle neck so some gains will be had just by updating to a current processor and motherboard.
Will an 8500GT make me happy?
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Bombcrater
DAB RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.11.02 22:43:00 -
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Quote: Will an 8500GT make me happy?
No very likely, since the 8500GT you linked is a PCI-Express card so you won't even be able to plug it in... |
Aprudena Gist
Caldari Capital Development and Security Industries
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Posted - 2007.11.02 23:09:00 -
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yea you'll need to find an agp card not a pci or you will have to upgrade motherboard and possibly ram/cpu.
GEFORCE 7600GS AGP 8X 256M DD DVGA-GIG-N76G256DRH ^-- those are the only AGP cards i see around these days.
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Tolas
Aerthyrian Sovereignty
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Posted - 2007.11.09 21:56:00 -
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Edited by: Tolas on 09/11/2007 21:58:27 Edited by: Tolas on 09/11/2007 21:57:06 Like the other two said, you need AGP if you are not going to upgrade anything else.
Also you need to make sure your system can even handle the card you buy. Check the requirements of any card you look at to make sure it will. It sounds like the system you have would likely have a smaller power supply as well.
If you are looking to do Trinity graphics when they come you need a GeForce 6 ,7, or 8 series. (or ATI equivalent) I have not seen any 8 series in AGP, you can get a high end 7 series, like a 7900 GS, but again check the specs of the card, make sure your power supply can handle it or get a new power supply.
Honestly you would be happier spending a little more money and upgrading to a newer pc. You can get a nice barebones on a decent budget. I am not a huge intel fan myself but THIS system is not bad for $400.
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Geren Basbar
Helios Incorporated Insurgency
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Posted - 2007.11.10 01:12:00 -
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^^ That system is a ripoff. To save money you should build a system yourself. I recently upgraded my computer for ~320-340USD after rebates. Shop around places like Newegg and such for a good deal.
Also the Pentium D is outdated and is no longer the monster they used to be.
I built my computer based on the E2160 (Tom's hardware review)
This thing is a beast and will outperform the lower and mid-range Core 2 Duos hands down.
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Tolas
Aerthyrian Sovereignty
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Posted - 2007.11.10 19:00:00 -
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Edited by: Tolas on 10/11/2007 19:04:35 Edited by: Tolas on 10/11/2007 19:02:45 I agree, its not the greatest system, but not all that bad for someone that doesn't know much about PC building or have friends that do. With a little research, and some basic know-how you can build a very strong gaming system for a lot less than prebuilt or barebones kits.
Personally I like AMD systems with Nvidia video cards, just my own preference to use when I build a new gaming rig. As a result I don't follow the others too closely.
Whatever you do, just don't buy an Alienware system, unless you have a lot of extra money to burn.
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Plutoinum
German Cyberdome Corp Cult of War
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Posted - 2007.11.18 22:11:00 -
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Edited by: Plutoinum on 18/11/2007 22:13:45
Originally by: Geren Basbar ^^ That system is a ripoff. To save money you should build a system yourself. I recently upgraded my computer for ~320-340USD after rebates. Shop around places like Newegg and such for a good deal.
Also the Pentium D is outdated and is no longer the monster they used to be.
I built my computer based on the E2160 (Tom's hardware review)
This thing is a beast and will outperform the lower and mid-range Core 2 Duos hands down.
I did the same. Depends a bit on luck, how overclockable the CPU is that you get. I didn't reach the speeds that Tom's Hardware reached though. 3Ghz seems to be the limit for my CPU without giving too much overvoltage and risking to much. Currently I'm running at 2x 2,66Ghz FSB333 and the raw cpu benchmarks of my E-2160 76EURO CPU are similar to or better than some E6700 core 2 duo CPUs, except for some programs that may profit from the bigger cache of the E-6xxx.
So yes, was cheap. Got a Geforce 8600GT and although it's more than enough for EVE, it is a bottleneck for very demanding games new games. With a resolution of 1360x1024, I have to switch Crysis-demo down to medium settings to play it fluently and can't use anti-aliasing. So I'd say 8800GT or better is the way to go for DX-10 cards or maybe ATI-1950 for DX9 currently, if you want really high performance.
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Alowishus
Shadow Company FreeFall Securities
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Posted - 2007.12.26 21:36:00 -
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I ended up going with an 8800GT. 8500/8600 series suck so much that I spent the extra dough for a good card.
And no, I'm not upgrading my 3-year-old box, I'm starting from scratch, Gigabyte P35 board, Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, 2GB DDR2, WD Raptor, etc.
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