Thinking of Upgrading Dad's PC

Sargentwhitey · Nov 6, 2004, 06:57 PM

Ok so Ive been thinking for a while what would be the best Vid card to purchase for my dad's Athlon XP2200+ machine with 512DDR333.. without it getting too CPU Limited... since the highest Res. He can go up to is 1280x1024... I was thinking of something along the lines of a 9600XT or maybe going up to a BFG 6800OC that I saw in Best Buy for 300$... I know that's not the cheapest but its the easiest I'll get it... I was wondering what you guys thought would be the best..

markus82 · Nov 6, 2004, 07:07 PM

I would say a 9800pro or a 5900XT

Vampyromaniac · Nov 6, 2004, 07:13 PM

What games does your dad play?

Sargentwhitey · Nov 6, 2004, 07:34 PM

well.. its actually more of a family computer... so.. soon to be UT2k4.. currently its just MOHAA and Lord Of The Rings... also soon to be Half Life 2.. he currently only has a GF4 MX440 PCI...

Vampyromaniac · Nov 6, 2004, 07:56 PM

9800 Pro should be good enough. If you get something like the 6800 series, you might not recieve much benefit, because of the slow-ish CPU used in the computer. (unless you are planning to upgrade CPU/mobo also . . . .)

Sargentwhitey · Nov 6, 2004, 09:35 PM

I was thinking that the 6800 was going to be held back by the CPU.. ok.. I'll most likely go with the 9800 Pro or 9600XT like my brother has *nods* thanks

Son_of_Thunder · Nov 7, 2004, 03:00 AM

9600XT isn't a really good choice for HL2, the 9800pro would be the best for it, and it's as low as 185 dollars

Nov 6, 2004, 06:57 PM	#1
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	Thinking of Upgrading Dad's PC Ok so Ive been thinking for a while what would be the best Vid card to purchase for my dad's Athlon XP2200+ machine with 512DDR333.. without it getting too CPU Limited... since the highest Res. He can go up to is 1280x1024... I was thinking of something along the lines of a 9600XT or maybe going up to a BFG 6800OC that I saw in Best Buy for 300$... I know that's not the cheapest but its the easiest I'll get it... I was wondering what you guys thought would be the best.. __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Nov 6, 2004, 07:07 PM	#2
markus82 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany/Bavaria Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	I would say a 9800pro or a 5900XT __________________ [color=green]AMD Athlon64 3500+ "Newcastle"[/color] [color=green]Sparkle Geforce 6800 GT with Arctic NV Silencer 5 [/color] [color=green]OCZ EL Gold DDR 500 1024Mb kit Dual Channel[/color] [color=green]MSI K8N Neo2 54G Platinum Edition[/color] [color=green][/color]

Nov 6, 2004, 07:13 PM	#3
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	What games does your dad play? __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Nov 6, 2004, 07:34 PM	Thread Starter #4
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	well.. its actually more of a family computer... so.. soon to be UT2k4.. currently its just MOHAA and Lord Of The Rings... also soon to be Half Life 2.. he currently only has a GF4 MX440 PCI... __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Nov 6, 2004, 07:56 PM	#5
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	9800 Pro should be good enough. If you get something like the 6800 series, you might not recieve much benefit, because of the slow-ish CPU used in the computer. (unless you are planning to upgrade CPU/mobo also . . . .) __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Nov 6, 2004, 09:35 PM	Thread Starter #6
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	I was thinking that the 6800 was going to be held back by the CPU.. ok.. I'll most likely go with the 9800 Pro or 9600XT like my brother has nods thanks __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Nov 7, 2004, 03:00 AM	#7
Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 50 System Specs	9600XT isn't a really good choice for HL2, the 9800pro would be the best for it, and it's as low as 185 dollars __________________