Need Advice on this card please, thanks!

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MrFobber

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It's going to be a decent step up, I think you'd enjoy the performance.

What games do you play, what resolution and what settings do you like?
 
i play a variety of games range from strategy to first person shooter. I play WC3 Dota, CS, COD, FEAR, Crysis, Gears of War, bioshock, jericho and etc. I enjoy graphics, so I usually try to max out on the settings if my video card allows me , but I dont have to max out every game. I'm not sure what resolution means, is it like full screen? If so I have a 22" monitor.

Thanks!
 
Actually yea, I'd recommend a CPU upgrade to at least an athlon 4000. Since it's 939 it won't be cheap, if you have enough I'd recommend just going AM2..
 
bullzi said:
Actually yea, I'd recommend a CPU upgrade to at least an athlon 4000. Since it's 939 it won't be cheap, if you have enough I'd recommend just going AM2..
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I'm not sure what that means.Does that mean I have to change the motherboard too? I'm only a beginner, so please, if you have time, walk me through :D

thank you so much!
 
MrFobber said:
I'm not sure what that means.Does that mean I have to change the motherboard too? I'm only a beginner, so please, if you have time, walk me through :D

thank you so much!
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Yeah it does mean you have to change the motherboard. How much are you willing to spend? You can probably get a cheap AM2/AM2+ motherboard, and it depends on what processor you are going to buy. Just a note, AM2+ boards ARE compatible with AM2 processors.
 
hmmmm, so complicated. I'm willing to spend couple hundreds, probably around five hundred. Any motherboard and CPU you would recommend. If I change my motherboard, this means I have to change my RAM too huh? I have 4 gigs of pc3200 RAM... argh that would be wasted =/
 
MrFobber said:
hmmmm, so complicated. I'm willing to spend couple hundreds, probably around five hundred. Any motherboard and CPU you would recommend. If I change my motherboard, this means I have to change my RAM too huh? I have 4 gigs of pc3200 RAM... argh that would be wasted =/
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I bet I can find you a quad-core CPU, good motherboard and some RAM for cheap ;).

CPU: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3740792

Motherboard: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4248697&CatId=2320

RAM: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3228139&Sku=C13-6082

Total Price: $314.97 and you still have enough money left in your budget for a video card ;).
Video Card: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4185301&CatId=3670

Total Price with video card: $444.96

Please tell me if any of the links don't work ;).
 
MrFobber said:
oh nice, thank you so much. How long can these new upgrades last me until I have to change another major upgrades?
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Well they're already outdated. Intel i7 with DDR3 is already out, but it won't be the norm until next year probably. This setup should keep you goin for a couple years at least..
 
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