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[Fellentos]

I'm going to upgrade my video card (Nvidia 7600GT) to a ATI Radeon 4xx or 5xxx series depending on the price (which should be below € 200).



Other than that I'm keeping it the same:



Processor: Intel E6600 2.2 Ghz

RAM: 4 GB



I will also install Windows 7 (I have Windows XP right now)

[Garvieloken]

Hello, I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice as to what to do about upgrading or simply buying new pc?



My rig:

Vista premium 32bit

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Ghz

3Gb ram

Nvidia 8800 GTS 640mb

26" HD Screen



I'm just wondering if I should bother buying new GPU or waiting till I save a bit more dough and then buying whole new pc inc windows 7 and probs new i7 cpu

[SmCaudata]

Fellentos wrote...

I'm going to upgrade my video card (Nvidia 7600GT) to a ATI Radeon 4xx or 5xxx series depending on the price (which should be below € 200).

Other than that I'm keeping it the same:

Processor: Intel E6600 2.2 Ghz
RAM: 4 GB

I will also install Windows 7 (I have Windows XP right now)

The 5700s are nice cards. About the same performance as the older top end 4900s but you get DX11 support. Since it looks like you keep your cards for a while it would likely be the best bet.

[SmCaudata]

Garvieloken wrote...

Hello, I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice as to what to do about upgrading or simply buying new pc?

My rig:
Vista premium 32bit
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Ghz
3Gb ram
Nvidia 8800 GTS 640mb
26" HD Screen

I'm just wondering if I should bother buying new GPU or waiting till I save a bit more dough and then buying whole new pc inc windows 7 and probs new i7 cpu

You could do a new vid card (and new CPU if you wanted) and be able to skip the current generation quite easily. I was in the same boat as you and decided I'd rather not buy new RAM, MOBO when what I have works. Unless you really need that extra 10-15% in games why bother?

[SmCaudata]

Heh. I meant the motherboard/ram/cpu. Yes. If you are doing a vid card the new dx11 cards are the way to go.



Both AMD and Intel are moving toward putting more onto the CPU die. Also with SATA3 and USB3 coming out soon if you can buy yourself 12-18 months without a full overhaul you'd be in good shape.



Also, someone mentioned a switch to Win7. Don't forget that if you are a student you can get it for $30. There are instructions on the web for turning the downloadable into a bootable disk.

[Garvieloken]

So you would say something like a 275 would make a big difference to me without the need to get new mobo and cpu? I just dont want to spend the money on a new card only for it to turn out I'm not getting much better performance due to my other components being too old etc.

[SilentCid]

My rig:



Intel Core i7 920 @4GHz

Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB)

Gigabyte Nvidia 275 896MB

Raid Hitachi 300GB x2





@Garvieloken depending what you have the 275 is a beast I had it before the change of my machine not long ago and I was running everything on high very smoothly.

[miltos33]

SmCaudata wrote...

Heh. I meant the motherboard/ram/cpu. Yes. If you are doing a vid card the new dx11 cards are the way to go.

Both AMD and Intel are moving toward putting more onto the CPU die. Also with SATA3 and USB3 coming out soon if you can buy yourself 12-18 months without a full overhaul you'd be in good shape.

Also, someone mentioned a switch to Win7. Don't forget that if you are a student you can get it for $30. There are instructions on the web for turning the downloadable into a bootable disk.

If I were to wait 12-18 months until the next best thing I would still have a Pentium II with 16MB DDR and integrated graphics. Besides, Solid State Drives will eventually replace SATA Drives and there will be expansion cards for USB3 ports. So, that is hardly a good reason to wait all this time.

[miltos33]

@Garvieloken: A GTX275 would definitely be an improvement over an 8800GTS 640MB but it wouldn't be a necessary upgrade for this particular game.

[SilentCid]

miltos33 wrote...

SmCaudata wrote...

Heh. I meant the motherboard/ram/cpu. Yes. If you are doing a vid card the new dx11 cards are the way to go.

Both AMD and Intel are moving toward putting more onto the CPU die. Also with SATA3 and USB3 coming out soon if you can buy yourself 12-18 months without a full overhaul you'd be in good shape.

Also, someone mentioned a switch to Win7. Don't forget that if you are a student you can get it for $30. There are instructions on the web for turning the downloadable into a bootable disk.

If I were to wait 12-18 months until the next best thing I would still have a Pentium II with 16MB DDR and integrated graphics. Besides, Solid State Drives will eventually replace SATA Drives and there will be expansion cards for USB3 ports. So, that is hardly a good reason to wait all this time.

Sure you can get a SSD drive that has 250GB capacity for only $795.00 USD. Not to mention they still have poor write-cycle then their read-cycle and they tend to wear out faster then hard drives. Better off just raiding your drives for better performances but you sound like you are on a laptop considering you mentioned expansion cards.

[Garvieloken]

@miltos Yeah I know but I'm just thinking about future proofing etc, but I guess my rig is enough to play this at high end graphics without lagg so I'm happy for a while at least till I can save some proper moneys up to get a really good new pc.



Cheers for all help and advice

[miltos33]

I said "eventually". I wouldn't recommend to anybody to buy an SSD right now. But by the time we get SATA3 in 12-18 months we can expect SSDs to be be much cheaper and with more efficient write cycles than at the moment. As for the USB3 is not that important anyway. And of course I am on a desktop, I would't really game on a laptop.

[ziphnor]

I wouldnt say im upgrading just for Dragon Age, but it did provide the last push for an upgrade i had considered for a while.



My old system:

Core 2 Duro E6600 (dual core 2.4 Ghz)

2GB Ram

Geforce GTX 275

Windows Vista 32-bit



New system:

Core i7 860 (quad core 2.8Ghz)

8gb DDR3 ram

Geforce GTX 275 (reuse)

Windows 7 64-bit

[SmCaudata]

miltos33 wrote...

SmCaudata wrote...

Heh. I meant the motherboard/ram/cpu. Yes. If you are doing a vid card the new dx11 cards are the way to go.

Both AMD and Intel are moving toward putting more onto the CPU die. Also with SATA3 and USB3 coming out soon if you can buy yourself 12-18 months without a full overhaul you'd be in good shape.

Also, someone mentioned a switch to Win7. Don't forget that if you are a student you can get it for $30. There are instructions on the web for turning the downloadable into a bootable disk.

If I were to wait 12-18 months until the next best thing I would still have a Pentium II with 16MB DDR and integrated graphics. Besides, Solid State Drives will eventually replace SATA Drives and there will be expansion cards for USB3 ports. So, that is hardly a good reason to wait all this time.

That is true, but usually the next thing around the corner is an incremental upgrade. PCIexpress 3 for example likely won't make much of a difference as PCIe2 8x isn't even saturated yet.  USB3 actually could make a big difference.   Because of the speed of SATA3 and USB3 expansion cards will saturate the PCIe 1x bus with very few connectors. As someone who upgrades every 3 years I expect my motherboard to take peripherals for that long.

These are personal preferences. People had questions about upgrades so I figured I'd share what I was thinking.

As a side, I'm glad that they have optimized for multiple cores.

[saphera55]

I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my ATI HD 5770, 2 x 2gb RAM, Phenom II x3 720 Black, and my new Mobo

[Sheylan]

I have a 2.33 ghz Core 2 quad and an ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 4 gigs of ram. So I should be good for this game.

[Vaeliorin]

Currently running a P4 3.2 GHz with 1 gig of ram and a GeForce 6800. 

Upgrading to:

Antec 1200

Corsair HX 1000W

Intel Core i7 Processor i7-920 3.6GHz 8MB

Cooler Master V8

Asus Maximus III Formula

Super Talent Chrome Series DDR3-1600 6GB (3x 2GB) CL8

Western Digital WD1001FALS 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB

LG Electronics CH08LS10 LightScribe SATA Blu-ray Combo Drive

2x XFX Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB (Crossfire)

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

I'm expecting it to be a little bit faster than what I'm used to.

Also going from a 19" 4:3 LCD monitor (honestly, have no idea what the model is) to a Dell U2410. 

Modifié par Vaeliorin, 02 novembre 2009 - 02:40 .

[Lamey]

I'm running a i186. I'm using a dot matrix monitor. On-board sound and video.



My power supply is a mouse on a treadmill - he hasn't been moving very much for the last few years though.



I could use an upgrade, but I have no money, no job, and no one will hire me because I have no qualifications or work experience of any kind.

[Kurboul]

I got a new computer about a year ago, so I'm hopping it still holds up. 8800gtx, 6gb ddr3 ram, core 2 duo 3.12 gHz.



I'm too poor or I would get a new video card and processor.

[back pain]

I upgraded from a 8800 GT to a 285 GTX (with 2GB of V-ram) for this game and Batman:AA