Been awhile folks, bought a new PC

Arrowslinger

Arrowslinger

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My ASUS NF7-S and AMD 3000 crapped out on me was a good machine had it several years. I planned on just a new motherboard and cpu but looking at reviews of a few prefabbed machines and price I simply bought a machine.

I only do work on my machine and play Half Life 2, Nascar 2003, NFSU and BF1942, old games I know but hey im old :P

I plan to pull the nvidia card out, what ATI card you guys suggest I replace it with?

Specs:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
64 bit Dual Core Processor
Memory 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800
320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
20X DVD±R/±RW Dual Layer Drive
16X DVD-ROM
NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 512MB PCI Express Video Card
Sound card - Integrated
Windows Vista Home Premium
Apevia X-Jupiter Jr w/ 420w Power Supply
Motherboard ASUS M2N SLI NVIDIA nForce 560 SLI Chipset
COM 1
LPT 1
PS/2 2
Video Ports 1 VGA, 1 DVI
TV Out 1
Rear USB 4
Rear IEEE 1394 1
RJ45 1 port
Rear Audio Ports 6 ports
S/P DIF 1 port


Thanks
 
Well you can try the ATI 4850...I heard a lot of good about it's performance as a mid range monster.
 
I can vouch for the 4850's. I have a Visiontek 4850, and the thing is amazing. As of catalyst 8.7 the fan still doesnt spin fast enough, but with the fan "hack"...the card runs at 50-53C. AND I think I mentioned that the card is amazing...and the price, can't beat it.

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I concur and here are a couple of the best prices around that I could find. Went looking yesterday ....

Asus HD 4850 512MB / 3 Year Warranty

$149.99 after $30 Rebate @ ZipzoomFly with Free Shipping

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008716


Sapphire HD 4850 512MB / 2 Year Warranty

$154.99 after $15 Rebate @ NewEgg with Free Shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102747


If this is too much card for you, the 9600GT would be an excellent choice for just light gaming and can be had for $99 after $5.00 rebate with free shipping......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133216
 
Thanks folks and I was looking at that Sapphire HD 4850 512MB :drool:

Will I have power issues with the cpu, vista and that card at 420 watts?
 
Not from what I am seeing. I have a Phenom 9550, 4 HDD's, 1 Optical, Theatrix 550, and a HD 4850 512MB. All running on my trusty Tagan U22 480W PSU. Also running Vista Ultimate 64. I think you are fine, personally.

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Pharshballa said:
whats the word on the internets about the apevia cases? yay or nay?
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Mine came in the APEVIA X-JUPITER-JR S-Type X

Its about 60 bucks on Newegg, I love it the back fan is huge air moves great blue leds are awesome.

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