Boosting up my rig.

The_YongGrand · 19th Jul 2006, 04:12 PM

Here's my rig already, I have boosted the RAM until to 1GB (how nice if I can have another 1GB!!) and it's running much faster.

But now I need to (at least) put a video card into it.

Of course I will get the PCI-E card, and the card will be only in the mid~medium high average budget video card.

What's your recommendations? The price will be around less than RM300:

ATI cards:
X300SE
X550
X800

nVidia cards:
6200 (I already have a onboard 6100!! Is it worth it??)
6500
6600

Chai · 19th Jul 2006, 06:00 PM

Get 7300GT, best RM300+ card I've ever tested! But I haven't tested X1300 before, but the performance of 7300GT is really good, I was shocked how good these budget cards are.

Olle P · 19th Jul 2006, 06:21 PM

Are there really any GF 7300GT with AGP? Not in my store...

/Olle

Chai · 19th Jul 2006, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olle P

Are there really any GF 7300GT with AGP? Not in my store...

/Olle

Didn't he say he want PCIE?

Max_87 · 19th Jul 2006, 08:40 PM

7300GT eats X1300 for breakfast

http://www.trustedreviews.com/articl...ge=7226&head=0

Not sure about X1300Pro though

Olle P · 19th Jul 2006, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Didn't he say he want PCIE?

Ooops! My fault...

I read the specs that said Sempron, which to me means Socket A, which means AGP...

Cheers
Olle

PsYkHoTiK · 19th Jul 2006, 10:26 PM

There are socket 754 sempr0ns (and also AM2) too....

His mobo has a PCIe slot too.

The_YongGrand · 20th Jul 2006, 01:35 PM

Yes - this is my Sempron with a PCI-E x16. I'm thinking of Radeon X550 and nVidia Geforce 6600 - I don't know which will do perfectly for playing HL2 with medium-high to high settings. I have 1GB of RAM already (but I don't know how it'll go any faster - with my Sempron too) and need another graphics card to boost it further.

Fabulous · 20th Jul 2006, 02:19 PM

YongGrand sure loves semprons.

Chai · 20th Jul 2006, 02:22 PM

I will still recommend 7300GT. Should be faster than 6600.

19th Jul 2006, 04:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_YongGrand Hyperactive Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,880 Reputation: 1187 Rep Power: 19	Boosting up my rig. Here's my rig already, I have boosted the RAM until to 1GB (how nice if I can have another 1GB!!) and it's running much faster. But now I need to (at least) put a video card into it. Of course I will get the PCI-E card, and the card will be only in the mid~medium high average budget video card. What's your recommendations? The price will be around less than RM300: ATI cards: X300SE X550 X800 nVidia cards: 6200 (I already have a onboard 6100!! Is it worth it??) 6500 6600 __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB DDR3 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Asus P5B-E Plus, nVidia Geforce 7950GT 512MB DDR3

19th Jul 2006, 06:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,128 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	Get 7300GT, best RM300+ card I've ever tested! But I haven't tested X1300 before, but the performance of 7300GT is really good, I was shocked how good these budget cards are. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

19th Jul 2006, 06:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Olle P Active Join Date: 12 Jan 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 815 Reputation: 315 Rep Power: 9	Are there really any GF 7300GT with AGP? Not in my store... /Olle __________________ If you're not living on the edge you take up too much space... Asus A8E-N, Athlon64 X2 4600+, 1024MB Kingston value, XFX GF7800GT, Seagate 160GB/8MB

19th Jul 2006, 08:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
Max_87 h@x! Join Date: 11 Aug 2003 Location: the land of bandwidth cap Posts: 11,446 Reputation: 2090 Rep Power: 38	7300GT eats X1300 for breakfast http://www.trustedreviews.com/articl...ge=7226&head=0 Not sure about X1300Pro though __________________ Max_87 Tech ARP http://www.techarp.com Dell Studio 15 / P7350 / 3GB DDR2 / Radeon HD 3450 / 250GB 7200RPM / 15" @ 1920x1200 E8600 @ 4.4GHz 1.36v / Asus P5E3 Deluxe / 2x2GB DDR3 / Radeon X1800 / Barracuda 7200.9 120GB / 7200.10 320GB x2 / Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS / WD6400AAKS x2 / Dell 2007FP x2 / Silverstone ST56F

19th Jul 2006, 10:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
PsYkHoTiK "Little" Devil Join Date: 8 Apr 2004 Location: On the "throne" Posts: 14,746 Reputation: 4681 Rep Power: 66	There are socket 754 sempr0ns (and also AM2) too.... His mobo has a PCIe slot too. __________________ Intel SLBEJ @ 4GHz : 3x2GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600 : Asus P6X58 Premium : WD RE3 250GB x2 RAID 0 : 3ware 9650SE-2LP : XFX Radeon 5850 : XFi Platinum : Silverstone OP650 : Silverstone TJ-07 : Swiftech Apogee XT : MCP655 : Thermochill PA120.3 w Scythe Ultra Kaze CPU-Z: SLBEJ : SLAPL : SLA9U : FX-55 : DDR 600 : VX www.techarp.com

20th Jul 2006, 01:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
The_YongGrand Hyperactive Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,880 Reputation: 1187 Rep Power: 19	Yes - this is my Sempron with a PCI-E x16. I'm thinking of Radeon X550 and nVidia Geforce 6600 - I don't know which will do perfectly for playing HL2 with medium-high to high settings. I have 1GB of RAM already (but I don't know how it'll go any faster - with my Sempron too) and need another graphics card to boost it further. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB DDR3 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Asus P5B-E Plus, nVidia Geforce 7950GT 512MB DDR3

20th Jul 2006, 02:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
Fabulous Warming up Join Date: 23 May 2005 Posts: 118 Reputation: 13 Rep Power: 5	YongGrand sure loves semprons.

20th Jul 2006, 02:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,128 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	I will still recommend 7300GT. Should be faster than 6600. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/