Solve : Looking to put the last breath in my PC?

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Answer» Before BUYING a new PC! Basically i just recently purchased some new ram ( THANKS to the kind folk here ) but my Graph Card still holds me back. At the moment i've got P4 3.2Ghz 478 Socket ( Not Overclocked ) Nvidia FX5500 256 MB 2GBXMS Duel Channel Ram DDR400 Now the CPU has never given me any hassle so im happy with that but im looking to upgrade my Graph Card to something with a bit more of a bite, But as i've only got 270WPSU you can guess i'll need to upgrade that to support it. I was thinking of this. http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/5416296/Sapphire-ATI-Radeon-HD-3850-512MB-DDR3-AGP-8X-Graphics-Card/Product.html + http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/8284362/CiT-Silent-Technology-600UB-600W-PSU-Power-Supply-Unit/Product.html Now i think that should be enough but im not 100% if my Mobo supports that particular graphic card. http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=P4I65G - Is my Mobo. Any ideas if this will all work fine? Looking to keep my system alive for another year or so. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. I'm guessing you're in the UK? The 3850 is the most powerful AGP card, and almost certainly the last. Your motherboard will support it too. Is a better GPU worth £94.99 to you though? What sort of games do you play? I think you're best saving that money towards a new build, but that's just me. I also wouldn't trust that power supply. My suggestions are this if you're really serious about it, or this otherwise, with this PSU (room for future upgrades, so one less thing to BUY for your new PC.Im from the UK. Well i mainly Play Counter strike souce at the moment and granted my FX5500 can handle it pretty well, not all on high with all shiney but still enough to play 5on5. But im looking for a graphics card that can walk over games such as Left 4 Dead, COD4 on High. I DONT know if it's possible with my current system but i'd like something close to that. You'll be held back significantly by your CPU in newer games, but if you really want the best performance you can get with that system, the Radeon 3850 is the only option.Quote from: Psyhikes on January 11, 2009, 07:32:28 PM Well i mainly Play Counter strike souce at the moment and granted my FX5500 can handle it pretty well, not all on high with all shiney but still enough to play 5on5. The CPU handles that sort of stuff, except maybe player model rendering, but if your GPU can't render 9 other models, then you'd have problems in single player, as well. I'm using a 5500FX myself and I have to say it's handled everything I've thrown at it. My processor, however, as in your case is a significant bottleneck for newer games. ("only" 1.6 Ghz) So ideally then i should just start saving now so i can do a full upgrade rather then spending a fair bit on a PSU + Graph card. Gah, ok thanks for the info.

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Before BUYING a new PC!

Basically i just recently purchased some new ram ( THANKS to the kind folk here ) but my Graph Card still holds me back.

At the moment i've got

P4 3.2Ghz 478 Socket ( Not Overclocked )
Nvidia FX5500 256 MB
2GBXMS Duel Channel Ram DDR400

Now the CPU has never given me any hassle so im happy with that but im looking to upgrade my Graph Card to something with a bit more of a bite, But as i've only got 270WPSU you can guess i'll need to upgrade that to support it.

I was thinking of this.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/5416296/Sapphire-ATI-Radeon-HD-3850-512MB-DDR3-AGP-8X-Graphics-Card/Product.html

+

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/8284362/CiT-Silent-Technology-600UB-600W-PSU-Power-Supply-Unit/Product.html

Now i think that should be enough but im not 100% if my Mobo supports that particular graphic card.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=P4I65G - Is my Mobo.

Any ideas if this will all work fine?

Looking to keep my system alive for another year or so.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks. I'm guessing you're in the UK?
The 3850 is the most powerful AGP card, and almost certainly the last. Your motherboard will support it too.
Is a better GPU worth £94.99 to you though? What sort of games do you play?
I think you're best saving that money towards a new build, but that's just me.
I also wouldn't trust that power supply.
My suggestions are this if you're really serious about it, or this otherwise, with this PSU (room for future upgrades, so one less thing to BUY for your new PC.Im from the UK.

Well i mainly Play Counter strike souce at the moment and granted my FX5500 can handle it pretty well, not all on high with all shiney but still enough to play 5on5.

But im looking for a graphics card that can walk over games such as Left 4 Dead, COD4 on High.

I DONT know if it's possible with my current system but i'd like something close to that.

You'll be held back significantly by your CPU in newer games, but if you really want the best performance you can get with that system, the Radeon 3850 is the only option.Quote from: Psyhikes on January 11, 2009, 07:32:28 PM

Well i mainly Play Counter strike souce at the moment and granted my FX5500 can handle it pretty well, not all on high with all shiney but still enough to play 5on5.

The CPU handles that sort of stuff, except maybe player model rendering, but if your GPU can't render 9 other models, then you'd have problems in single player, as well.

I'm using a 5500FX myself and I have to say it's handled everything I've thrown at it. My processor, however, as in your case is a significant bottleneck for newer games. ("only" 1.6 Ghz)

So ideally then i should just start saving now so i can do a full upgrade rather then spending a fair bit on a PSU + Graph card.

Gah, ok thanks for the info.

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