Need help with upgrades

[Lycan5100]

Ok so i was playing BF2 and wanted to try and put the setting on medieum. When i started playing it was amazing so mutch was diffrent "Did you know there's actuly shadows" well to say the lest i was amazed.

Now i need to know a few things about my computer. Such as can i get a 7900GT card and a AMD 3800 Processor and maby a few more upgrades that i can get,I'm going to build a computer some time in the future i just don't have the money right now,so i'm going to buy stuf i can put into the computer i have now, here is my computer, o and pleas don't laught, and rember i hate it more than you do

thanx for any help

http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Hewlett_Packard_PC098AABA_Hewlett_Packard

Edit: i forgot i have 1.5 gigs of ram, and with the settings on medium im a little lagie so i don't wat to play like that all the time

[LoD]

Re: Need help with upgrades

Cliff notes, he has a socket 775, i915p chipset, 1.5GB DDR, with PCI x16 slot, P4 2.8ghz + HT probably a prescott, ATI x300 video.

@ the OP, you can upgrade the graphics, thats probably the only thing you will need or want to upgrade right now. Go out and buy a 7600GT, x1800GTO, x1800XT, 7900GT card.... drop it in and it should work.

Your power supply might not be enough, but odds are it will function fine.

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: Need help with upgrades

My vote is for a 7600gt. Save some money for when you get a whole new computer. And the 7600gt can play on all high as long as you don't play on too high of a resolution. Anything 1280x1024 or below ought to fine. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130017

[Lycan5100]

Re: Need help with upgrades

ok thanx. With the 7600GT how high can i have the AA on?

[TehFunk]

Re: Need help with upgrades

uhhh no? He has an agp slot.... that says that he has 1 pci-e x1 slot, not x16
Shotting down the idea of getting a good card->->->-> :ar15:7600gt

EDIT: and forget about getting an AMD processer. Its kinda not possible with your current mobo:)

[LoD]

Re: Need help with upgrades

uhhh no? He has an agp slot.... that says that he has 1 pci-e x1 slot, not x16
Shotting down the idea of getting a good card->->->-> :ar15:7600gt

EDIT: and forget about getting an AMD processer. Its kinda not possible with your current mobo:)

I was puzzled over this as well, but the i915p chipset does not support AGP, my guess is that the documentation is dated and incorrect, they wrote AGP in place of PCI Express because at the time in 2004 they didnt have a PCIe lable in the system for the documentation.

[TehFunk]

Re: Need help with upgrades

Hmmm, mabey we should search for more specs on the comp elsewhere, ell if it does turn out being pci-e, then im all for the 7600gt. Id go with Evga if you end up doing that, the GT has one of the best price vs. performance ratios on the market. I wish i would of bought one

[K8T]

Re: Need help with upgrades

Invest in a 7900GTX - Beastly card.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: Need help with upgrades

Invest in a 7900GTX - Beastly card.

Ummm, no. A 7600gt is prob gonna tax his psu, a 7900gtx would kill it.

[K8T]

Re: Need help with upgrades

BTW What is the reccomended PSU size for a 7900GTX? Would a Thermaltake 430W work?

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: Need help with upgrades

BTW What is the reccomended PSU size for a 7900GTX? Would a Thermaltake 430W work?

It needs at least a 400W power supply with 22 Amps on the 12V rail.

[venny]

Re: Need help with upgrades

if u had a 7K series card, i believe u could start putting things on high or max. they are pretty powerful beasts.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: Need help with upgrades

if u had a 7K series card, i believe u could start putting things on high or max. they are pretty powerful beasts.

Depends on the card. To run on all high you need a 7600gt or higher.

[TokenBrit]

Re: Need help with upgrades

I think it is hilarious that to run this damn game on high you need cards that didnt even exist on release. How I pine for 1.0

[Lycan5100]

Re: Need help with upgrades

ok this sais the card that i have now is a PCI http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...leid=662&cid=2
so can i get the 7600GT or not? That is the card i will bw getting if i can so any help with be mutch appreciated Thanx