Help me build my dell

[Skull_leader-00]

hello in have dell 4600

specs

Intel Pentium 4
3.00GHZ
512 Ram
160gb HD
Nvidia Geforce 5200

well i love this game but this comp just dosent cut it the way it is i dont want to buy a new comp just rather upgrade i need help picking the right stuff so i dont F it up would like to run the game on high so help me out also need advice weather i should go with nvidia or ATI thanks alot guys.

[Scinto]

Re: Help me build my dell

(if you plan to get 2142 aswell) you would need 1.5gb-2gb ram minimum
and your limited to AGP cards only so either a 7600GS or if you can afford it 7800GS
cant think of any good ATi AGP cards

edit; oh yeah you need to find out what your Rams speed is either PC2700 or PC3200 so you can match the ram you buy to your original

[TheQuebecer]

Re: Help me build my dell

You need more RAM (2G would be nice) and a new video card. Look on the used market, you can get low prices on ATI X800 series card, 6800GT's or 6800GS from nvidia. You can also still get some as new cards. 7600GS card are too slow (same as 6600GT) and 7800GS are way too expensive, you would be better with a 7600GT instead, especially since it's as fast.

[Scinto]

Re: Help me build my dell

from what i can find 7600GT is PCI-e...

OP can only use AGPx4/x8

[Skull_leader-00]

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yeah i do plan to get 2142 i will be upgrading the ram to 2gig i was looking at some cards and here is what i found

ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB PCI Express x16 Video Card

(Maybe it's like 60 bucks more
XFX GeForce 7900 GS 256MB EXTREME 480Mhz PCI Express x16 (DUAL DVI) )

PNY GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

XFX GeForce 7600 GT 256MB XXX 590Mhz PCI Express x16 Video Card

XFX GeForce 6800 XT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

leyt me know what you guys think also i'm sure i need upgrade the power supply anthing all that i might need to check?

[Munk_Madness]

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ive got 3.2ghz 2 gig of ram and an 6800gs n bf2 runs like **** if ya ask me dont bother wasting money trying to get it to work good

[foxz88]

Re: Help me build my dell

You will need a 7800GS and 2 GB of RAM to run everything on high. I had a ATI X800 before and some settings had to be on medium ( dynamic lightning, dynamic shadows, texture). Also, you CPU is kind of getting old...

[Scinto]

Re: Help me build my dell

yeah i do plan to get 2142 i will be upgrading the ram to 2gig i was looking at some cards and here is what i found

ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB PCI Express x16 Video Card

(Maybe it's like 60 bucks more
XFX GeForce 7900 GS 256MB EXTREME 480Mhz PCI Express x16 (DUAL DVI) )

PNY GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

XFX GeForce 7600 GT 256MB XXX 590Mhz PCI Express x16 Video Card

XFX GeForce 6800 XT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

leyt me know what you guys think also i'm sure i need upgrade the power supply anthing all that i might need to check?

why have you listed PCI-express cards if its the original motherboard it would only support AGP cards....

[Skull_leader-00]

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thats stuff that i dont know thats why am asking to be pointed the right way thanks.

[Munk_Madness]

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its harder getting agp cards now but xpertvision have just released an 7600gs agp should be a really good card

http://www.xpertvision.com.tw/en/products/nv_agp_7600GS.html

[Scinto]

Re: Help me build my dell

i did in the 4th post lol,,

[foxz88]

Re: Help me build my dell

Also, check you power supply. It seems that this Dell has a 250W power supply I don't think it will be enought for a 7800GS.

Maybe the best for you is to buy something like a X1600PRO AGP 256MB for around 100$ and forget the play with everything on high with that computer for now... Save your money and upgrade your entire computer later!

(PS, if you buy a very good video card now, it will not be compatible with a new computer. Same thing for the memory... )

[Munk_Madness]

Re: Help me build my dell

good point with the power supply that card will need alot of power, my 6800gs needs a fair bit of power plus 2 power plugs, had to scarifice a harddrive for it

[Scinto]

Re: Help me build my dell

Also, check you power supply. It seems that this Dell has a 250W power supply I don't think it will be enought for a 7800GS.

Maybe the best for you is to buy something like a X1600PRO AGP 256MB for around 100$ and forget the play with everything on high with that computer for now... Save your money and upgrade your entire computer later!

(PS, if you buy a very good video card now, it will not be compatible with a new computer. Same thing for the memory... )

well it depends, theirs an Asrock Dual motherboard out for both Intel & AMD, that has 1 PCI-e slot & 1 AGP slot (ive got one at home )

[foxz88]

Re: Help me build my dell

well it depends, theirs an Asrock Dual motherboard out for both Intel & AMD, that has 1 PCI-e slot & 1 AGP slot (ive got one at home )

True!