Another "how much will it help" thread...

[camper.]

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Even if overclocked through voltmodding the 7300 will not even come close to the 6800.

Yeah, the 7300 would only be good if you were really on a budget.

[deathbybeanbag]

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ok, so 6800 it is.

now some of you say i should get more ram first, other that i need the card first. given that i can run the game (albeit on low settings) quite happily with my current card, but i do get stutters and lag, surely ram would be the better option first?

[cloakster]

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What video card do you currently have? We need to know that to suggest which should be the priority.

[Sniper1432]

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my old system" 3400+, 1.5gigs of ram, 7900 GS 75-100+ FPS maxed 1400X1050 :)

[megawhompertoo]

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Even if overclocked through voltmodding the 7300 will not even come close to the 6800.

Very true.

You're going to want the GT version, pci-e obviously. Quick check on ebay shows a couple ending in the next day or two and currently at <$30.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NVIDIA-Geforce...QQcmdZViewItem

Overclockers has a 6800gs in stock, but gs models are handicapped.

Ooooooh...someone is selling an ultra, too.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nvidia-6800-UL...QQcmdZViewItem

Might still consider saving and buying a new 7600gt. Not a whole lot more, the better tech more than makes up for the pipeline/memory interface shortcomings compared to the 6800, and the best reason of all is the warranty with a new 7600gt that you don't get from a video card coming from Joe's Ebay Garage. Having said that, I've always had good luck with stuff I've gotten off ebay.

[deathbybeanbag]

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my current card is an NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE, which is why i'm so desperate to replace, although im not sure if its my priority, so i hope you can tell me...

also, when i do come to reaplce the card as i'm on such a budget will THIS be a good option? I had a look for the 6800, no joy yet, but i'll do a better search in a minute....

EDIT:: The card i linked to doesn't say it's compatible with vista, but it would wouldn't it? stupid question, but i dont know much about this backwards compatibility stuff....

[cloakster]

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Do NOT run vista with vey little RAM like you do now.

The 6150 is on-board so you should upgrade you Video card before anything else. But i would still suggest to upgrade both ur video card and RAm, at the same time.

[deathbybeanbag]

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yeah, i didnt have a choice sadly on the OS - i wasn't around the the pc was ordered. I'm hoping to be able to do that so i might try and order a card and ram tonight. I read somewhere that performance was down on some games with vista compared to xp, surely with DX10, that isn't the case?

[cloakster]

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You need a DX 10 compatible video card to run DX10. And games like BF2 are DX9 only. For best performance you will need 2gb of RAM.

[deathbybeanbag]

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i already have dx10 on my current card, surely any upgrade will run it too? i can only get 1gb of ram first, which will give me 1.5 overall, more later though

[cloakster]

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Your 6150 is NOT dx10, AMD/ATI are the only ones that have made a dx10 on-board video so far. The 8800 series are the only dx10 video cards.

[deathbybeanbag]

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When i went to dxdiag, it tells me i am using DX10..... is it on there and just not being used? in this case, should i overwrite it with dx9?

[=98=]

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I know for a fact that you DO NOT have DX10... you might be mistaking it with something else.

If yuor budget really is tight you could look for a second hand card such as this 7600gt (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/nvidia-7600gt-...QQcmdZViewItem)

[deathbybeanbag]

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well, dxdiag told me i was using it im sure.... i think i'd struggle to mix it up wth something else...

[=98=]

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Do you have Vista?