nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

[imported_Will]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

I agree with DM on this one. That CPU will massively bottleneck even a 9800GT nevermind a 4850, especially if thats ddr1 ram!

Quad core means the CPU chip itself has four CPUs built into it however i doubt one would fit in your motherboard.

If i where you and i was thinking of upgrading i would look at your finances and see if you can scrape together enough for a full CPU RAM + GPU upgrade. Here is an example of a pretty average gaming system.

GPU 9800GT $100
Mobo Asus P43 $87
CPU E5200 (dual core) $83
Ram 4GB PC6400 DDR2 $43 (if you need it)
Corsair 400W PSU $60 (if you need it)

Total excluding rebates, shipping or whatever else you have to deal with in US is
$373

Im not saying this is an ideal setup, the cheapest set up or the most effective setup - i will let an american do that as im sure they will better understand the pricing system. What i have done here is give you an example of something that would be worth while.

If you just went for the GPU i listed (which seems to be a pretty good deal to me) i think you would probably need a new power supply but i cant say as i dont know what you have. If you dont want to have to buy both i would go for something liek this.

LOLWUT?

no srsly i dont get half the stuff you just said.

i have a quad core- idk how fast it is so why would i need a duo core?

[Wizrdwarts]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

You have a 3.8ghz quad core?

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

You have a quad with a 6800GTX? i think the numbers are all a touch confused here.

What model Dell computer is it? If it is dell.

Im goin off assumptions made from what you said and whatyour system thingy says.

[=98=]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

I think he has a 3.8ghz Pentium D with hyperthreading (2 physical cores, 2 logical)?

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

thats what my first assumptions where :)

[=98=]

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were.

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

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isnt it against the rules to act as spelling/grammar police :p

[=98=]

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I am the Police :|:

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

*makes snide pig joke*

[imported_Will]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

OK! it is a duo core lol. not quad. rong thing

and it is a dell xps 600 if that is what u mean by model

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

yeah you will be pretty heavily limited by the speed of your ram and your CPU so i would'nt recommend a GPU upgrade at all right now. If your gunna do anything upgrade the whole machine.

[imported_Will]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

wait how am i limited by my ram? i thought 4gb was the highest?

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

its not the amount of RAM is the speed of the ram. Just as your processor has a speed (3.8GHz?) your ram also has a speed. I think yours is only 667MHz ram but i might be mistaken as i dont really know enough about your PC.

Download some software called CPU-Z and it will give you a bit more information about your PC.

[imported_Will]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

how would i Increase the speed of my ram?

[AvalancheDiode]

Re: nVidia GeForce 9800GTX

I think it's futile to increase RAM speed. P4/D only support up to DDR2-667, and Intel socket 775-based system is not as sensitive to RAM speed as AMD ones.

If I were the original poster, then I would have stopped thinking about upgrading this aged one. It's simpler to build (or rebuild) a new one.