Hello all im looking for some up grades for my pc and i was wondering what i should get cause i just got money and i need to spend it i have like 700$ i know thats bot alot to others but i dont have a job lol and im not old i was thinking of up grading my graphic card right now im using a NVIDA Ge Fource FX 5700 LE and is that a good grapic card i dunno i heard its decen t if someone1 could post a link to a better one please. I have 1gb of ram 17 inch lcd flat screen monmtaoir 3.1 ghz ,pentuim 4 and i just need to know what i shoudl upgrade still have not found anythign and its been over a year and just one thing is it possible to hook up to monatiors to make like a 30 inch one? ok thank you fr help lol ill donat credz
your monitor is most likely fine, don't worry about it. how fast is your hardrive, what are your seek times, how muc buffer does it have? what processor do you have run CPUz and give us the output http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Ok, GFX sounds like your primary need. I would upgrade to an X800Pro or. That's what I have, and it owns everything and is really cheap. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1082519264724
you don't know what his CPU/motherboard setup is, if his CPU is outdated he might want to upgrade that and the motherboard and then your card suggestion wouldn't be appropriate.
um ok dont listen to that guy who posted the best buy link..., here for 800 ill post u a good setup that would make ur comp a good comp. get this mobo$ video card combo... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130238 get this cpu.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103547 get this case/power supply.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811144090 get this sound card... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102178 get this cpu fan... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835124004 thats about all ull need if the ram fits and the hard drive is good and keyboard/mouse ----.
stpl's list was pretty goo, but before jumping out and buying anything, tell us hat you have. again, you might be able to hold off on the proc and motherboard, or you might need a new one. it just depends. also there is a chance he won't need a new PSU or case. again we need to know more, but I will say this, the 7800GT is a great card, as si the x1800XL
lol well what i posted is basically a new comp except for ram and the other ---- like i said, but he has 1.5gb of ram and it dont matter what it is 1.5gb is great and he has a monitor and all that ----. what i posted is just about the best u can get for 800. if he bought all that ---- i told him to he would have an ownage computer....
bah, if you really wanna go for the greatest computer, either make it really on yourself (not with the paying part though) get the Alienware ALX Series (that is what i look at, as I am a hardcore gamer, and a photoshop user.) But yeah, the +4200 Althon, great processor (my brother just got one, i got the Pentium D 820 instead, quite a bit cheaper). As for the video card, I was also looking at the GeForce 7800GT(and GS), I'm still stuck with the ATI Radeon 9500, good card, just outdated (still managed 70 fps on counter strike though )
john, how much money do u have to spend of a card? if ur rich then get the 7800 gtx or the radeon X1900, if u have around 300.. get the 7800 gt, if u have around 200 get the 6800 GS, if u have around 150 then get the X800. i mean theirs so many to choose from but nowadays almost all cards over 150 will play top notch games, i remember when the X800 first came out it was 400X now u can find it anywhere for lower than 200 Merged Post: edit: john dont even think about even looking at alienwaresm their good but for 3K+ u can build ur own that is better, u can get dual sli 7800 GTX which is around 1000 for just that but if ur thinking about alienware then u can afford it.
pfft, i never plan on getting an alienware, i just dream about having a computer with that much power. btw, im 14, definally not $3000+
ewww a alien ware mine is just a custom one that me and my friend made and im 15 to bad it costed me 1800 cnd So can you give em a link to what i should get i can spen more moeny now like 1000 I was also thinking of liquid cooling or silent fans But is my pc bad or good or needs work?
