Hello

I know this seems like a silly question, but I am going to notice the difference between a Pentium 4 2.8 and 3.0 ?

I originally wanted a 3.0, but there is an offer for a 2.8 Pentium with motherboard for about £90.

I use my computer for games, web stuff, and just bought this graphics card:
http://www.visiontek.com/9200.html


Thanks for your help.

Steve.

 

For running the internet and office products - no-one could tell the diffrence.


The bottleneck with the system will be the low end 9200 radeon - this is an old card running at 250mhz with 128bit interface.

Even a £109 ati 9800 xt is 412mhz with a 256 bit interface, 730mhz memory etc.

The 9200 will be luck to play at a decent frame rate with everything awitched off on the more popular games - e.g. Doom 3, Far Cry, Half life 2 etc.

The processor really isn't doing that much with these games in comparison to the GPU of the new graphics cards.

 

Hello

So the graphics card is not okay? I can take it back, only bought it yesterday. You would recommend the 9800?

This one:



Steve.

 

If you can afford the difference in cost definitely get the 9800

 

Hello

I finally bought a P4 3ghz (with a "Soyo" motherboard (who knows!)) and an ATI 9600SE.

Hopefully that'll be okay.

Thanks for your help.

Steve.

 

Soyo are OK boards, but rare in this country. Don't expect much if you're into overclocking though.

The bad news is that with ATI boards, "SE" means "slow" - it's a stripped-out, slowed down version of the normal 9600, which would have been OK. It will be faster than that 9200 though, but then so would my two-year old Ti4600...


M

 

Agreed. I have the faster 9600 pro and even thats a bit long in the tooth now. I would seriously suggest sending that back and forking out the extra for either an Ati 9800 pro (approx £115) or newer Nvidia 6800GT (approx £140) as they are in a different league esp considering the CPU u have.

Simon.

 

Please tell me you meant 6600GT not 6800GT, if you didn't I hope all the people paying 300 last week will understand! And where can I get one at that price?

 

The radeon SE cards can be software unlocked using the latest DNA drivers, which are based on the 4.11 Catalyst Drivers.

 

Hello

Mmmm. Okay. The prices are $129 for the 9600SE, $159 9600XT, $229 9800 Pro.

Steve.

 

Last chance, as I'm leavin today!! Special offer $229 for 9800 Pro 256mb:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0172940

Is that a good buy?

Thanks,

Steve.

 

At the current exchange rate that is v-good for a 256mb version - go for it.

 

Yep soz 6600 not 6800

Simon.

 

If its not to late get one of these: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...f_6600_GT.html

Ordered the 3rd one down yesterday.