help me buy a new graphics card please
19 September 2009, 05:05 PM
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help me buy a new graphics card please
hi all this is my spec so far.
i would like a new graphics card as when playing cod 4 etc the game crashes and says the card is over heating.
so i think it is time for a up grade
(drivers are all up to date)
Windows XP Home
service pack 3
Intel core 2 duo E8400 3.00 GHz cpu
1.98 GB Ram
Radeon X1900 graphics card, with a bigger cooler on it.
I would like to buy second hand to get a better card for the money. I only have a very small budget, so around £50 very max
thanks
ian
the new card needs to be a pci one
i would like a new graphics card as when playing cod 4 etc the game crashes and says the card is over heating.
so i think it is time for a up grade
(drivers are all up to date)
Windows XP Home
service pack 3
Intel core 2 duo E8400 3.00 GHz cpu
1.98 GB Ram
Radeon X1900 graphics card, with a bigger cooler on it.
I would like to buy second hand to get a better card for the money. I only have a very small budget, so around £50 very max
thanks
ian
the new card needs to be a pci one
Last edited by Ian; 19 September 2009 at 05:07 PM.
22 September 2009, 12:19 PM
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For your budget, something like this:-
11138-34-20R - 1GB Sapphire HD 4670, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1746MHz GDDR3, GPU 750MHz, 320Cores, DL DVI-I/ D-Sub/ HDMI - Scan.co.uk
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11138-34-20R - 1GB Sapphire HD 4670, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1746MHz GDDR3, GPU 750MHz, 320Cores, DL DVI-I/ D-Sub/ HDMI - Scan.co.uk
Tony
22 September 2009, 03:33 PM
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22 September 2009, 08:41 PM
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For your budget, something like this:-
11138-34-20R - 1GB Sapphire HD 4670, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1746MHz GDDR3, GPU 750MHz, 320Cores, DL DVI-I/ D-Sub/ HDMI - Scan.co.uk
Tony
11138-34-20R - 1GB Sapphire HD 4670, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1746MHz GDDR3, GPU 750MHz, 320Cores, DL DVI-I/ D-Sub/ HDMI - Scan.co.uk
Tony
that looks nice.... and thats about as far as my knowledge goes on cards lol
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25 September 2009, 08:22 PM
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For your budget, something like this:-
11138-34-20R - 1GB Sapphire HD 4670, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1746MHz GDDR3, GPU 750MHz, 320Cores, DL DVI-I/ D-Sub/ HDMI - Scan.co.uk
Tony
11138-34-20R - 1GB Sapphire HD 4670, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1746MHz GDDR3, GPU 750MHz, 320Cores, DL DVI-I/ D-Sub/ HDMI - Scan.co.uk
Tony
Hi Tony, is this card a good step forward compaired to my current card?
thanks
ian
(will run the new cod came when it comes out)
25 September 2009, 10:14 PM
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just make sure your psu is up to the job,your looking at 400w + for any good card to run right.
thought this was a good deal but 73 quid Novatech ATI Radeon HD4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express - Retail : novatech. : NOV-48501
thought this was a good deal but 73 quid Novatech ATI Radeon HD4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express - Retail : novatech. : NOV-48501
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just make sure your psu is up to the job,your looking at 400w + for any good card to run right.
thought this was a good deal but 73 quid Novatech ATI Radeon HD4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express - Retail : novatech. : NOV-48501
thought this was a good deal but 73 quid Novatech ATI Radeon HD4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express - Retail : novatech. : NOV-48501
Tony
14 November 2009, 03:37 PM
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just make sure your psu is up to the job,your looking at 400w + for any good card to run right.
thought this was a good deal but 73 quid Novatech ATI Radeon HD4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express - Retail : novatech. : NOV-48501
thought this was a good deal but 73 quid Novatech ATI Radeon HD4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express - Retail : novatech. : NOV-48501
this looks line it isnt for sale anymore, any other good ones around at the mo?
just got the new cod mw2 and it hardly plays it
18 November 2009, 08:33 PM
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£55
the ATI one people were recomending i know is a faster card, but double the price, as long as this tides me over for now ill be happy.
i play most of the games if i can on 1024 x 768 if i can so no massive res.
this is the card i won
Geforce 8800GTX 768MB inc artic cooling fan on eBay (end time 17-Nov-09 21:04:45 GMT)
the ATI one people were recomending i know is a faster card, but double the price, as long as this tides me over for now ill be happy.
i play most of the games if i can on 1024 x 768 if i can so no massive res.
this is the card i won
Geforce 8800GTX 768MB inc artic cooling fan on eBay (end time 17-Nov-09 21:04:45 GMT)
24 November 2010, 09:40 AM
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Really? because i used to own an Asrock board that supported Core2Quad and AGP and i assumed a Core2Duo would slide right on in.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.as...l=775Dual-vsta
AGP and PCI.
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24 November 2010, 09:53 AM
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I've seen this MB for while,but this support PCI-E and AGP and now sourcing fast AGP is real problem
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24 November 2010, 04:45 PM
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24 November 2010, 04:58 PM
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I have noticeci get a error pop up every now and then. and when it does the game wont load and it crashes. but if it does not pop up, the game will run.
this is the error code?
error in c:\windows\system32\nvcpl.dll
missing entry : nvstartup
i have done a full virus scan with microsoft security essentials and a full scann with malwarebites and both were ok.
what would you say is causing this?
this is the error code?
error in c:\windows\system32\nvcpl.dll
missing entry : nvstartup
i have done a full virus scan with microsoft security essentials and a full scann with malwarebites and both were ok.
what would you say is causing this?
24 November 2010, 05:16 PM
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Take a backup.
Download (don't install yet) latest nvidea drivers
Uninstall current nvidea drivers
Reboot
Try a programme called "driver cleaner" to remove the nvidea & ATI ****e left behind
Reboot
Install latest drivers
Download (don't install yet) latest nvidea drivers
Uninstall current nvidea drivers
Reboot
Try a programme called "driver cleaner" to remove the nvidea & ATI ****e left behind
Reboot
Install latest drivers