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Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I am thinking of upgrading from a FX-5200 with 128Mb video card to a GeForce |
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>> 6200 with 512MB. It will be AGP since this is a older rig. My system is |
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>> something like this: |
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>> Mobo: Abit NF7 2.0 |
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>> CPU: AMD 2500+ No overclocking |
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>> Memory: 2Gbs of 333Mhz. |
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>> Monitor: Gateway 19" running 1280 x 1024 |
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> Based on the selection at Newegg, I would highly recommend going with |
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> one of the Radeon HD 3650 or 4650 cards which only cost a little more |
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> than the one you're looking at. HD3650 is going to be 5x faster than |
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> GeForce 6200 and HD4650 probably 10x faster. |
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> I think your motherboard supports AGP 8x, and I'm not sure if there |
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> are any power supply considerations or other features (number of DVI |
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> heads, etc) but anyway that's my 2 cents. :) |
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> I am an Nvidia video card guy through and through, but in this case |
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> the AGP Nvidia cards on offer there are ancient and slow compared to |
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> their ATI counterparts. |
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I'm a nvidia guy. I'm not big on ATI at all. Just sort of not my cup |
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of tea. I have read they have better Linux support than a long time ago |
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but they came in a little to late for me. |
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I just wish that thing had a bigger heat sink on it with fans. I may |
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change that thing pretty quick. |
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Thanks. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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