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Hi, |
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I am thinking of upgrading from a FX-5200 with 128Mb video card to a |
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GeForce 6200 with 512MB. It will be AGP since this is a older rig. My |
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system is 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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I think my memory is fine, it never uses all of it, or even half of it, |
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except for caching stuff. I may try to get a 3000+ or 3200+ CPU if I |
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can run up on a good deal. I'm thinking of doing the video card first |
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because it is cheaper. I have also noticed that playing movies on here |
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is getting a bit slow if I go full screen or close to full screen. I'm |
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bad to download from youtube and then play them locally full screen or |
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as close as it will allow. |
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I do use the nvidia drivers. Currently: |
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nvidia-drivers-173.14.25 |
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I'm on that one because I think I need to upgrade my kernel to use the |
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latest one that was recently put in the tree. I'm looking at this card: |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133328 |
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What kind of improvement can I expect from this video card upgrade? |
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While I am at it, the CPU upgrade won't make that much difference |
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right? Maybe 20% or so faster or something like that? |
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Thoughts? Opinions? |
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Thanks. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |