Upgrading Computer. Need help.

You have a gig of DDR RAM installed and it says so on the Packard Bell webpage your friend linked to. The 8800GTS is not a good buy, since it will be severely bottlenecked by your Pentium 4. Get a 7950GT or an X1950XT\PRO instead, throw in a gig more of RAM and you'll be set. Only thing is, find out from Everest if you have DDR or DDR2, since Packard Bell's site is a POS and they say DDR on the main page and DDR2 on the mobo's features page. Just make sure to buy the same speed and type of RAM i.e. if it's DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz or DDR PC3200 400MHz, then you'd need another gig of that same RAM.

Thanks for that.

The reason i'm upgrading it because i'm now PC gaming. So due to how advanced games are nowadays. Well, you get the picture.

Will any of those cards be able to safely run these that are now getting released. I don't mean like on low graphics. I want a card that will safely run games on a high level of graphics.

Peewit

Please could you go yo your profile and put in your system specs, it will make our job alot easier.

and yes all of them should play a few games on high settings.

Regards Jase

Every game out there will run decently with the settings cranked all the way up on those cards. They are the pick of the lot ATM.

System Slot Properties:
Slot Designation PCI-E
Type PCI-E x1
Usage Empty
Data Bus Width 32-bit
Length Short

[ System Slots / PCI1 ]

System Slot Properties:
Slot Designation PCI1
Type PCI
Usage In Use
Data Bus Width 32-bit
Length Short

[ System Slots / PCI2 ]

System Slot Properties:
Slot Designation PCI2
Type PCI
Usage Empty
Data Bus Width 32-bit
Length Short

[ System Slots / PCI3 ]

System Slot Properties:
Slot Designation PCI3
Type PCI
Usage Empty
Data Bus Width 32-bit
Length Short

Apparently mine doesn't :S

Hi there.

I have decided to have a look at the X1950XT as I just think the 8600 is going way OTT. I just want to know if this requires a PCI x16 slot or just a PCI x1. Also what sort of wattage my power supply would need.

it requires a pci-x16 slot.

Here are the system requirements.

System Requirements

* Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon® 64 FX CPU's
* CPU running at 2.4 GHz or higher
* 450-Watt power supply or greater, 30 Amps on 12 volt rail recommended (assumes fully loaded system)
* For CrossFire™: 550 watt power supply or greater, 38 Amps on 12 volt rail
* PCI Express compliant power supply required. Connect directly to the power supply with a 6 pin PCI Express power connector
* Super VGA or DVI-I compatible monitor
* Microsoft Windows® XP, XP 64, 2000, MCE
* PCI Express X16 compliant slot
* CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
* 512MB system RAM minimum
* 480MB available hard disk space

Regards Jase