So you only have PCI slots and want to game?
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LinkedKube
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9500gt is better.
Tha General
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What is your full specs?
To answer your question, i would grab a 1GB version of either the 9400gt or 9500gt. I never seen the full detail specs of the 9500gt, only seen the 9400gt. So i guess grab either one in your price range, but make sure its 1GB. If you can't get a 1gb, 512mb is fine.
I am not buying anymore PCI cards, but i would grab the 9500GT for the first option.
1Gb of memory on a PCI card is completely useless.
Tha General
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They say that about pcie cards too, but i wouldn't pay it no mind. I am buying a 4550 512mb gddr3 card as my first pcie card, along with a 9500gt gddr3 i am sure the 1gb will come in handy at some point.
The reason I said it about PCI cards is that all PCI cards are lower-end cards which will not utilize 1Gb of VRAM. On the other hand, higher end video cards on the PCI-E will (and already do) utilize more than 512Mb of VRAM, especially at higher resolutions, higher AA/AS settings or both. A notable example is GTA IV.
The HD4550 is a pretty horrible card, and 1Gb on low-end cards is a waste of money.
LinkedKube
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Who are "they" ThaGeneral, just hop over to tomshardware and look at their charts for pci E card. Take the ati 4870 512 and 1gb versions, the 1gb has a clear advantage, giving more fps at higher resolutions. the 1gb in video memory will not help much at all on a pci card, you are again spouting nonsense. Do you use google or even look up these things after you have the brain farts?
Tha General is all about wasting money :haha:
Unfortunately, not only his.
My full spec are:
Intel P4 2.8 GHz (Old socket 478) (Not OC!)
1.25 Gb of RAM
160 Gb of HD
Intel Extreme Graphics 2 96 Mb (Intel 82865 R)
250 Watts of power suply
Windows 7 RC 7100 (Spanish version)
And if is necessary will put a new power supply
Tha General
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um if i was you, i would use windows xp. Not too sure a new OS like win7 will function well in gaming with a pentium 4. Xp is less demanding and perfect for gaming, also you can upgrade to about 2GB?
Tha General
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n/m.........
I have Win XP too (Secundary OS)
Yes, Dell support page says: "Can support at least 2Gb" (WTF?? it doesn't support 4 Gb :dead
Tha General
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I have Win XP too (Secundary OS)
Yes, Dell support page says: "Can support at least 2Gb" (WTF?? it doesn't support 4 Gb :dead
Well you need xp 64bit or vista 64bit to get 4GB or higher. All you really need is 2GB.
But yea i will use XP for your main OS, or whatever, with the pentium 4 and grab a 9500GT
Well you need xp 64bit or vista 64bit to get 4GB or higher. All you really need is 2GB.
But yea i will use XP for your main OS, or whatever, with the pentium 4 and grab a 9500GT
Ok, Im going to buy the Sparkle Geforce 9500 Gt 512 MB, but my PSU can handle it?
P.S: The pentium (Socket 478) doesn't support 64 Bit and Dell doesn't support 64 Bit drivers....
Tha General
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Nice, it should game well , just keep the settings light, say at 1280x1024 low to medium or 1024x768 high settings and you should be just fine.
But i will give you some advice, the rig you have now, i will keep that for light to mid gaming, but i will also save up and buy or your choice build a rig and go with pcie cards. Its nice to have 2 rigs, which i plan to do.
P.S: The pentium (Socket 478) doesn't support 64 Bit and Dell doesn't support 64 Bit drivers....
Well i think alot of people can agree with me, that 32bit is better then 64bit. YOu really don't need 64bit anyways, 32bit is just fine for your system. So is mind, i plan to stick with 32bit.
Tha General
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Well i guess you can buy a a nice new PSU with higher watts if you want, i ran a 8400gs, 8500gt and 2400hd with my old intel pentium 3 that had 90watts and all 3 cards ran at full speed, so thats up to you. Power supply requirements to me is always inaccurate.
No, i am talking about a GPU-Z shot, that picture is a lazy copy and paste method by sparkle lol.
You had/have a PCI 8500GT ? Interesting. Why are you using the 8400/2400 then ?
Rage_3K_Moiz
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That is some of the worst advice I have ever seen.Tha General said:
@sk821, don't bother with a new PSU. Get an 8400GS PCI and be done with it. The 9500GT PCI will run like crap anyways; none of the PCI cards are made for gaming in mind, if that's what you're going to be doing. For general use, the 8400GS will do.
Nope, i take it from Newegg
he even lies about the hardware he owns...
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