Wat to change?

[crazybutt]

its upgrade time again....
guyz, im lookin to upgrade so dat i can play games like far cry n doom3 n cold fear....wid decent or good quality
I got meself Win XP Pro runnin P4 machine wid 2Ghz ,768 MB DDR an D845GLAD board ....i wud like to upgrade d least amt of things to be able to play dese games.........wat shud i upgrade....also keep the moolah to a min ....Plz help me wid dis...thnx in advance..................

[john_the_ultimate]

Buy an xfx 6600 non gt 256mb card, should cost around 6-7K. Other than that everything looks fine.

[crazybutt]

Thnx John.......is d mobo ok.....or a change cud juice it up.......how abt if i wanna play Far cry at 1024*768 with eye candy.....is it possible wid d card u suggested???

[john_the_ultimate]

mobo is fine and u could surely play FARCRY @1024*768 with eye candy.

But do u have a slot for graphics card, AGP OR PCI-e. And see if this is ur mobo http://www.baber.com/baber/411/intel_d845glad.htm

If yes then u don't have and AGP OR PCI-E slot. U will not be able to use the 6600 gfx card.

Then I would suggest that u upgrade ur mobo but unfortunately u may also have to upgrade ur processor. As newer mobo may not support ur proc.

Plz reply.

[crazybutt]

Sorry john.........had got my exam week in between dis.............nyway dat is my mobo (unfortunately!!) an as u say ill have to replace d entire engine inside.........so wat do i do to get me Far Cry up n runnin wid all d fancy!!

[vijay_7287]

if u r changin ur entire engine

then go for AMD

AMD athlon64 3200+
ASUS k8n-e
with a XFX geforce 6600 non gt

all this would come for abt 20k

[crazybutt]

vijay.....is it neccy to change evrything...i wud like to prevent it as much as possible.......u c.........i hav d inclination....but no money!!!!

[vijay_7287]

well u say u dont have an AGP slot

so u need to change the mobo to add the GFX card

maybe u can keep the proc
in tht case u need to go for the intel mobo only

the prob is ur proc has 434 socket
and all the new mobo have the lga 775 socket
u can mount ur proc onto these boards dont worry abt tht

just try findin the board with least cost
which has an agp or a pcie slot
ideally
865gbf for AGP
915gav for PCIE

and even here the PCIE costs more

u might get 865gbf with an AGP slot for abt 3000 bucks , depending on brand choice ...


and as far as the GFX card is concerned going for a 6600 is the only option if u wanna play farcry at a decent resolution !!!

[crazybutt]

Thnx to both of u guyz...............speedy replies n all...........will find d least cost and reply as soon as i can...............btw vijay,how can i mount me proc onto these boards widout probs......(do i need to know it now?? if yes, plz direct me to d ans!!)

[vijay_7287]

there shouldnt be any prob dude

even if there is one u will always have the old machine naa

thts the best part of a total upgrade !!!

[QwertyManiac]

yes, u can mount the 478 ones on 865 and 875 kinda mobos... I recommend u get 875 if ok for the little extra edge...

[crazybutt]

Yes, i go into hibernation for six months aftr evry reply......so sorry for dis pace....
me upgrading to AMD athlon 64 3200+ wid ASUS A8N-VM Motherboard and Xfx geforce 6600 non gt 256 MB.........

But me be confused abt.....is asus k8n-e bettr dan a8n-vm and also .....agent 001 mentions dat 6600 based graphic cards dont really step up wid 256 MB ram....dey r as eesi as wid 128 Mb.....wat do i do buddiis????
also wat if i decide to pay a little extra....is 6800 worth d dough or wat??

sorri 4 dis constt naggin but im rel weak wid dis $hit.....plz reply dood...i dunno how long i can hold my parents in dis givin state of mind....HURRI

[john_the_ultimate]

ASUS K8N-E is a socket 754 mobo and it has a AGP slot (which is slowly but surely going to be obsolete). Don't buy it.

Go for ASUS A8N-VM. Another option would be ASUS A8N-E but it doesnot have a onboard gfx as A8N-VM. Both are 939 socket mobo so when u buy an AMD64 3200+ u will be able to get the VENICE core (which runs cooler and consumes less power).

Both A8N-VM and A8N-E has PCI-E 16x slot ( which is latest technology unlike AGP) so buy a PCI-E gfx card. Read in digit that xfx 6600gt 128 is available for 7500/- only. So if can buy it, will give much better performace than 6600 256mb non gt.

But if want to buy 6800 then buy xfx/or any brand 6800GS will give equal or better performance than 6800gt and will cost u around 4-5K less.

For price it is better u search ur local place (the 5th dimension).

[wizrulz]

hi, 6800 is obviously better than 6600. But as ur going in for a new system, have u taken in account the cost for power supply, and new ram. I would suggest that if ur going in for new sys then get new 512 ram with good speed and also u will definetly need new power supply, so set aside another 5K for both ram and GOOD power supply......so if u have money better than going for 6800 buy the above stuff and still if u have money go for 1GB ram(512+512). MOBO and PROC is ur choice.prefer AMDproc

P.S .=>I know how parents swing and how desperate ur to get hands on new machine till they r in mood to spend