Graphics Card (again!)

[Almost_Austwick]

Almost_Austwick go for the 7900GS nvidia card, its 9.0 direct X based and is great! or if u want to spend slightly more then go for the 7950 card

by the way if u want to run most newer graphics cards ure motherboard needs to support a PCI E X16 (not to be confused with PCI)

The scan comes back saying that I have a PCI Express graphics slot. Unfortunately, it's unable to advise me as to compatible upgrades.

Which cards will fit it?

However, if I did fancy upgrading my motherboard and processor what would be a good system to look at. I can drop say, around £1200 on motherboard, processor and graphics card.

Cheers

 

[player786]

However, if I did fancy upgrading my motherboard and processor what would be a good system to look at. I can drop say, around £1200 on motherboard, processor and graphics card.

for that price you can buy a new PC, i recommend the pc specilist website, from there your can build you own pc and its really cheap http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

Just click on "build online" from the top and select either the AMD or the Intel option, i would recomend the intel core 2 due E6700. Also with 2Gig ram at 800mhz. But overall make sure you select a motherboard which has a PCI E X16 slot

 

[Kshitiz_Indian]

see i built this beauty for you under 1200

Processor (CPU)
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6700 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® P5N-E SLI: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X8 SLI

Operating System
WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£70)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
400GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive
20x DVD±RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW) (£16)

2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE

Graphics Card
640MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

2nd Graphics Card
640MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
6 Channel RealTek ALC883 Audio (Standard on P5N-E SLI)

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)

Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive

Memory Card Reader
NONE

Case
Stylish Black/Silver Trident case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling
700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£92)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 19 dBA INTEL CPU COOLER (£14)

Firewire & Video Editing
2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE ONBOARD (1 in back + 1 on board)

TV Card
NONE

Monitor
NONE

2nd Monitor
NONE

DVI Cable
NONE

Keyboard & Mouse
NONE

Mouse
NONE

Speakers
NONE

Printer
NONE

Surge Protection
NONE

Webcam & VoIP
NONE

Media Center Kit
NONE

Anti-Virus
NONE

Office Software
NONE

Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1st Month Free Collect & Return

Delivery
Standard Insured Delivery to UK Mainland (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm) (Free)

Quantity
1



Subtract the operating system if you wish

 

[The_gas]

I can reccomend pc specialist, thats where i got my pc from. Whats more, they will sell you upgrades in the future, and are sending me out boxes and packaging so i can sell my dual x1950xtx's on ebay.

 

[player786]

pc specilist are wicked, they give u a text message when they send the pc off to you

Motherboard
ASUS® P5N-E SLI: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X8 SLI

choose the ASUS® P5N32-E SLI+: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X16 SLI insted because it supports the lates PCI E X16. in truth my friend your nvidia 8000 series cards dont work well on the motherboard you have chosen because you need PCI E X 16

 

[siddharth2002]

bad luck mate, ATi has absolute disregard to OSS. they don't have drivers that work with it. soo many, OSS things don't work with ATi cards, even 3dmodeling s/w like blender.

I know and its sucks even more knowing that Ubuntu 3d + my grunty lappy = Matrix reloaded but it just doesn't work.

 

[Cowburn199]

You should wait for Ati's dx10 card (r600) to come out. The 8800's will decrease in price by quite a bit, you may even decide to buy the r600!
So my advice is to hang on for around 2 months, it'll be worth it.

 

[player786]

go for something like this - it only cost ?946 INC VAT and includes a DX 10 graphics card

AMD ATHLON? 64 X2 6000+ (3.0GHz) 2 x 1MB L2 Cache (Socket AM2)
2048 MB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
ASUS? M2N-E SLI: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, 2 x PCI-Ex, 2 x PCI
WINDOWS? VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (?70)
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
160GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
NONE
NONE
20x DVD?RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW) (?16)
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
512MB GEFORCE 8600GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
NONE
8 Channel C-Media Superior Quality Audio 7.1 (M2N-E SLI)
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N-E SLI)
1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Stylish Black/Silver Trident case + 2 front USB
700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (?92)
STANDARD CPU COOLER
2 x ONBOARD 1394 FIREWIRE PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N- E SLI)
NONE
WIDE 19 INCH TFT Silver/Black 1440 x 900 8MS, D-Sub, Audio (?109)
NONE
NONE
Logitech? Internet Keyboard + Hotkeys (Black) (?6)
Black Logitech? Premium Optical Mouse (?4)
LOGITECH S100 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (?5)
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return: ?5
Standard Insured Delivery to UK Mainland (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm) (Free)
1

 

[Almost_Austwick]

Thanks all, for your help. I certainly have a few things to look into.

 

[cnbd_novice]

Here is a review of HD Radeon 2900 XT from HEXUS. It was astounding to see how well the Raadeon X1950 XTX can match up with GeForce 8800 GTS and HD Radeon 2900 XT in a few case:
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8687&page=1
EDIT: Here is another excellent and detailed review of ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB. Some of the above result can be seen in this case too, as well as much more:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/431/1/
2nd EDIT: A review of HD Radeon 2900 XT by CNET:
http://reviews.cnet.com/graphics-cards/ati-radeon-hd-2900/4505-8902_7-32445399.html?tag=prod.txt.2