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I have two computers I play modern games on, one in the lving room, one in my bedroom.
Both are dual core CPU's, both Asus motherboards, bedroom machine is AMD 3.2Ghz, 2Gb memory and had a BFG Nvidia 8800GTS 640Mb which I purchased in November 2006. The living room machine is Intel based, 6600 2.6Ghz, 4Gb memory and BFG Nvidia 9800GTX 512Mb.
I was repairing a computer for a friend recently and suspected the video card. I fitted my 8800 GTS to test the machine, switched on and... there was a high pitched howling and the card literally went up in a cloud of blue smoke. Kinell
So this left me one major machine video card-less.
I'm skint so a cheapie was on the cards and I plumped for this one Palit 9800GT 512MB
It's now fitted and running, Scan are really rather excellent with deliveries and I get free delivery from them cos I is a member of another forum. Interestingly, it looks different - better - than the one in the link's illustration. It also doesn't need any extra power connectors.
My new card cost £66.00 and is better specced than the 8800GTS it replaced. The 8800, as I recall, cost me around £300.00 back in 2006. Which makes me wonder about ever spending in excess of £200.00 on any video card.
But I digress.
I notice the new card, the 9800GT, supports PhysX. It also has an HDMI output, which I don't actually need in it's current setup.
The specs are fairly close to my 9800 GTX, here's a comparison:
9800GTX:
9800GT:
A bit of a bummer, but crap happens and my 800GTS gave me almost four years of good service.
The person whose computer I was attempting to repair has offered to pay for my new video card in exchange for me giving her an old motherboard/CPU/memory/video card/CPU cooler to get her up and running. I've also re-installed Win XP and all her software for her.
So I don't make any money for my time spent but at least I'm not out of pocket.
Got me to thinking though, I figure next range of Nvidia video cards that are released, I may very well upgrade.
And on the same subject, sort of, I'm still not tempted to go i7 / DDR3 as I don't think the improvement would be worth all that money. Similarly, I'm holding on for an SSD drive. But I'll get there, one day
I've now had my Intel 6600 dualie system almost 4 years and it's still a contender. In all my years of building machines, that is something of a record.
Both are dual core CPU's, both Asus motherboards, bedroom machine is AMD 3.2Ghz, 2Gb memory and had a BFG Nvidia 8800GTS 640Mb which I purchased in November 2006. The living room machine is Intel based, 6600 2.6Ghz, 4Gb memory and BFG Nvidia 9800GTX 512Mb.
I was repairing a computer for a friend recently and suspected the video card. I fitted my 8800 GTS to test the machine, switched on and... there was a high pitched howling and the card literally went up in a cloud of blue smoke. Kinell
So this left me one major machine video card-less.
I'm skint so a cheapie was on the cards and I plumped for this one Palit 9800GT 512MB
It's now fitted and running, Scan are really rather excellent with deliveries and I get free delivery from them cos I is a member of another forum. Interestingly, it looks different - better - than the one in the link's illustration. It also doesn't need any extra power connectors.
My new card cost £66.00 and is better specced than the 8800GTS it replaced. The 8800, as I recall, cost me around £300.00 back in 2006. Which makes me wonder about ever spending in excess of £200.00 on any video card.
But I digress.
I notice the new card, the 9800GT, supports PhysX. It also has an HDMI output, which I don't actually need in it's current setup.
The specs are fairly close to my 9800 GTX, here's a comparison:
9800GTX:
9800GT:
A bit of a bummer, but crap happens and my 800GTS gave me almost four years of good service.
The person whose computer I was attempting to repair has offered to pay for my new video card in exchange for me giving her an old motherboard/CPU/memory/video card/CPU cooler to get her up and running. I've also re-installed Win XP and all her software for her.
So I don't make any money for my time spent but at least I'm not out of pocket.
Got me to thinking though, I figure next range of Nvidia video cards that are released, I may very well upgrade.
And on the same subject, sort of, I'm still not tempted to go i7 / DDR3 as I don't think the improvement would be worth all that money. Similarly, I'm holding on for an SSD drive. But I'll get there, one day
I've now had my Intel 6600 dualie system almost 4 years and it's still a contender. In all my years of building machines, that is something of a record.
