Survival upgrade

deltree 22-06-2008, 08:14 AM

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Ok guys thought I would come here and get some guidance I have the following 2 options in front of me please guide me as to which one i should go with considering the budget limitations!

availability of cash around rs7000
available assets
6600GT AGP, 512MB*2 DDR400 KINGSTON, 385watts PSU, casing, PATA IDE HDD


configuration 1:
asus p4pe-vm 2800rs
E2160 4400rs

all above mentioned assets can be used in this configuration!
the catch is limited upgrade options, AGP, DDR1


Considering that I have a offer for the 6600gt for 2500rs It will leave me with the rams, considering I sell these rams which have around 2 years of warranty remaining on them please tell me what can be fetched for them? and guys its me so dont try to get a bargain on the rams please the honest pricing...




e2160= 4400rs

RAM 1gb 667 used ? price estimate needed
motherboard suggestions needed
must be supporting dual channel, more then 2gb of ram ddr2, pci-e,must be 1333mhz,overclocking support is not necessary(BSEL mod zindabad), 3year warranty is necessary!
go ahead give me the models you think are worthwile matx mobos dont matter!

GFX= Inno3d 8500gt 4100rs

PCI Express 1.1 and the newer 2.0 interface importance does this factor hold?

ICH9R vs ICH7R benchmarked differences...links please!!!

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deltree

mods my deepest apologies please move to hardware section, iv just realized i posted in the wrong section....

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deltree

just great in depth research just conlcuded that 3dmark06 scores of a 6600gt can come in inches differences of the 8500gt and in several cases around the world the 6600gt has literally pawned the 8500gt cards....a very strange example of that follows here

http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/inno3d...00gt_stock.png
3dmark06 scores on a 8500gt,the 6600gt remarkably comes near these scores and also outruns these scores through overclocking....



game benchmarks
[Phoronix] NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 256MB Review
(6600gt literally eats a 8500 when you crank the resolutions up!considering the 8500gt is a factory overclocked version even though bit is 256mb and the variant available here is 512mb but we all know what 512mb of memory is worth on 128bit bus wid gddr2=shit)

[Phoronix] NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 256MB Review
(again keeping the 8500gt as son under its shadow:0)

now either i can invest some cash in a faster agp card or invest cash in altogether a new system with a 8500gt....

the differences will be as follows:
I will have a weak pci-e card for gaming but I will be running clockspeeds of 3.00ghz through the bsel mod!

on the asus p4pe-vm I will be able to bsel mod only upto 2.4ghz!


now guys what would be better;

E2160@2.4GHZ with a stronger gfx card such as the 6600gt

E2160@3.0ghz with a gfx card such 8500gt

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OmMeE

^yaar 8500gt THAKKKA HUWAAA.. BAKWAAAS card hai... the only version which is a little better is the 1gb wala 8500gt.. else 512 is total crap.... get a 6600gt pcix. that wud be better!!

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deltree

even the 512mb ram is a bottleneck for the card imagine 512mb of data sent through the 128bit gddr2 bus? and then imagine 1gb of date through a 128bit bus is madness

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Xe Phantom

I'd say stick with whatever option is the cheapest, if you don't mind the upgrade limitations.

I believe both options will fairly provide the same gameplay but wouldn't a 8500GT be more optimized for newer games as compared to a 6600GT, like better support for newer versions of Direct X?

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deltree

settled for the p5pe-vm...well you notice phantom the 8500gt is quite like the fx series, remember how they supported dx9 at that time but somehow most of the lineup wasnt nearly powerful enough to utilize the dx9 power...the biggest example of it is as follows: the fx 5200

getting the e2160 tmr!
i believe this would be a well balanced rig considering the budget and good for transition im not a hardcore gamer i jus dont have time for that and for the occasional gaming this is good enough if u intend to play at 1024*768 and just choose antialiasing and anistropic to OFF! bus i guess then ones set to go!

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^Good old fx-5200.. actually liked it... it was able to keep up with nfsMW.. Not all high settings.. but decent frames atleast... anyways.. All the best for tomorrow... btw.. i think i missed it.. but wat gfx card are you getting?

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fajoo24

first option but i will still go with 8500 gt ddr2 as it is equivalent to 7600 gs which is 15-20% faster in performance then 6600 gt ddr3.....try to get used 256 mb version of 8500 gt, no need to invest for 512 mb one as it is useless....

or u can now a days get used 8600 gt ddr3 version for around 4.5k, tht will really boost ur performance in games still easy on wallet.....so i vote for 1st option with 8600 gt ddr3 (recommended) and 8500 gt 256 mb (if 8600 gt is not possible).....

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OmMeE

^agreed!!!

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