Upgrading My 256mb Card, Need Input!

[Mr TRiot]

I've finally got the cash to consider upgrading my old 256 Radeon x1300 Crossfire.

Surprisingly this card can actually play Fallout 3, EQ2, WoW...shall I go on? I'm looking for reliability above all else. This card is about 3 years old and has not failed me once, even when overclocked.

My big issue is should I go for an amazing 512 or should I aim for something closer to 1 gig?


This is where I plan on buying it (http://www.cuttingedgecomputers.ca/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=177&cat=Pci+Express) so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[mas0n]

What resolution do you game at? What is your price range? What are the system specs for the box this will be going into?

[Thrax]

First and foremost, memory has nothing to do with the performance of the card. I can show you some 512MB cards that won't even run games that some 256MB cards will eat for breakfast.

With that out of the way, I have two questions:
What is your budget?
What do you intend to play?

[Mr TRiot]

What resolution do you game at? What is your price range? What are the system specs for the box this will be going into?

1024x768 :-(

Intel Pentium 4
3.0 Ghz (not overclocked atm)
2 gigs of Ram
~9 gigs of virtual ram

With that out of the way, I have two questions:
What is your budget?
What do you intend to play?

1) Budget? I'm looking at about 150-200 for now, although if I find a nice card that could possibly go as high as 350

2) Eve online, Fallout 3, whatever other games I can find lol. I also plan to hook it up to a TV at some point and use the TV as a duel monitor.

[Thrax]

Do you have a PCI Express slot on your motherboard?

And is your budget in Canadian or USD?

[Mr TRiot]

Do you have a PCI Express slot on your motherboard?

And is your budget in Canadian or USD?


PCI-E, and Canadian...

check the site I linked in my first post, it's where I plan on buying it :p

[Mr TRiot]

I hate to do this but....

TTT...[To The Top]

I was hoping for more of an input by now :(

[troll]

That old CPU is gonna hold you back in performance...

I have a 3GHz P4 and an X1950... (Getting hard to play the new games...)

[rolleggroll]

1024x768 :-(

Intel Pentium 4
3.0 Ghz (not overclocked atm)
2 gigs of Ram
~9 gigs of virtual ram

2) Eve online, Fallout 3, whatever other games I can find lol. I also plan to hook it up to a TV at some point and use the TV as a duel monitor.

ATI 4850. Either by asus, or Saphire Toxic edition.

[Leonardo]

After you get your upgrade, lets us know how it goes. Also, get that new card in production for the Icrontic Folding@Home team. You are invited to join. Use your new video card for scientific research and have a blast with our team.

Good luck with your upgrade. New video card purchases are usually quite fun.

[edcentric]

for that budget you can't beat a 4850.

[Thrax]

I agree. The 4850 is a solid card and a great choice.

[Mr TRiot]

After you get your upgrade, lets us know how it goes. Also, get that new card in production for the Icrontic Folding@Home team. You are invited to join. Use your new video card for scientific research and have a blast with our team.

Good luck with your upgrade. New video card purchases are usually quite fun.

That would be pretty cool. I haven't really folded too much since Short Media :tongue:


ATI 4850. Either by asus, or Saphire Toxic edition

I was looking that up and it's definitely what I was looking for. Now to find a place other then the typical "big box" stores to buy it ;D

[rolleggroll]

That would be pretty cool. I haven't really folded too much since Short Media :tongue:




I was looking that up and it's definitely what I was looking for. Now to find a place other then the typical "big box" stores to buy it ;D

newegg.com or tigerdirect.com

[CB]

http://icrontic.pgpartner.com/

[Buddy J]

Try Newegg Canada (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=HD+4850&x=0&y=0) and NCIX (http://www.ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=HD+4850). :canflag:

[muddocktor]

If you are an Nvidia fan and want a little cheaper card, the 9800GT (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130397) would also be a good choice and BTW, those card also fold like nobody's business too.

[siruspernot]

I second the opinion about the 4850, I saw the 4870 today for 212 dollars on google somewhere. I have the powercolor HD 4830 512MB. It's clock is 575Mhz GPU 900x2 GDDR3. I OC mine to 600MHz and 920x2 GDDR3. I spent about 120 dollars for the card from Directron.

I can play crysis warhead on Gamer settings at 1600x1200 with no hiccups. STALKER clear sky also plays pretty well. DX10 games look amazing (vista only). In STALKER i have all settings maxed except for the sun ray and SSAO features are disabled. With this I never go below about 32 FPS using DX10 dynamic lighting at 1600x1200. For me this is perfectly playable. I do wish I would have spent the extra 15 dollars for the 4850 though. ATI HD 4x00 series are very very nice cards.