Ok, so I am thinking of getting a new vid card finally to replace my 7900GS. The only difference I can see between the two, is that the ASUS one has an HDMI port and the EvGA one does not. Also, I get a free COD WAW with the ASUS. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121268 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130425 Everything looks the same, but you know me, would like some advice first.
EVGA has lifetime warranty, I think ASUS is only 3 months. Unless you need that HDMI port, I'd go with the EVGA.
Sounds good to me. I usually stick with EvGA anyways, and after reading more reviews on that ASUS, apparently it is shitty. Also, since it's recertified, does that mean I still get the life time warranty? Anyone know?
Refurbished products usually have lower warranty coverage than new products, but each manufacturer's policies are different, and it's possible this card is covered for life... but personally I doubt it. I avoid refurbed products as I've seen many break down, though no video cards were among them. Still, it's possible. Remember, it's refurbished because something in the circuit board broke down, and it was repaired. If it broke down once, then whatever caused it to break down can surely cause the same problem in the future.
yeah, i'd say you should consider options for entire system builds... i believe you just upgraded a couple of components and the whole discussion of ram. if you still have the 3 year old motherboard, then upgrading other things that maintain compatibility are just going to push your performance bottlenecks to it if they aren't already.
this is my current mobo and processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131030 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115004
That should be fine for the 9800GT, it wouldn't create much of a bottleneck, and you will get a noticeable FPS increase.
the idea of a bottleneck is that only a certain amount of volume can go past it in a set period of time. for video games, you have multiple bottlenecks pertaining to graphics or loading of data, etc with some cross flow of the 2 on frame rates etc. if you can suddenly process the graphics twice as fast, you'll see improvement, but if the system can't process the data, you'll just see pretty scenery at the same frame rates as before. also, bottlenecks for online gaming extend out of system to connection speeds, loss rates, and more. i video card on an old board is basically upgrading the coke bottle to a water cooler... capacity is increased, but the neck is still slowing down the rate. now, a video card can be salvaged to a new motherboard down the road, so don't worry so much about not getting one, but just think of what else is really old in your case right now.
well nothing really. I mena my 600w PSU is like 2 months old, the mobo I got back in 07 as well as the 7900GS and processor. When I put my 6gb of ram in correctly when I get home and the 9800GT I should see a noticeable increase in fps and speed regardless. 9800GT from what I have heard/seen/read is fine for this mobo/processor and would still be fine if I upgraded my mobo down the line anyways.. Think I might pick it up sometime this week or next week or something.
Thinking of grabbing this today, what do you guys think? It is a EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339 146 bucks..
cox i just bought the 260 gtx from newegg.... I hope it does better than my ati 2600 xt http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143174 250 a little high but it's the newest generation and will hopefully last for a couple of years.....
yeah, I can't spend that much though.. What do you think about the one I just linked? Think it will be fine in my rig?
just as long as u have a 450+ psu , u should be fine.... now i need to get a 550+ psu for mine b/c my dell stock one's dc output is 375w.
yesh... Yeah I got a 550 or 600 iirc in my computer now... Think I will pick it up then. Good upgrade over my 7900GS.
