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New Graphix card

Postby Elfdroper Gravelender » Sun May 11, 2008 12:25 pm

:toothy10: So I'm updating my Graphix card for AoC and I could use some advice. Here are my specs.

AMD Athalon64X2 5600 + Socket AM2 duel-core processor

Hitachi 250GB 0A33423 Sata2 U300 7200RPM *MB RoHS Hard drive

Gigabyte GA-M62SME-S2 Socket AM@ NVIDIA GfForce 6100 DDR2-800 PCI.e board

4Gigs Corsair 6400 DDR-2

500 Watt power supply

I'm debating looking for a 8800GT or GTX for around $200 or looking for a 9800 for around $300. This is the first machine i've built and I don't have much experience with graphics cards, so I don't know how much of an upgrade the 9800 is from the 8800.

Right now I found a nice 8800GT w/ 640 memory which i'm leaning towards. Thoughts are appreciated. :toothy10:
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Postby TrollFunk » Sun May 11, 2008 2:49 pm

8800GTX will make you a happy pvp'er.
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Postby Elfdroper Gravelender » Sun May 11, 2008 3:35 pm

:toothy10: Thanks Troll. This is what I'm looking at.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130317

How can I tell if that will work with my board? I have 2 PcI slots so I should be good right? :toothy10:
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Postby barbos » Sun May 11, 2008 3:49 pm

It physically takes up the space of two slots, but it only plugs into one of the slots. So it should work with nearly any board that has PCI express and space for nothing to be plugged in next to it.
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Postby Elfdroper Gravelender » Sun May 11, 2008 6:41 pm

:toothy10: Ahh ok I get it, that had me a bit confused. Thanks for the help guys i'm gonna go w/ the 8800. :toothy10:
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Postby Xplosivo » Tue May 13, 2008 9:20 am

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Postby Elfdroper Gravelender » Tue May 13, 2008 11:29 am

:toothy10: OMG Xplo! Whatsup bro good to see you! Gonna play AoC with us I hope? :toothy10:
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Postby Xplosivo » Wed May 14, 2008 7:28 pm

I just now checked it out...havent been hip on mmos lately...but yeah, I will wait to hear the hype and go from there. hope all is well ole friend =)
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Postby Abysmal » Wed May 14, 2008 10:20 pm

Hiya Xplo, long time no see :0

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