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Post subject: Upgrade Time  Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:26 am |
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Looking to make an update or two to my two year-old computer. Where's the biggest bang for my buck with this rig? CPU? RAM? I'll also be upgrading to Windows 7 soon.
Dell XPS 630I
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
Two NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT cards
4GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2
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Post subject: Re: Upgrade Time Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:46 am |
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cpu is fine,ram should be ok unless your maxing it out so i would say video card but double check your PSU first
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Post subject: Re: Upgrade Time Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:51 am |
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One of my video cards crapped out, and I'm looking to either get another of the same to run SLI again or get a nicer card to replace both of them. Any recommendations in the $200-250 range?
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Post subject: Re: Upgrade Time Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:42 am |
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Post subject: Re: Upgrade Time Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:28 pm |
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Thanks, Matrix. Any cards just above that one you would recommend? There's a $30 rebate on the card that brings it down to $217. If other cards rebates, too, I'm willing to spend a bit more. Is it worth getting the superclocked version of the same card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130610
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Post subject: Re: Upgrade Time Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:23 pm |
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no not worth bying the super clocked it would make little change and you can always over clock it wiyth the evga precision tool which is free
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Post subject: Re: Upgrade Time Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 7:57 am |
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Thanks, Matrix, ended up getting the 560 Ti. Showed up yesterday and is running nicely so far. I can max out all settings except for shadows, which drop my fps by 20 or so when maxed.
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