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Hardware issue [message #43817]

Fri, 29 August 2003 11:39

i0nuk3
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OK, i am thinking of buying a new graphics card. my pc specs are as follows:

AMD DURON 900 MHZ
256 RAM
20 GIG HARD

I am not sure about my mother board but it says "PC266 SYSTEMBOARD AND SOCKET A M810 SERIES". it got a AGP 4X slot.

i am thinking of buying SPARKLE GEFORCE FX 5200 128MB AGP GRAPHICS CARD but i think its not just the case of buying in and putting it in. it need to be compatible with my system. the graphics card specs are:

AGP GeForce graphics cards for PC. Have next generation power of the GeForce FX chipset for an affordable price with this latest offering from Sparkle! Features include:

� nVidia NV30 (GeForce FX) chipset

� AGP 8x bus connection

� DirectX 9.1 hardware accelerator

� 128 MB DDR SDRAM (double data rate)

� 250 MHz core clock speed

� 400 MHz memory clock speed

� 4 rendering pipelines

� 2 texture units per pipeline

� 6.4 GB/sec memory bandwidth

� 1.0 Billion fill-rate

� TV out

WILL THIS CARD FIT INTO MY PC AND WORK FINE???

i am looking forward to a expert advice

thx Smile

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Hardware issue [message #43920]

Fri, 29 August 2003 15:50

Yano
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Well, look at the requirment on the box/website, what AGP slot does the card use? Ex. 2x 4x 8x 16x

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Hardware issue [message #44019]

Fri, 29 August 2003 22:02

Bearxor
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The GFfx series are all 8x cards.

However, they will work fine in your board. The performance difference between 8x and 4x agp is so small, you'll never notice.

However, i must URGE you to reconsider your purchase of a crap-tacular fx5200, and consider something like a Radeon 9000/9200 or GF4TI-4200. Even if you have to go with 64MB of RAM. a GF4TI-4200 with 64MB of RAM will easily outpace a fx5200 Ultra with 256MB of ram. RAM IS NOT EVERYTHING!!

Unless you're getting a deal on the fx5200 (read: under $50US), STAY AWAY!!!

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Hardware issue [message #44059]

Sat, 30 August 2003 03:44

i0nuk3
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thx very much Very Happy

, but yestreday i found out the list of all the cards that work on my motherboard. M810 mobo is very choosy when it comes to graphics cards.

here is the website of all working m810 cards.

http://radel.inet.net.nz/m810lmr.html

now i have decided to chande my motherboard. i will also look for another graphics card.

thx very much. choosing a graphics is not that easy as i thought. Very Happy

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Hardware issue [message #44081]

Sat, 30 August 2003 06:35

Yano
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Bearxor

The GFfx series are all 8x cards.

Really? Heh, I don't care much for the GFFX cards so I don't really pay much attention to them. Smile

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Hardware issue [message #44089]

Sat, 30 August 2003 07:02

Bearxor
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i0nuk3

thx very much Very Happy

I have built many systems using the 810. They run GFfx 5600's just fine, as well as 9700 Pro's.

But a new motherboard is a good idea. Unfortunately, unless you stick with another SiS board, you will have to buy new RAM as well. Just about anything from VIA and every chipset fro nVidia will use DDR. SiS chipsets aren't the greatest in the world, but they do work... I suppose...

I would honestly recommend a KT400 board with 256MB of kingmax PC2700 DDR, a XP1800+, and a 64MB ti4200. I can get all this online from newegg for $250 bucks. I'll give you links to everything I picked so you can check it out and get an idea:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=13-150-037
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=19-103-353
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=20-159-203
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=14-145-038

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Hardware issue [message #44094]

Sat, 30 August 2003 07:35

i0nuk3
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oh man, thanks you are great!!!!!! Very Happy

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Hardware issue [message #44096]

Sat, 30 August 2003 07:44

i0nuk3
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oh yeah 1 more think, i made a list of the harware that i was about to buy just before your reply:

ASUS P4S8X-X SIS 648 DDR333 8X AGP 6CH AUDIO +LAN -�49.74
INTEL PENTIUM P4 1.8GHz SCK478 OEM -�106.56
256MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz OEM -�33.20
128MB ATI RADEON 9000 PRO -�86.95

i am in UK so the prices are in pound sterling. this all adds up to roughly $400.

how does that sound? these prices are of the shop that made my computer, they will fit it in for free. i am not buying online beacause if the product is faulty i will have a hard time returning it back.

how will the games perform in that type of PC. and oh yeah i got 256 RAM already, so that will be 512 RAM altogether.

thx very much

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Hardware issue [message #44133]

Sat, 30 August 2003 09:45

i0nuk3
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how is 128MB NVidia GeForce FX5600 AGP 8X DDR 128-bit DVI TVout

will this work on m810 motherboard??????????

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Hardware issue [message #44278]

Sun, 31 August 2003 06:35

Bearxor
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Theres absolutely nothing wrong with going with Intel. However, you won't have 512MB of RAM. The 256MB you have now is 168-pin SDRAM. The slots on the board are 184-pin DDR. They will not work together. But the list you have looks good. While I'm not a big fan of SiS AMD chipsets, their P4 chipsets have been fairly decent. I almost bought the p4s8x-x when I was looking at getting a celeron-based system.

The only change that I would make would be to step the ram down to PC2700 and add another 256MB. Maybe you can get one 512MB DIMM for just a little more. No need to really get PC3200 DDR unless you plan on overclocking. PC2700=333mhz, which is what the board's 'max' is.

Also, make sure that is a 1.8A. In otherwords, look at the processor. Make sure it says something like: 1800/400/512 or something to that effect. the first number '1800' is the megahertz of the chip. the second number, '400' is the front=side bus of the chip. The other number is the most important. On low-end P4's it will say either '256' or '512'. This is the L2 caches of the processor. '256' are the old Williamette cores. STAY AWAY!!! These thing are sloth slow. '512' are the newer Northwood cores. They are good Smile

. Also, make sure you're getting a fan in with that price since the processor is OEM.

Yes, I have used an fx5600 on a M810. But it would be much better to use it on your new computer. I would try to get it before I got a 9000 if you can afford it. Look to see if they have a 9600 Pro in stock. If the 9600 Pro and the fx5600 Ultra are close in price, pick the 9600 Pro.

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