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Royd
 Post subject: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 07 Sep 2012 23:32 
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Im looking to upgrade my pc and I've got around £200 in my paypal to do it

Here is the stuff i gots in there at the minute
mobo - ASRock N68C-S UCC
CPU - 2.73 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
Ram - 4Gb DDr2 Ram
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

What do you guys think I should spend the £200 on to make the pc better?

I've been looking at this is it worth it?
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STEALTH NINJA
 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 07 Sep 2012 23:42 
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yea, big bang per £££ there mate !
obv ya need a good GFX, but no point in buying a good GFX on an old board, thats worth it imho



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 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 08 Sep 2012 00:21 
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is a good deal, AMD buldozer CPU's are great and the newer Asus mobos rock.
on board Grafix
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Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU
Multi-VGA output support : HDMI/DVI/RGB ports *1
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
- Supports DVI with max. resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
- Supports RGB with max. resolution 2560 x 1440 @ 75 Hz
Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB
Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support
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Royd
 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 08 Sep 2012 09:19 
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So would I be better off using the onboard graphics if I had that? I don't get these things lol
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STEALTH NINJA
 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 08 Sep 2012 20:22 
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k, onboard Graphics are a freebie from teh people who make yer mo-bo....... its like a free pair of laces with yer new shoes...........

a special GFX is MUCH better than yer onboard gfx !



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Royd
 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 08 Sep 2012 23:18 
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i know this but i was wondering if the onboard graphics is better than the one im using now?
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 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 08 Sep 2012 23:53 
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Royd {l Wrote}:
i know this but i was wondering if the onboard graphics is better than the one im using now?


always better with a grafix card
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 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 09 Sep 2012 00:07 
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okey dokey lol.
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Royd
 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 18 Sep 2012 10:51 
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So I got a new graphics card and its lowered my result lol https://novabench.com/compare.php?k=&n=ROYDRIP&s= but the games are running a lot better. nuts
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 Post subject: Re: Pc upgrade
PostPosted: 18 Sep 2012 11:02 
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https://novabench.com/view/320213 abit after mine but ;) ;)



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