Help with CPU and GPU upgrades.

[veg1992]

And you expect to run a 9600gt on a crappy Gateway 300w PSU?

 

[ricer719]

Yea...Your power supply needs an upgrade if you are going to buy a new video card. The newer and mostly (better) video cards such as the EVGA 8/9800GT and the Radeon cards stated above need more power...especially if you are going to overclock.

 

[Hussein19891]

I suggest this video card
Newegg.com - ASUS EN9600GT TOP/HTDI/512M GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

It cost the same as HD4670 but performs much better

Maroon I was kidding.......

 

[veg1992]

You know Maroon, if we say AMD is better than something and its false, he has to immediately jump in haha

 

[Nagasama]

AMD's cards are better currently, though. i wonder if that is why mr maroon has been absent? maybe just busy. in any event, good to see you again maroon.

 

[veg1992]

He probably bought his HD 4870 and is playing games like mad on it

 

[Nagasama]

lol that would be hilarious.

 

[veg1992]

Actually he did... don't you remember that he was asking here for a GPU to recommend because the HD 4870 did better in some game he wanted?

And he said "the HD 4870 dispenses from what I've heard..." and we said "Not true at all... in fact coming from the G80 GTS 320mb, it'll be less"

 

[Nagasama]

no i dont remember that, but thats even funnier than me switching to intel. not as funny as say, apok getting a q9550, but pretty god **** funny.

 

[veg1992]

http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/can-my-psu-handle-hd4870-181762/

There's the thread

EDIT: dude you even posted in it! haha

EDIT2: I do experience that smoke lag you also get in COD4, my FPS goes from like 40-75 to 1-18FPS