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Name: davepenman Date: October 4, 2007 at 12:31:37 Pacific OS: Windows Vista 32 CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon64 4200+ 2.2 2g Product: Custom
Comment:
Hi I posted a while ago asking about the best upgrade for my pc for dx10 gaming. My old pc was a AMD Athlon64 4200 with 2 gb RAM and an x850 agp. I upgraded to a new case and an 8800gts with a 750 watt power supply and a K9N Neo V3 motherboard all for £250 (complete cost). Do you think it was worth it.
Name: jam Date: October 4, 2007 at 12:55:59 Pacific
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In a word, No.
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Response Number 2
Name: davepenman Date: October 4, 2007 at 12:57:15 Pacific
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is that from a hardware point of view or a differant view (e.g vista)
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: October 4, 2007 at 18:17:59 Pacific
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The "point of view" is from this discussion that we had several months ago. Not much has changed since then. The upgrades you made weren't as much out of necessity as they were out of desire, which is fine. You ask if it was worth it...I say no. You tell us, is the performance significantly better? Did you get your money's worth?
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Response Number 4
Name: davepenman Date: October 5, 2007 at 02:20:33 Pacific
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Well I did require the new gpu to play bioshock , rainbow six vegas and to increase performance in supreme commander but; yes I did upgrade out of desire and I believe it was worth the money.
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Response Number 5
Name: atarileaf Date: October 5, 2007 at 19:38:32 Pacific
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If it was worth it for you and you're happy with your purchase, then yes, it was worth it. Period. Enjoy your new rig! :)
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Response Number 6
Name: willtx56 Date: October 8, 2007 at 06:20:50 Pacific
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It's pretty sad when a game won't even run on a 3 year old card effectively locking it out over an SM3 specification.
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