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Judge Ito



Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: IA
PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:12 pm        Reply with quote
I've been reading this thread the last couple days, and I'm thankful for everyone's input so far. I've narrowed down the upgrades I'm looking at, but I'd like to clear up a few things, first.

- I'm looking at a 1950 card right now, since I'd rather have a full-on DX9 card than the go-between, all-bases-covered deal with the 2600. What's the difference between the GT, XT, and PRO classifications?

- Considering that last point, is there any reason why I'd rather have a 256MB GT or XT card versus a 512MB PRO card? (I'm limited to an AGP slot, here, and those are my only options at Newegg)

- It looks like no matter what video card I decide on, I'll need a new power supply. Is there anything special I need to know about buying a replacement other than (obviously) finding one with higher wattage? I'm talking about replacing the vanilla 250w power supply in a Dell Dimension system, and I'd rather not buy anything that will make my computer, y'know, explode.
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Judge Ito



Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: IA
PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:02 am        Reply with quote
Panoptic wrote:
PC Power & Cooling has Dell direct replacement PSU's, so you may want to check them out. Also, the 8800GT 256MB and 512MB come out in about a week, for $200 and $250 respectively, and they haul some ass. At stock clocks they're about halfway between an 8800GTS and 8800GTX, and I bet they'd pass the GTX if you were willing to overclock.


Thanks for the info, Panoptic. Power & Cooling seems perfect. About the card info, like I said, I'm stuck with an AGP card setup and I don't plan on upgrading my mobo anytime soon. I'm ruling out Nvidia altogether unless they magically start supporting AGP for the 8xxx series.
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