Author Topic: should have went for the 9800 series (Read 369 times)

68DevilM · « **on:** August 07, 2004, 11:12:31 AM »

bought a ati 9200 128mb video card. now wished i went with at least the 9800 series:(

Ghosth · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2004, 03:26:40 PM »

Troubles with the 9200?

FBScud · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2004, 04:10:48 PM »

Just be careful. After sifting through info on here, I found out that a 9600XT was the most advanced vid card I could upgrade to (I forget the technical reasons why...think it had to do with mobo & chipset). Anyway, you may not have done as bad as you think.

I'm afraid I'm done with component upgrading on this pc...P4 1.3 ghz cpu with 256k RDR RAM just won't cut it. For me to add additional RAM is another $300 for the RDR crap Dell said was so hot. At that point, I might as well invest in a screamer.

Zanth · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2004, 09:07:27 AM »

Don't buy memory from dell, they charge too much. Buy exactly the same (Dell uses their memory) or better ram from crucial.com they even step you through what chip you machine needs - just fill in the blanks and save a good bit of cash.

Dell doesn't make too much of thier own stuff, almost all of it is re-labled. (And is generally pretty good and reliable parts though never "bleeding edge" stuff)

Also poster above is right, there is more than one sort of AGP connector out - make sure your card will physically fit in your mobo AGP slot (or be pretty disappointed)!

68DevilM · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2004, 03:38:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Ghosth
Troubles with the 9200?

just not good enough for ah2 i guess?

want better frame rates and better all around graphics, i dont know but i just bought a new audio card, i heard it can improve video performance.

i was useing what ever cheap bellybutton audio card came with the computer! sucky thing is i fried sometihing trying to install audio card:rofl