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Offline Chalenge

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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2010, 11:40:18 PM »
Its a good MB with the one exception of not being able to use all four memory slots or at least not at 800 Mhz (I think it would go at 667Mhz).

Nothing wrong with buying more PSU at some point because they can always move along to the next system. Improving one component at a time is an excellent strategy.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2010, 05:31:45 PM »
You can use all slots at 800mhz.  I used to run 4 x 1 gb 800mhz chips on it until I needed to build my wife a new computer.  She got my old ram and I went with 2 x 2gb chips with faster timings.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2010, 06:37:16 PM »
When I tried to run 4x2GB the MB would only stabilize at 667 Mhz and when I asked about it at Asus Support they told me it would not run stable at 800 Mhz with all four slots populated.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2010, 07:40:57 PM »
I spent a gift card and got a GTS 450.  Ran 3dMark06, before an after.  Results:

My PC Before (Win7 Pro 64 bit):
C2D E6400 @ 2.8ghz / 4gb ddr2 800mhz / Geforce 8800 GTS 640mb
9,425

My PC After w/ GTS 450:
11,459

My Wife's PC Before (Win XP Pro SP3 32bit)
Athlon II 435 stock 2.9ghz / 3.25gb ddr2 800mhz / ATI Radeon 4200HD Onbard (128mb + 512mb shared)
1,624

My Wife's PC After w/ 8800 GTS:
10,605

For the $50 I got the card for after some gift cards, I'll take the slight increase.  Goes to show the processor is aging, at least in benchmarks.  Plus she needed a video card anyways.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2010, 07:48:32 PM »
That's what I did a few months ago.  I upgraded from a 9800GTX+ to a ATI5830... and as a result my g/f upgraded from a 9500GT to a 9800GTX+.  Also, her father upgraded from an old FX5200 to a 9500GT (along with a new processor, motherboard, ram, power supply, and case).

So in my case it was a win, win, win situation!

Not that the 5830 was a huge improvement over the 9800GTX+, but it is noticeable.. I'd say about 20-25% or so.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2010, 08:42:04 PM »
Yeah, that FX series for nvidia was horrible.  The 5950 was the only half-way good card during that era.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2010, 11:37:45 PM »
I'm a little surprised you didn't get a bigger bump than that but ~20%'s not bad.

As opposed to showing the CPU's age your results might be showing just how well the 8800 series video cards are holding up.  I've seen no need to upgrade my 8800 GTS 512.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #22 on: October 27, 2010, 03:24:55 AM »
Quote from: BaldEagl on October 26, 2010, 11:37:45 PM
I'm a little surprised you didn't get a bigger bump than that but ~20%'s not bad.

As opposed to showing the CPU's age your results might be showing just how well the 8800 series video cards are holding up.  I've seen no need to upgrade my 8800 GTS 512.

The 5830 is the low-end budget model, it's comparable to 4870 in speed. 5 = generation 8 = chipset type 3 = product category (low-mid-high) 0 = subcategory.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2010, 05:13:09 PM »
Quote from: BaldEagl on October 26, 2010, 11:37:45 PM
I'm a little surprised you didn't get a bigger bump than that but ~20%'s not bad.

As opposed to showing the CPU's age your results might be showing just how well the 8800 series video cards are holding up.  I've seen no need to upgrade my 8800 GTS 512.
The GTS 450 was about 1/3 of what I spent on my 8800 GTS 640 Jan '07.
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Re: Two Upgrade options
« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2010, 06:54:39 PM »
Yes ripley is correct.. the 5830 is the 'low end' of the Eyefinity series... but it still outperforms the 9800GTX+ so that only shows how much of an improvement the HIGHER end cards are!

Looking back I wish I would have held out for at least the 5850, but I really can't complain...
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