Author Topic: Upgrading my PC (Read 670 times)

qts · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2003, 02:05:17 PM »

Dowding, with everything you'd really want to upgrade, I strongly suggest getting a complete system, sans monitor, and using the monitor's second input. You can get a kick-ass system for £500 or so. Just look in the PC rags.

Sixpence · « **Reply #16 on:** May 14, 2003, 01:05:33 PM »

Seeming where new items come on the market just about everyday, i'de milk the system you have for as long as possible.

Don · « **Reply #17 on:** May 14, 2003, 07:17:14 PM »

What do you folks think about the Radeon 9200 vid card? I bought a GeForce FX 5200 card the other day and returned it. Is the Radeon 9200 a better deal performance wise? The price is a small bit more than the GeForce FX card I had.

singh7 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 15, 2003, 11:03:02 AM »

Dowding,

It is quit untrue to believe that Megahertz alone is a true indicator of performance of a processor. The AMD processers do run at a lower frequency. The 2800 , 3000 etc nomenclature that are used is determined from synthetic benchmarks that puts the performance of the processor at more or less the equivalenent of these speed intel chips.

Don't believe the hype of the faster the true megahertz the faster the processor. Choose what you purchase based on a comparison of your desired price and performance. Any money saved somewhere can be put back into the graphics board or motherboard...

P.S. This is not an Intel vs AMD comparison - only wanted to help you make the right choice