- Jan 6, 2002
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here's my setup
C2D 6550
p34 MB
2 gigs DDR2
7200.10 HD
8600GT
Corsair HX520 PSU (520? 540? whichever one lol)
Windows 7
I don't have much of a PC budget right now, I am planning on building a new PC. But not even realistically going to start thinking about until Summers almost over. So maybe even October or November or December before this box gets built. I'll xfer the HD & PSU over. I'll want a NICE video card for this build. But for now I'd like something newer than my 8600 to hold me over. I'm on Newegg and saw a 9500GT with DDR3 for $66. Googling for comparison it looks to be semi marginally faster. Maybe 15%'ish. Which isn't bad for the price. I don't expect to play Crysis on max settings. Right now the main game I play is TF2, which pays nicely on my 8600. But with a newer card I could max out the AA settings and maybe crank up the rest too. I do want to get some newer, more demanding games. Googling more lead me to discover the 9500 is an all around poor choice, so I started to look at 4870's and 9600gt/gso's
To make a long story short(er) I think I may want a 9600. One of my main concerns is sound, while I'm not anal about it, I would like something that's relatively quiet. My 8600 has a hummmmmmmm which is pretty hard to ignore when I'm not gaming. My budget is about $100'ish shipped. My 8600 still technically plays every game I throw at it. So anything would be a pretty massive upgrade, even if it's only 50% faster lol. I'm not an Nvidia fan boy, in fact prior to this 8600 my last Nvidia card was a GF4. I'm open to ATI cards too if the price fits my budget.
thanks to whoever decides to help me out here.
C2D 6550
p34 MB
2 gigs DDR2
7200.10 HD
8600GT
Corsair HX520 PSU (520? 540? whichever one lol)
Windows 7
I don't have much of a PC budget right now, I am planning on building a new PC. But not even realistically going to start thinking about until Summers almost over. So maybe even October or November or December before this box gets built. I'll xfer the HD & PSU over. I'll want a NICE video card for this build. But for now I'd like something newer than my 8600 to hold me over. I'm on Newegg and saw a 9500GT with DDR3 for $66. Googling for comparison it looks to be semi marginally faster. Maybe 15%'ish. Which isn't bad for the price. I don't expect to play Crysis on max settings. Right now the main game I play is TF2, which pays nicely on my 8600. But with a newer card I could max out the AA settings and maybe crank up the rest too. I do want to get some newer, more demanding games. Googling more lead me to discover the 9500 is an all around poor choice, so I started to look at 4870's and 9600gt/gso's
To make a long story short(er) I think I may want a 9600. One of my main concerns is sound, while I'm not anal about it, I would like something that's relatively quiet. My 8600 has a hummmmmmmm which is pretty hard to ignore when I'm not gaming. My budget is about $100'ish shipped. My 8600 still technically plays every game I throw at it. So anything would be a pretty massive upgrade, even if it's only 50% faster lol. I'm not an Nvidia fan boy, in fact prior to this 8600 my last Nvidia card was a GF4. I'm open to ATI cards too if the price fits my budget.
thanks to whoever decides to help me out here.