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What kind of video card do you use for gaming? I currently have a Radeon X800 XL DVD. It totally rocks :D. So what kind do you guys have?
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I have a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, it isn't that snappy. I'd like to upgrade, but would rather spend my money on more productive things. :)
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I have an ATI X850 PL. I bought it because it was the best card I could fit into my AGP slot. Since most cards are now released for PCI-Express only, I'm going to need to upgrade my motherboard before I can get a higher end card... which I'll probably do next year sometime.
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Yeah, my computer itself couldn't really handle a nice card. So I'm gonna have to buy a new PC.
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I have an old GeForce 3 but not too bad to make me buy another one yet. I'm planning on replacing it one day though...
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STRYPER wrote:I have an old GeForce 3 but not too bad to make me buy another one yet. I'm planning on replacing it one day though...
GeForce three!? Dude.....my PC came with a GeForce 4.....and its like 4 years old....
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Hey don't pick on the little guy, I paid top dollar for my GeForce 3... oh 5 years ago :-k

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ah... I'm currently using Nvidia Geforce 2 MX/MX 400... my christmas gift is a Radeon 9800 pro (whoo-hoo) but my HP pavilion 750n has only a 200w power supply :@. BTW hp site says taht 200w works with the 9800 pro... but when i tested it out, the burning metal smell is unnerving, so i changed back to my old one. so now we are hunting for a power supply that actually fits in the pavilion series... the power supply i'm using is a Bestec ATX 1956D... it has special specifications... I was wondering if I should just get a new tower case with power supply all together...

anyway... you guys have any help on replacing power supplies for a hp pavilion? thanks
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For now I only have my (sucky) builtins on laptop and desktop... garu, no CivIV for Sonuna until my ATI 9250 comes for desktop. Although laptop can still play CivIII...
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I have the best Radeon card available
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erm you mean radeon X850 >_>? ok know i'm jealous.... not really lol... but why u need so good a graphic card?
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UltimaZero wrote:erm you mean radeon X850 >_>? ok know i'm jealous.... not really lol... but why u need so good a graphic card?
Actually the best Radeon cards on the market right now are the Radeon X1800 series... I have an X850 though and think it's great! :)
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I need a leet graphics card so I can pwn teh nubs in high definition!
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I want an X1800 sooo bad. Unfortunately, I can't afford it. Right now I have a Radeon 9800Pro (256 bit) that I bought just over a year ago at Circuit City for the then insanely low price of $150.
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aww.... come on guys... you are making me soon so poor... since I only recently got my radeon 9800 pro for Christmas... lol... I don't have a job yet... but maybe soon

but any ways... u guys got any advice as to upgrading power supply for a hp pavilion?
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Ok, this is a noobie question, but is there somewhere I can look on my PC to see all of it's specs? I need to know to look into new a video card. Thanks.


Sorry for double posting, but I did a PC customize thingy, would this be a good set up for under $700?

Case ( Raidmax 268 ATX Mid-Tower Case w/350W Power Supply Silver )
Power Supply ( Standard Case Power Supply )
Processor ( [939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 3500+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Free Software/Game ( Free Game --- Half Life 2 Download Coupon with purchase of any AMD-64 based systems or Mobile Turion notebook )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink )
Motherboard ( eVGA nForce-4 SLI Chipset Dual DDR w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 512MB DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( [PCI-Express 16x] Nvidia Geforce 6200 with TurboCache Supporting 256MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )
Hard Drive ( 80 GB HARD DRIVE 80 GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive )
2nd Hard Drive ( None )
Raid Controller ( None )
Raid Configuration ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( None )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Add External USB 2.0 Hub (4x USB 2.0 Ports) )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Build-in USB 2.0 Ports )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Beige )
Operation System ( MS Windows XP Home Edition w/Service Pack-2 )
Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )

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It's not too bad, but you shouldn't be paying more than 500 for it. I put together a pretty killer rig for a friend the other day. I'll go rig up something similar on newegg and post it here.

EDIT: Newegg is doing maintenance. I'll have to do this later.
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Thanks! No rush, I don't think I'd buy anything anytime soon anyway.. Do to the fact I don't have any money. :wink: I could get some though.. :-k
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