Re: Video Card for WotLK?

On Oct 1, 11:18 am, Orion Ryder <orionry...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 1, 10:03 am, "mbga...@xxxxxxxxx" <mbga...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On Oct 1, 9:33 am, Orion Ryder <orionry...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It does have an AGP slot, that is what the Nvidea 5500 is in right
now. I must have neglected to mention that.

You're in a little better shape then :).  I thought that her existing
graphics might have been integrated into the motherboard (Nvidia has
been big into integrated systems lately so a lot of computers will
have integrated Geforce "chips", even though they're actually part of
the Northbridge).

The ATi Radeon HD3850 is shown in several AGP versions on Newegg, and
it is a fairly good performer from what I can see.  Since it is a
legacy slot it does cost slightly more than better performing PCIe
cards (the cheapest one I see on Newegg is $129), but that's about the
limit of what I think you're going to get out of an AGP slot.  Still a
LOT faster than any Geforce 5000 series card though :).

Mike

I'd really like to give her as MAX as possible of an upgrade that the
system will allow.

Out of curiosity is there a better one for more $$. I'd be willing to
pop a few extra $$ down.  I'm sure that one is great but just want to
cover more bases if possible.

There are various versions of the HD3850 that I see listed at various
prices, but I think the HD3850 is about the best chip you're going to
get there. They all look to have roughly the same specs, except that
one is listed at $202 that is the same as the rest except factory
overclocked from 668Mhz to 720Mhz. Personally since it's just an
overclock (which can be easily done yourself if you're interested -
depending on the card you can just use a control panel slider to up
the core clock rate) I don't think it's worth the extra money.

So an 8800 is out of the question due to the PCI normal slot in the
PC?

Yeah - all of the 8000 series cards that I'm aware of require PCI
Express.

BTW I have a friend or two in my guild who might be reading these
posts and give me some input so I might be constantly throwing more
comments in and asking more questions that might shed mroe light for
me and them as as well.

Sure, I love talking hardware :).

Although I can be modestly tech minded with PCs there are generally
long periods of time between the moments I pull mine apart and work on
them so I usually have some catching up to do ny the time I end up
having to pull the covers off of them.

Honestly I'm close to the same these days. When I was a teenager I
could tell you which chip steppings of a processor were the best for
overclocking, which brands of heatsinks would kept it the coolest,
knew the performance levels of every graphics chip on the market,
etc. These days with work and all I've calmed down a lot. I still
tinker quite a bit and build lots of systems, but I'm not as much as
into pushing them as hard/fast as I possibly can anymore. Back then I
upgraded my processor/motherboard about every 3-4 months. Now I might
upgrade my processor once a year at most, and a motherboard will last
me 2 to 2.5 years. Still fun for me, but not like it once was.

Mike
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