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Computers and Technology => Hardware => Topic started by: CONFIDENCE Man on January 10, 2010, 12:11:09 AM

Title: Getting myself out of the AGP ghetto
Post by: CONFIDENCE Man on January 10, 2010, 12:11:09 AM: Well, since my purchase of an AGP Radeon 4670 didn't work out due to my 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 not being able to keep up, I've decided to completely rebuild my desktop with new(er) components.

These are the specs:

Core 2 Duo E8400
Asus P5Q3
4 GB DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333 MT/s) Memory
Radeon HD 4670 for PCI-E 2.0
ATX12V v2.3 Power Supply

The (cheap) video card is more than enough to play DoD:S and L4D2 at 1440 x 900. The main thing is, this will get me off of AGP, off of my laptop, and onto a desktop with PCI Express 2.0.
Title: Re: Getting myself out of the AGP ghetto
Post by: DinG on January 10, 2010, 03:17:17 AM: welcome to the dark side.. shit i didnt know you were still using agp!!!
Title: Re: Getting myself out of the AGP ghetto
Post by: Rev. Jim Jones on January 10, 2010, 03:22:03 AM: I upgraded from an AMD dual core to a tri core and got rid of the waves in DOD:S. How were you in AGP land ??? SHIVERS.
Title: Re: Getting myself out of the AGP ghetto
Post by: TastyTaste on January 10, 2010, 10:38:24 AM: nice Con man, im gonna build a new rig for March
Title: Re: Getting myself out of the AGP ghetto
Post by: CONFIDENCE Man on January 10, 2010, 11:47:38 AM: Quote from: Rev. Jim Jones on January 10, 2010, 03:22:03 AM
I upgraded from an AMD dual core to a tri core and got rid of the waves in DOD:S. How were you in AGP land ??? SHIVERS.

Well, I built this desktop in 2004, initially with a Radeon 9600 XT. It was OK until I got a new LCD monitor and upgraded to Vista. At that point, I upgraded the card to an nVidia 6800 GT. I then got a laptop in 2007 with a Core 2 Duo and an nVidia 8600M GT, and have been playing on that ever since. Unfortunately, the laptop's video card cannot be upgraded. So, after trying an AGP upgrade for the desktop (that didn't work out), I decided to just replace the internals of the desktop so I can have an upgradable gaming system.
Title: Re: Getting myself out of the AGP ghetto
Post by: Ban Em All on January 10, 2010, 01:26:48 PM: i didnt know agp was still around.
Title: Re: Getting myself out of the AGP ghetto
Post by: tlopez on January 10, 2010, 03:54:08 PM: Quote from: Ban Em All on January 10, 2010, 01:26:48 PM
i didnt know agp was still around.
still around, although kinda rare. i still got my desktop from 2003 with agp but since i use my laptop more often, i haven't bothered to upgrade (and yes the desktop still works fine).
Title: Re: Getting myself out of the AGP ghetto
Post by: El trueno on January 14, 2010, 09:56:35 PM: I have

Q9550 2.83ghz quad core duo with a

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX motherboard with 4 gigs of ram and video card

HIS Hightech H467QT512P Radeon.

This is the best computer I've owned it cost me 650 total to build plus 100 later black friday glossy lcd hp monitor 20".