• getting new video card (help me)
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READ ONLY IF YOU WANT TO HELP so at the moment I have a Radeon HD 2400 Pro and yes... that sucks... from what I looked into my computer is beast besides the fan (which makes SO much noise but keeps it really cool) and its quad core (heard thats pretty good) im not totally sure how I should go about this so here are my computer specs (copied everything off Steam's system info) Processor Information: Vendor: AuthenticAMD Speed: 2194 Mhz 4 logical processors 4 physical processors HyperThreading: Unsupported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported Network Information: Network Speed: Windows Version: Windows Vista (32 bit) NTFS: Supported Video Card: Driver: ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO DirectX Driver Name: atiumdag.dll Driver Version: 8.01.01.934 DirectX Driver Version: 8.14.10.685 Driver Date: 15 July 2009 Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz DirectX Card: ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO VendorID: 0x1002 DeviceID: 0x94c3 Number of Monitors: 1 Number of Logical Video Cards: 1 No SLI or Crossfire Detected Primary Display Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Desktop Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Primary Display Size: 17.80" x 14.21" (22.76" diag) 45.2cm x 36.1cm (57.8cm diag) Primary Bus Type Not Detected Primary VRAM: 256 MB Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x Sound card: Audio device: Speakers (3- Logitech USB Heads Memory: RAM: 3070 Mb Miscellaneous: UI Language: English Microphone: Not set Media Type: DVD Total Hard Disk Space Available: 466943 Mb Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 231398 Mb Steam Hard Disk Usage: 54662 Mb OS Install Date: Feb 25 2008 Installed Packages: ,Windows Firewall I need a graphics card (whatever makes my PC screen look nicer) lol im a noob at this Under 150 USD compatible with my stuff up there ^ (what would be compatible? i dont know!) good quality (i guess) and I can rely on. give me something better than 40 fps on Team fortress 2 High settings please help me. im sick of using low textures to get above 40 fps I can also post the Dxdiag thing too if it would help
[IMG]http://www.techspot.com/articles-info/81/images/Image_10.jpg[/IMG] Does your Motherboard have a slot that looks like the black or blue ones? If so I suggest this. ATI 4870. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150394[/url] $145.
get a 4670 and you should be okay, unless you have a low profile case, is your computer prebuilt? if so what is the brand and model #
I used to have a HD2400 too. It sucked. I got a new PC with a 4870. You should get that card, it's fucking awesome.
You might want to wait for ATi's 5 series to knock back prices.
Is that "Beast" of a quad a Phenom I, 'cos PI's weren't the best.
[QUOTE=ghostofme;17229236] If so I suggest this. ATI 4870. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150394[/url] $145.[/QUOTE] I can back that up. I just got mine about an hour ago and it blows my 8800GT out of the water. Fucking amazing. Right now it's sold out though, probably because it's so awesome :D
ok the DXDiag scan (I chose parts that seemed important) System Manufacturer: Acer System Model: Aspire M5100 BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz Memory: 3070MB RAM Page File: 1827MB used, 4538MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 10 --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x94C3) DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz) Display Memory: 1523 MB Dedicated Memory: 244 MB Shared Memory: 1279 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor Driver Name: atiumdag.dll,atidxx32.dll,atidxx64,atiumdva.cap,atiumd64,atiumd6a,atitmm64 Driver Version: 8.14.0010.0685 (English) DDI Version: 10 ------------------------ Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives ------------------------ Drive: C: Free Space: 37.3 GB Total Space: 233.6 GB File System: NTFS Model: WDC WD5000AAJS-22YFA0 ATA Device Drive: D: Free Space: 231.4 GB Total Space: 233.3 GB File System: NTFS Model: WDC WD5000AAJS-22YFA0 ATA Device Drive: E: Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM_GSA-H60N ATA Device Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6002.18005 (English), 4/11/2009 05:39:17, 67072 bytes Drive: J: Model: WDKV YJ85M3OTARWX SCSI CdRom Device Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6002.18005 (English), 4/11/2009 05:39:17, 67072 bytes Drive: K: Model: WDKV YJ85M3OTARWX SCSI CdRom Device Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6002.18005 (English), 4/11/2009 05:39:17, 67072 bytes My case size is 7 in wide by 17 in long and 13 in tall and yes im pretty sure i got the blue things on the motherboard (from looking through the vents) from where my current card is it looks like i got 5 inches until it gets close to the case. also anyone know of some really good highpowered fans that are quiet? some computers at my school are uber quiet and there are 20 in the same small room. dont hear anything (maybe ill check the system properties while in school)
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