Recent content by prozac26

Good post. I was re-doing my cooling recently, so the info comes in handy.

If your GTX is struggling, then you can upgrade. You need to decide whether or not you need to upgrade.

There's basically no difference between "companies." The cards are same, and the difference is the price, warranty, and bundle. Decide on the one that you think will be best for you. If you like a whole bunch of bonus software, or someone has a better warranty, decide on that.

Yes, you can run nVidia cards on ATI based mobos, and vice-versa. You can also run more than one, unless you are trying to use SLI or Crossfire, then you would need the matching motherboard chipset.

Depends on what games you play, a 4870 should be good enough.

Xbit Labs said possibly late June '09. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20081015152651_ATI_RV870_and_Nvidia_GT216_Expected_to_Arrive_by_Late_June_2009.html

I use DriverCleaner. You know, just in case.

If I were you, I would save that $200, for a future upgrade. If you really want to upgrade, I agree with the suggestion for a used 4870 or so. EBay should have some.

Best way to do it. Or any cheap card, because you don't need anything special.

At this point, I would go for Vista.

I would guess sometime in '09, maybe summer time. But it's really quiet right now.

The 32-bit XP will see about 3.2GB (or so) of RAM. So, you will need a 64-bit version so utilize all of that RAM.

I agree with the 4850.

Have both. You never know what will try to get through and whatnot. I would say a router firewall is better, but having Windows Firewall and router firewall is best combination IMO. EDIT: If I was to choose just one, the I'd go for the router firewall.

I would say no, because I think $200 more is too much. You really have to make a decision if you really need/want to step up.