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lol sometimes I upgrade for need...sometimes out of bordom. It sounds like you are bored...so if you have the cash go for it.

Btw I'm not a part's changing kind of guy but even I changed out my PSU. I'd just say have a buddy handy if things don't go well. But I made a list, lol even took digital pics so I knew what had to be hooked up to what connector, etc etc and it went well. Also there's lots of good PSU's...

if this is the wrong forum...pls delete I went to omega drivers site...no dice for my XP 64 bit system. The regular ATI works fine for what I do (not a huge gamer) but want to upgrade from the normal crap ATI drivers. Any help is appreciated...thx.

I agree with the OP...that's why I bought a Sapphire x1950xt for $150. Plus I have no money lol.

I just bought one and have heard that the standard ati drivers are kinda sucky. Pleae link where I can get some better ones. I run XP 32 bit.

What 3rd party software can tell me what kind of load my system is having on my PSU? I just bought a new psu and it works great, but I prob overspent a bit. I'm just interested in finding out how many watts I really need is all. Thx.

I haven't seen the prices drop that much...please linky.

My current rig has 2 gig of 4300 ddr2 ram in it. I can upgrade on the current motherboard only to 5400, 4 gig total. So should I add 2 more gig of the 4300 or replace it with 2 gig of 5400? I can't afford both, so which would run games faster?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010320058+50001459&name=Corsair+Memory%2c+Inc. These have great reviews and have seasonic designs. I'm in a similar situation and when I upgrade, it'll be to one of these 2 cards...GL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102067 this one runs only $169 after rebate. If you can only run at lower resolutions wouldn't this be cheaper and run faster than the 1950pro?

Well it depends on the monitor. The one I have at home is old...so max settings is 1200x1000 (approx). This being the case it'd be a waste to go higher ram on the vid card, right? Just taking that into account since I'm personally looking at a similar scenerio.

What about the Saphire 1950xt? It has 256 ram. It's about the same price as the 1950 pro with 512 ram. Should he consider that? What about if he's running in a lower resolution? 1280x1000?

The PSU has several outlets with differing numbers on them. The only ones I can hook the video card up to are P5 and P6...does this matter.

Oh and the manuel stated that the card would work if the 12v wasn't hooked up correctly, but performance would suffer. So that's why I'm wondering about the P# being correct.

Yep that's how it's installed and it seems to work great. The reason I asked the original question was that I've been reading up on PSU's and it seems that the most important factor in the video card working properly is the 12v amps. Like I said earlier, it seems to work fine...but I wanted...

I have this model that came with my HP system: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817174026 It's an el-cheapo...but what do you expect with a store purchase? Anyhow it seems to be stable as far as I (a noob) can tell. My question is this: is it cramping my video card? It...

I'm a noob. Please give a step by step so I can check if it's not too much trouble. Thx.

How many watts is needed, and on the 12V??? for good performance. I need to upgrade mine anyhow so what is recommended?

This needs to be in some form of sticky. I just recently started educating myself on the settings within the video card. I only have a 6800GS so it makes an even bigger difference for me playing daoc. As such my fps have increased from about 100-120 to the 200 level. Big difference.

I've heard this is possible, or is it only possible on the agp version? if so please link

What 3rd party software does this. I'm a total noob lol but i know higher the fps the better. I want to test while running daoc or something and compare to other cards. I currently have a 6800 GS from evga.

I play mostly daoc and was wondering if the slight jumps in lag have anything to do with my system at all. I run amd 4600 dual core, 2 gigs of 4200 ram, and a 6800 GS (512 on board ram). It runs like a champ but I do get slight lag spikes...nothign that hurts my gaming experience. My loads...

I have an older system with 350 watt PSU. I've wiped the drive clean so only about 25 processes ever run. i.e. I'm only gaming when the comp is on. I play daoc mostly and dual log with no problem. My current vid card is a 6800 GS model and it does well enough. I've wanted to get a better...

....for $150. It's listed at newegg.com for $188. Plus I'll ship it overnight. Send me an email if you are interested. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mod Edit - ...yep. Wrong place to buy or sell hardware. Here's...