Advice?

[mikebruce11]

I currently have a Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb card from MSI. Lately, after playing FEAR and BF2, my computer will have a funny sound and the screen will twitch, turn colours and restart. I have researched enough to see that its an overheating issue. But I cannot afford to spend alot on a new card to replace this dying one.

I was looking into purchasing an Nvidia N6800XT for around $200 Canadian. Would this card be a good investment and an improvement over my current card? Thanks for any input you might give or any suggestions.

Mike.

 

[SharpieFiend]

Is it possible that the fan is dying? You can replace the fan cheaper then you can buy a new card, unless you really want a new card, that is.

You can get the Zalman VF700 fairly cheap, they're great.

 

[mikebruce11]

Yeah I thought about that too. I ran with the case side off and the fan was working. Although theres no censor I think to show the fan speed so I cant tell if its not as fast as it should be. I think in general its time to upgrade, even if its not a huge one. Just so I can get by until I have to due to the game requirements these days.

Also, here are my specs:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
250 Gig Maxtor HD
1 gig OCR Ram? (I think)
Windows XP SP2

Is this a good deal for this card?

http://www.pccanada.com/viewitem.asp?id=4352X1600Pro 512mb

 

[CrAzYsPyDeR]

STAY AWAY from that card , thats my advice ... i am currently using one an it cant even hold steady frames in CS: Source , they cant even keep up with a 9800XT , so look into a 6600GT or something an save your money!