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mrmodman

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Birthday is coming up ,sept.9 need a new card current is a 1900gt rev.1 @ 640/850
i play everything pretty much mainly CS:S ,GRID COD4 anything that requires a decient system.
Im looking around $200 for graphics card
Also looking for a good steering wheel+peddels for GRID
~~~~~~SYSTEM SPECS~~~~~~~
Logisys all clear case
BFG 650W
DFI LP UT NF4-D
x2 3800+ manchester @ 2.6(summer) 2.9(winter)
Sound Blaster Augity 4
2GB OCZ plat.
Saphire 1900gt rev.1 at 640/850
Thermaltake 250watt gpu psu
Thermaltake cup holder+ciggeret lighter
Light On dvd burner/ all that stuff
Im worried about my processor bottlenecking some of the newer cards like a 260gtx
Also will my thermaltake 250Wat psu Power some of the newer cards?
 
NEW BIRTHDAY CARD????

Please do not SHOUT in thread titles. You just piss off the mod who has to edit it.
 
i just looked up the G25 and thats wayyyy to expencive , im only gonna use it for GRID so im trying to spend like 50-100
 
ok just for a cheap wheel find a refurb logitech momo wheel on ebay or something. no reason to get it new if your on a budget, look at used ones too
 
mrmodman said:
i just looked up the G25 and thats wayyyy to expencive , im only gonna use it for GRID so im trying to spend like 50-100
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qft.

If you are only going to play GRiD, G25 is totally NOT needed, Nice, but not needed. For example why get 3 pedals, when grid uses only brake and gas?

Just make sure that 1 month later you are not going to play Race 07 or GTR2 or LFS. For those, yes a g25 would be great.

But even then, get a decent video card 1st. +1 on the 4850.
 
Get an hd 4850. BTW, why do you have a gpu psu, the 650w psu should run your system with any single video card just fine.
 
hstuehmeyer2000 said:
Get an hd 4850. BTW, why do you have a gpu psu, the 650w psu should run your system with any single video card just fine.
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back in the day when i bought my 1900gt i had a 500W with 19A on a single rail,idk just to be safe i guess
is the 4850&then 4870 the same phyisical card just lowerd clocks? is it worth the extra $75 or so
how's the overclocks on the 4850 cuz i love overclocking
 
I hear hallmark makes card shopping easy by having them organized on shelves for you to compare.
 
Grid is lots of fun, check out iracing.com also, that just went live/public this week. I am hooked. Its a sim but so far very good. Like mentioned earlier if you plan on playing any sims, rfactor, race 07, gtr etc then save up for a G25.. very nice wheel for the money. Else a momo will do just fine if you plan on playing arcade racers only.
 
I would not know about racing wheel; but HD4850 will fit you perfectly.
 
mrmodman said:
back in the day when i bought my 1900gt i had a 500W with 19A on a single rail,idk just to be safe i guess
is the 4850&then 4870 the same phyisical card just lowerd clocks? is it worth the extra $75 or so
how's the overclocks on the 4850 cuz i love overclocking
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The 4850 will do anything you want on a 19" CRT and then some, that screen will be the "bottleneck".

If you want anything faster, upgrade that screen first.
 
4850 might even be overkill for a 19", even a 8800GT should be plentiful for that, especially if youre upgradig from a 1900GT,
 
ihira said:
4850 might even be overkill for a 19", even a 8800GT should be plentiful for that, especially if youre upgradig from a 1900GT,
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yeah, but in a year or two that 4850 will still be playing stuff at slightly lower settings when the 8800gt might be sweating.
 
mrmodman said:
back in the day when i bought my 1900gt i had a 500W with 19A on a single rail,idk just to be safe i guess
is the 4850&then 4870 the same phyisical card just lowerd clocks? is it worth the extra $75 or so
how's the overclocks on the 4850 cuz i love overclocking
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HD4870 for what you need would be a waste of money over the HD 4850. Also you game at 1600x1200 right?
 
Yes im playing at 1600X1200
but i want to be able to run crysis at the res. with lots of AA
 
ihira said:
4850 might even be overkill for a 19", even a 8800GT should be plentiful for that, especially if youre upgradig from a 1900GT,
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lol are u serouis.... your saying i can max out crysis on a 8800gt lol looks like someone needs to do some studying
 
I agree that 4850 is not an overkill at 1280*1024.
Crank up AA and AF if FPS is too high!
 
I got the BFG GTX 280 OC for my birthday.
The performance is very good but, unfortunately, it is very noisy.
I am really annoy by the hissing sound it makes and I am seriously considering trading it for a 4870 1GB.
 
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