WTB? Geforce?

Hey,

I used to be a geek when it came with pc's, when i bought my top-of-the-range pc. then i lost interest as my hardware was mega fast.

I have

Athlon xp 2100
Geforce 4 ti4600
512 Samsung DDR 333 ram
****ty mid tower case
550w psu
WD 120gb 8mb cache HDD

Now this ran gta3 fine for ages.

since then i didnt use the pc for 9 months or so.

So yesturday i stripped it, dusted it all out.

Now it wont run gta3 properly, it skips and jumps around, theres nothing wrong with the disk. I bought True Crime; streets of LA today and this also runs terrible,slows down to 2fps imo, cant play it.

So what should I do? Thinking of replacing the graphics card and the other hardware.

So far, ive come to this.




DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
Abit AV8 3RD Eye (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-053-AB)
£75.75 £75.75
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-026-CS)
£164.00 £164.00
MSI GeForce FX 5900SP-VTD 256MB DDR VIVO TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - nBOX Bundle (GX-043-MS)
£149.95 £149.95
CoolerMaster Stacker STC-T01 with Side Window - Blue Trim (No PSU) (CA-060-CM)
£109.95 £109.95



However im stuck on what to buy graphics wise, i cannot afford a 6800, i have about $150 to spend ($200 USD iirc)

So what should i buy, the pc is totally gaming pc.........

help please?????

im also open to ati ect suggestions, it needs to be DirectX 9 compatible whatever it is.

Cheers, J

Buy an ATI 9800 pro. Make sure it is full speed and has 256-bit memory interface.

how much are they ?

is the cpu and motherboard upto spec or should i get something different, i specifically want amd.....

A 9800 pro is probably cheapest $150, but might be hard for you to find that cheap. Less than $200 is a given though.

You didn't list a cpu. A 3500+ or above would be excellent.

Yea you need to buy a S939 A64 for the mobo you picked out, 3500+ i belive is the lowest for them right now

whats the best mboard for overclocking and features, for the amd 64 3000 ????

Well people will Argue over alot, the DFI seems to be a good overclocker i like my epox tho, for a 3000+ youre ganna need a S754 mobo tho

Porsche911r101 said:

Hey,

I used to be a geek when it came with pc's, when i bought my top-of-the-range pc. then i lost interest as my hardware was mega fast.

I have

Athlon xp 2100
Geforce 4 ti4600
512 Samsung DDR 333 ram
****ty mid tower case
550w psu
WD 120gb 8mb cache HDD

Now this ran gta3 fine for ages.

since then i didnt use the pc for 9 months or so.

So yesturday i stripped it, dusted it all out.

Now it wont run gta3 properly, it skips and jumps around, theres nothing wrong with the disk. I bought True Crime; streets of LA today and this also runs terrible,slows down to 2fps imo, cant play it.

So what should I do? Thinking of replacing the graphics card and the other hardware.

However im stuck on what to buy graphics wise, i cannot afford a 6800, i have about $150 to spend ($200 USD iirc)

So what should i buy, the pc is totally gaming pc.........

help please?????

im also open to ati ect suggestions, it needs to be DirectX 9 compatible whatever it is.

Cheers, J

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If your pc played gta3 fine last year and now it doesn't,that doesnt mean you have to buy new stuff.Obviously there is a problem somewhere and if you fix it,you will be able to game with true crime as well.The TI4600 is more than enough to play both of those games.