Charlie
Mon Nov 05 07:54:44 PST 2007
Yes. And with all sorts of driver issues from what I've seen. Nope, I'll
pass. Put as much reliable RAM in there as will fit, throw in a decent (but
not upper end) ATI video card that doesn't need a fan, and I'm in business.
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"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3A33A921-4358-48E8-9D2D-61D94F996E58@microsoft.com...
> Me too.
> Memory size seems to be more important than speed.
> Getting back to video cards, even the crossfire/sli thing is more a myth
> than a reality.
> Pay twice the price (two cards) and get only a 5% boost on certain
> circumnstances.
> Carlos
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> Hmmm. Well, I'd be curious to see a good, side by side, comparison that
>> showed more than single digit percentage differences. For way more than
>> single digit price differences.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
>> news:ub3PUf0HIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > Following your suggestion of upping ram, I would make it the largest
>> > bandwidth and lowest latencies for better gaming.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:3A8E8F12-5BAA-4C6B-BC5F-7775A8E95200@microsoft.com...
>> >> Don't follow the numbering conventions for nvidia, since I won't buy
>> >> their stuff. ;) But I trust your appraisal of the card for the
>> >> purpose -
>> >> since I'm not a gamer, even if I knew the current numbering of nvidia
>> >> cards, it wouldn't mean much. My needs are business graphics use. I
>> >> want
>> >> a card that can handle Vista Aero comfortably, doesn't have driver
>> >> issues, and doesn't have a fan. I couldn't care less if it does
>> >> crossfire
>> >> or whatever, since I don't ever do anything that would notice.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Charlie.
>> >>
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>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:8EDE5184-E9DA-4CD9-A62C-EB7A009A8C61@microsoft.com...
>> >>> And from a strict gaming standpoint, which is the OP's issue, the
>> >>> video
>> >>> card
>> >>> is quite below the required minimum.
>> >>> The 8400's are highly feature/hardware crippled cards of the 8xxx's
>> >>> series.
>> >>> Even the 8600GT performs slightly above the 7600GT. The 8500 hardly
>> >>> compares
>> >>> to a 7300.
>> >>> My recommended 8600GTS is roughly equivalent to the 7900GS and gives
>> >>> more
>> >>> bang for the buck.
>> >>> Carlos
>> >>>
>> >>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> And up the RAM. 1GB is pretty minimal in this scenario
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Charlie.
>> >>>>
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>> >>>>
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>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> news:896B13A4-15C2-4A18-9CA4-1E0664F3AFFD@microsoft.com...
>> >>>> > Tomoian,
>> >>>> > Your 8400gs is limiting your performance, it is a lowly performer.
>> >>>> > Consider upgrading to an 8600gts type card.
>> >>>> > Carlos
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > "tomoian" wrote:
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >> hi all was wondering if i installed xp 64 bit on my pc would it
>> >>>> >> speed up
>> >>>> >> my
>> >>>> >> pc performance i have xp home 32bit at moment and finding pc slow
>> >>>> >> when
>> >>>> >> gaming
>> >>>> >> on line ive got intel 3.ooghz duel core with 1gb ram 667mhz and
>> >>>> >> a
>> >>>> >> nivida
>> >>>> >> 8400gs graphics card would a 64bit make and diffrence to
>> >>>> >> performance
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >
>>