Upgrading to ATI X1950 Pro AGP - advice please
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From: safeer1982 on 29 Jan 2007 12:35 Hello My system is currently - P4 2.8GHz 512MB RAM 120GB HDD ATI RADEON 9200SE 128MB (I bought it 2 years ago at this specification) I want to upgrade the RAM to 1.5GB I want to install a Sapphire ATI X1950 PRO AGP 512MB and for this I have decided to upgrade the PSU, as the ATI documentation suggests that it needs at least 450W supply. My upgrade will cost around £300 I want to hang on to this system for the next 18-24 months, before buying a new one. My motherboard is an MS6714 (it DOES have an AGP slot, as I have an AGP card in there and it is also shown in the mobo documentation) Will my system utilise the X1950 Pro AGP properly - maximising its potential? Can anyone kindly offer me any advice, hints or tips? Thanks
From: FKS on 29 Jan 2007 15:34 <safeer1982(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1170092108.213704.267380(a)m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... Will my system utilise the X1950 Pro AGP properly - maximising its potential? Can anyone kindly offer me any advice, hints or tips? ------------- Most current games benefit from a fast GPU. So, the Pro will serve you well unless you want to play games at a very high resolution. You will see a big improvement in performance. I have an X850 Pro in my 2nd PC (a P4 2.8GHz system). It handles all my current games pretty well at 1280x1024. The only game it struggles to handle is Oblivion, which I play with my main Core 2 Duo system.
From: JT on 30 Jan 2007 23:37 <safeer1982(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1170092108.213704.267380(a)m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... Hello My system is currently - P4 2.8GHz 512MB RAM 120GB HDD ATI RADEON 9200SE 128MB (I bought it 2 years ago at this specification) I want to upgrade the RAM to 1.5GB I want to install a Sapphire ATI X1950 PRO AGP 512MB and for this I have decided to upgrade the PSU, as the ATI documentation suggests that it needs at least 450W supply. My upgrade will cost around �300 I want to hang on to this system for the next 18-24 months, before buying a new one. My motherboard is an MS6714 (it DOES have an AGP slot, as I have an AGP card in there and it is also shown in the mobo documentation) Will my system utilise the X1950 Pro AGP properly - maximising its potential? Can anyone kindly offer me any advice, hints or tips? Thanks I can't say enough about ensuring you have a good power supply for these cards. My old video card began to have fan issues, so I upgraded to the Powercolor x1950 pro AGP. After putting this in, it too was running hot idling at 50 degrees. Plus my case temps and HD temps both were way up. I had an inkling it was the power supply. I have a not that old Antec 500w Smartpower, but I replaced it with an FSP-Group 700 watt with 4 rails of +12V at 18A each. After rebooting, my video card is now idling at 40 and my other temps all have gone down to normal levels. You need a PS with good +12V amps, at least 30 is recommended. The Powercolor version has a nice cooling system on it although you'll need to clear a PCI slot next to it. The card is now running pretty cool not breaking 50 in games. This is a 256M version. There are 512M versions, but I don't think the difference is incredibly substantial unless you are going to run games at really high resolutions(over 1600x1200). HIS sells both versions with better cooling solutions than stock and come overclocked as well. I'm running a 3.4G P4 Northwood so I may not be taking full advantage of the card, but it does just fine for me. This would be a great upgrade for you as well I'm sure. You won't find another AGP card that will run games as fast as these cards do right now. Again, don't skimp on the PS when running these cards.
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