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Hi all,
I've been putting off upgrading for a while and I'm still not prepared (financially) to do a total rebuild. However The Witcher II is giving me nothing more than medium settings and even that isn't as smooth as i'd like. It's the first game that i've wanted to play that doesn't run up to the standard I expect. My current set-up is as follows:
Q6600 @ 3.5ghz
ATI 4870 1gig
4 gig ram (limited by XP 32 bit)
750w Corsair
1920x1200
Now I know that i'm skatting on thin ice still using a 32 bit OP, but I think that if I'm going to spend another £100-150 or so to get the best gaming experiance possible from what i've for, it's best done on a new graphics card. Everything else, Windows 7, CPU, RAM maybe an SSD, can wait just a little longer. Of course as and when I do have that extra £500 to build a new platform, i'd like my new graphics card to still be decent enough. I'd prefer an ATI card right now as i'll lose less sleep not having to worry about accidental driver conflicts when i install it, but I've had plenty of nvidia cards i've loved too and I will suck it up if i have to.
Any and all advice would be welcome.
Uncle
I've been putting off upgrading for a while and I'm still not prepared (financially) to do a total rebuild. However The Witcher II is giving me nothing more than medium settings and even that isn't as smooth as i'd like. It's the first game that i've wanted to play that doesn't run up to the standard I expect. My current set-up is as follows:
Q6600 @ 3.5ghz
ATI 4870 1gig
4 gig ram (limited by XP 32 bit)
750w Corsair
1920x1200
Now I know that i'm skatting on thin ice still using a 32 bit OP, but I think that if I'm going to spend another £100-150 or so to get the best gaming experiance possible from what i've for, it's best done on a new graphics card. Everything else, Windows 7, CPU, RAM maybe an SSD, can wait just a little longer. Of course as and when I do have that extra £500 to build a new platform, i'd like my new graphics card to still be decent enough. I'd prefer an ATI card right now as i'll lose less sleep not having to worry about accidental driver conflicts when i install it, but I've had plenty of nvidia cards i've loved too and I will suck it up if i have to.
Any and all advice would be welcome.
Uncle
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