Pci-E Mobo

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My 9800 pro has finally given up,so here it is!!

I have £300 to spend on an upgrade from AGP to Pci_e and a new card,so!

I need a new Mobo for my 64/3500 and a new GPU (X1800 perhaps)

Do I need to do a windows install with a new Mobo?

Any help greatly appreciated....The links to you sufggestions would be useful


Thanks!!!
 
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I've still got my 9800 pro, has lasted me well, considering i bought it the week it came out, for a ridiculous price!

Personally i'd say a 7900GT or an x1800xt and for the motherboard, if you're looking for a good one, then an Asus a8n-sli....see what other people say :)

EDIT: the 7900 series are on offer this week as is the Asus A8n-sli-SE
 
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7900GT/X1800XT 256Mb and a DFI Ultra-D would be an awesome combination :) The 7900GT is less power hungry, so if your PSU is a little lacking that might be the better option :)
 
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GX-037-OK OcUK GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-OK) 1
£164.95 £164.95
MB-013-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF) 1
£94.95 £94.95

Subtotal £259.90
VAT £45.49
Total £305.39

Its would be another £8 for delivery, but that motherboard is worth the extra over the competition.
 
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Well I went ahead and ordered myself a Sapphire X1800XT 512 and a DFI Ultra-D........goodbye AGP bottleneck!!!!!!

Never installed a new Mobo so any help/tips greatly appreciated....I noticed on a thread that was too tech for me that it's important which ram slots you use in which order????


I have now:

Athlon3500/64
2GB Crucial 4 x 512 (2 Matched Pairs)
DFI Ultra-D
X1800XT 512 (Sapphire)
16x Dual Layer

Assuming all goes well my next buy will be a decent soundcard and perhaps a quicker CPU......
 
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portovechios said:
Well I went ahead and ordered myself a Sapphire X1800XT 512 and a DFI Ultra-D........goodbye AGP bottleneck!!!!!!

Never installed a new Mobo so any help/tips greatly appreciated....I noticed on a thread that was too tech for me that it's important which ram slots you use in which order????


I have now:

Athlon3500/64
2GB Crucial 4 x 512 (2 Matched Pairs)
DFI Ultra-D
X1800XT 512 (Sapphire)
16x Dual Layer

Assuming all goes well my next buy will be a decent soundcard and perhaps a quicker CPU......

Your sig is ridiculously too large, you're allowed an image 400x75 pixels or 4 lines of text.
 
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AGP is not a bottleneck, its the same old story, blind them with science.

Current crop of cards and prolly next 3 generations would run happily on agp 8X.

Its just another excuse to make u uppgrade perfectly serviceable hardware...needlessly (unless u want the latest GPU).
 
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portovechios said:
{snip}Never installed a new Mobo so any help/tips greatly appreciated....I noticed on a thread that was too tech for me that it's important which ram slots you use in which order????{snip}
Follow the user guide carefully is one. Quickly go through it first before you start.
oh, & have enough room for the build. Layout everything. I prefre building the mobo part outside the case first :D

Read this ;)
 
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Alien8473 said:
AGP is not a bottleneck, its the same old story, blind them with science.

Current crop of cards and prolly next 3 generations would run happily on agp 8X.

Its just another excuse to make u uppgrade perfectly serviceable hardware...needlessly (unless u want the latest GPU).

SLI needs more bandwidth than the AGP bus can supply, it even benefits from 16x over 8x per card, so its not simply just forced upgrading, it does bring benefits. Not to mention PCI-E allows SLI/X-fire setups (even though I find them frankly pointless for most uses).
 
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