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looksharp

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Hi i am new to this.Ive bought myself a Sapphire 1gb gddr5 radeon hd 4890 card and using a amd athlone (tm) 64 X 2 dual core 5600+ 2.81 Ghz with 4 gig ram and 450 watt power supply.operating on vista premuim 32 bit.I live in kimberley and want expert advise.What do i have to add to this card to make it better graphics than my xbox and ps3.Ive got a samsung lcd 39 inch television.My pc screen is a Syncmaster 2033 lcd 15000:1 dynamic contrast screen.I want great graphics.Any info please got about R 4000,00 to spend but would like to spend less for the best value
 
You might have a bottleneck with your processor...thing is for you too see better graphics just turn up the setting:p lol What mobo do you have...?
 
AG come on i realy need advise man,i read my power supply is to small and can improve on my cpu dont be like this
 
looksharp said:
AG come on i realy need advise man,i read my power supply is to small and can improve on my cpu dont be like this
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Yes those two item are the only ones that I would "upgrade" in your system. What PSU do you have...?
Mobo= motherboard
 
looksharp said:
Asus mobo and 450 psu not really sure what exactly what name psu
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Your mobo normally has a "serial" number eg. that indicates what model it is. Did you build the system or buy it from someone else...? Maybe you received a manual with it(the mobo) which has the model number on it...?
 
THANKS have to look first bought it but cant remember mobo serial and have to look first sorry thats why i ask because dont know much about hardware and just likes graphic and gaming
 
looksharp said:
THANKS have to look first bought it but cant remember mobo serial and have to look first sorry thats why i ask because dont know much about hardware and just likes graphic and gaming
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Sure bud, just relax you seem a bit tense:p The forumites here are more than willing to help you out. The reason we need to know the model of your motherboard is so that we can see what processors are compatible with it;)

And welcome to the forums:)
 
looksharp, you have 5GB of memory, but with your existing OS, you will only be able to really "use" 3,2GB.
So perhaps think of shifting to a 64bit OS.

Now looking at your xbox and PS3, they normally run at full HD if I am not mistaken?
That is 1080 lines.

Now your PC screen looks like 19"? The max there should be 1280x1024?
So your PC graphics should be better than on the TV.
Perhaps look at the settings on your games and switch on all the eye candy :)
 
Zenbaas said:
Sure bud, just relax you seem a bit tense:p The forumites here are more than willing to help you out. The reason we need to know the model of your motherboard is so that we can see what processors are compatible with it;)

And welcome to the forums:)
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Ok M2n-mx rev1.xx
Chipset nividia mcp61
Southbrigde same
lpcio ITE IT 8712
Bios American megatrends
version 0081
Date 05/11/2007
Graphic interface PCI express
link width x16
Hope this help thanks
 
That is my maximum and thats the most i can set it on my ati catalyst control and on my display settings:sick:
 
I'd actually suggest you get a new monitor. While the processor is a bottleneck, it's not so much so. The higher the resolution you play at, the less of a difference processor makes.

I'd suggest a new monitor. The Samsung 2494 or the Samsung T260.

The 2494 has built in speakers and hdmi so you can take it with for your consoles. Much easier to carry around than a lcd tv.
 
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