Possible upgrade?

Veloc1ty90 · Post by **Veloc1ty90** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:10 pm

All right guys I need a bit of help. As most of you know, I am not as 'computer smart' as alot of you guys are. I know a bit, but mainly just love the games lol. But, this x-mas, I am getting quite a bit of cash, and I am thinking of putting some of it into some upgrades. Current specs can be found here. So, my question is, what would be the best upgrades to get for a decent price? Based on the new max-pc, it looks like the EVGA e-Geforce 8800GT SSC is a great buy for the price. I also want to get another GB of memory. Recomendations? Gimme all the info you can think up, cuz I am pretty much clueless as to what will run well with what

BugZz · Post by **BugZz** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:23 pm

Your looking to that card in your laptop or build a compelety new rig?

Veloc1ty90 · Post by **Veloc1ty90** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:12 pm

suki wrote:Your looking to that card in your laptop or build a compelety new rig?

Upgrading laptop

eXg. focus · Post by **eXg. focus** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:35 pm

Don't get the SSC. The core is fine, but they overdid it on the shaders and a lot of them are getting damaged because of the cooling issue.

Get a KO or Superclocked and do the rest of the overclocking yourself with Rivatuner.

If you need a hand with that I can help.

2 gb is the ideal ram amount at this time.

BugZz · Post by **BugZz** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:42 am

Veloc1ty90 wrote:
suki wrote:Your looking to that card in your laptop or build a compelety new rig?
Upgrading laptop

8800GT is not made for laptops yet only card made for laptops in 8 seris is 8600GTS

Veloc1ty90 · Post by **Veloc1ty90** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:44 pm

eXg. f0cus wrote:Don't get the SSC. The core is fine, but they overdid it on the shaders and a lot of them are getting damaged because of the cooling issue.

Get a KO or Superclocked and do the rest of the overclocking yourself with Rivatuner.

If you need a hand with that I can help.

2 gb is the ideal ram amount at this time.

OK, so just grab another stick of DDR2? I noticed there was a 'DDR3' now, does it matter?

eXg. focus · Post by **eXg. focus** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:53 pm

Veloc1ty90 wrote:
eXg. f0cus wrote:Don't get the SSC. The core is fine, but they overdid it on the shaders and a lot of them are getting damaged because of the cooling issue.

Get a KO or Superclocked and do the rest of the overclocking yourself with Rivatuner.

If you need a hand with that I can help.

2 gb is the ideal ram amount at this time.
OK, so just grab another stick of DDR2? I noticed there was a 'DDR3' now, does it matter?

ddr3 doesn't matter unless you have a ddr3 compatible board.

Also, i don't know how 'upgradable' laptops generally are, either. All I've ever done was switch out hdd's on laptops. Overall, they're nowhere near as upgrade friendly as desktops are.

Veloc1ty90 · Post by **Veloc1ty90** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:56 pm

eXg. f0cus wrote:
Veloc1ty90 wrote:
eXg. f0cus wrote:Don't get the SSC. The core is fine, but they overdid it on the shaders and a lot of them are getting damaged because of the cooling issue.

Get a KO or Superclocked and do the rest of the overclocking yourself with Rivatuner.

If you need a hand with that I can help.

2 gb is the ideal ram amount at this time.
OK, so just grab another stick of DDR2? I noticed there was a 'DDR3' now, does it matter?
ddr3 doesn't matter unless you have a ddr3 compatible board.

Also, i don't know how 'upgradable' laptops generally are, either. All I've ever done was switch out hdd's on laptops. Overall, they're nowhere near as upgrade friendly as desktops are.

I can upgrade it. Prolly not myself, may have to take it to a shop or something, I dunno yet. I will check into it. hopefully I can. Cuz I want to upgrade and run the new gaems a bit smoother, but I am too close to college to dedicate 2500 + $$ to a new rig

eXg. focus · Post by **eXg. focus** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:29 pm

You can build a high end game rig with 800 bucks if you have all your peripherals already. (mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc.)

eXg. Man0waR · Post by **eXg. Man0waR** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:20 pm

there are the old versions of the 8800gts for laptops, i dont know if they are on the consumer market or exclusive to dell/alienware(same company) but they do exist. Either wait for the 88gt to get shrunken to the laptop size or try and find an 88gts.