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ninjablooper
Posted on 06-03-12 03:47 AM Link | Quote | ID: 151200


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Last view: 2975 days 		My old one is terribly outdated. Can anyone recommend me a good one that will last for awhile? I personally want to run newer games smoothly. I'm currently on Windows 7 if that helps. Not sure if I need anymore specs.

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Until then, you need to provide me your system specs or else I cannot help you properly.


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Posted by MikeFuryXP
If you have this thread, I mgiht be able to help you.
Is this supposed to be english?

ninjablooper, you need to tell us what motherboard you have, as well as what power supply. GPUs use lots of power, so if your current PSU is inadequate, bad things could happen.

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You don't. You have to look on the PSU directly to see what its specs are. The motherboard model might be listed somewhere though, idk.

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Last view: 2975 days 		So by Power Supply Unit what exactly do you mean? As in where I'm getting my energy from or my fan's power or what? Sorry, I'm not exactly very well informed of hardware.

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Posted by ninjablooper
So by Power Supply Unit what exactly do you mean? As in where I'm getting my energy from or my fan's power or what? Sorry, I'm not exactly very well informed of hardware.


Excuse kevin while he gets his answer right.
Download HW monitor
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
Also open up your case from the right side and see what motherboard model you got.
You don't want to get any type of GPU that nay bottle neck your cpu.

Minimum wattage for normal pci-e 2.0 gpus is 350wattage with limited system hardware setup.
Recommended for most video cards would be 425-600 watts, not unless you plan on going for a GTX series or ATI HD higher up 5000-6000 series.


Nick
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Posted by NightKev
Posted by MikeFuryXP
If you have this thread, I mgiht be able to help you.
Is this supposed to be english?

ninjablooper, you need to tell us what motherboard you have, as well as what power supply. GPUs use lots of power, so if your current PSU is inadequate, bad things could happen.

CPU and RAM might also be a concern for bottlenecking.

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Last view: 700 days 		Good call nick, if your going to game, 4gb of good ram will do you.
I stick with kingston it has not gave me much of issue at all, anyone else would go for a gskill or higher for good oc medium power build pcs.

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Last view: 3400 days 		About this topic. I have dolphin and I need to know the same thing, NB. So if someone knows let the both of us know rather than just him alone.

I really can't live with lag.

NightKev
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About this topic. I have dolphin and I need to know the same thing, NB. So if someone knows let the both of us know rather than just him alone.

I really can't live with lag.
Okay, look, it doesn't work like that. You should make your own thread, and tell us exactly what hardware you currently have. If we don't know, we can't tell you what's compatible or whether you need to buy anything else. We would also need to know how much you can spend. You can't just ask "hey what's a good X?" and expect a magical answer.

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About this topic. I have dolphin and I need to know the same thing, NB. So if someone knows let the both of us know rather than just him alone.

I really can't live with lag.
Okay, look, it doesn't work like that. You should make your own thread, and tell us exactly what hardware you currently have. If we don't know, we can't tell you what's compatible or whether you need to buy anything else. We would also need to know how much you can spend. You can't just ask "hey what's a good X?" and expect a magical answer.


Yes, but see. I don't expect a magical answer. But I don't feel like spamming the place up with threads about the same topic so why not post it in here?

Also I'm getting it upgraded to Windows 7 as soon as I find that disc I lost somewhere, unless I lent it to someone...

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Posted by YamI
About this topic. I have dolphin and I need to know the same thing, NB. So if someone knows let the both of us know rather than just him alone.

I really can't live with lag.
Okay, look, it doesn't work like that. You should make your own thread, and tell us exactly what hardware you currently have. If we don't know, we can't tell you what's compatible or whether you need to buy anything else. We would also need to know how much you can spend. You can't just ask "hey what's a good X?" and expect a magical answer.


Yami, if you want help with your computer make a thread in the hardware/software forum.
If I see it I will help you, but be warned, not enough info on your system and price range requirements and lack of communication, means no help for you.

Got it ?

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Posted by YamI
But I don't feel like spamming the place up with threads about the same topic so why not post it in here?
I don't think that is going to be an issue any time soon considering we are fairly inactive for a board.

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Posted by Lunaria
Posted by YamI
But I don't feel like spamming the place up with threads about the same topic so why not post it in here?
I don't think that is going to be an issue any time soon considering we are fairly inactive for a board.


Okay then. If I must.

ninjablooper
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Posted by ninjablooper
Okay long story, but I can get all the information I need now. I'm just curious though what specs should my card have if I'm doing modern gaming?



Hmm, if you have a phenom ii x2 555 thats a good starter for gaming.
If you have a pci-e slot, any recent ati or nvidia one will do.
Find a card and look at the spec requirements, if its asking for more power than you currently have I recommend you upgrade soon.

A phenom ii x4 955, 965 will do you good, atleast your machine will have breathing for a game a and a few open apps and documents.

Can I ask what you do besides gaming with your machine ?
I'm just trying to get a glimpse of what you do and I could suggest somethings for you to look at.

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