Quote fromWeak joke for Prima Aprilis. Or it's not a joke coz they though we would though it as a joke and therefore we can consider is as a joke? ;]
Anyway, a joke.
cheers
What are you talking about dude?
It's a NEW class... Go visit the website. you'll see.
The Blizzard april fools's joke is about World of Warcraft and the "Dance Wars"
(shut up dude ;D)
Not trying to be a jackass, but it seems we have different opinions.
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They basically just slapped a 9 on the beginning and presto: It's a new graphics card for people to buy. I bet there must have been a ton of jumping from 8800GT to this new and strangely inexpenive 9800GT.
There were some vendors that released some cards with a die shrink, but I basically have not come across any. Nvidia got a very bad rep for doing this.
Anyway make sure you get your rebates man. I don't know how shipping goes, I always buy in stores.
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Just so you know, the graphics card is not like the 384mb versions with a 192-bit interface. It has full 512mb of ram like the 9600gt and ALL the 96 stream processors that the 384mb versions have (not half that like most 9600gso 512 versions have). Which makes it a 9600gt with lower frequencies that you can later overclock through the roof and into 8800/9800GT territory.
And that PSU you ordered - it can power a basic system with a gtx280 and an i7 proc (not overclocked much mind you), so you definetly have some upgrade potential.
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They are both good brands. Pick the Corsair one just in case
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The Corsair is rated at a continious power rating (it's more like 450W) and are less liberal about placing big numbers than brands like Rosewill, besides it's not running on multiple rails like the Rosewill one and has more amps on the 12V+ which is important. If you look around on 30A psus on google, mostly 550w supplies will pop up.
Most of the reviewers comments are:
"Very good looking power supply with a HUGE fan on the bottom, too.";
"Has a bright blue light inside, which could be annoying if you keep it running a lot."; JUST LOL
"The pictures show this PSU upside down.";
"It would be pointless to tell u the parts i use this power supply for sense the parts are all deactivated now, Will except for a few." etc.
It's only fair to say that some people are idiots.
They are both good brands. Pick the Corsair one just in case
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No way any single pcb card that will be released within near future will use more than 600w total including entire config. Not considering your specs anyway. Just add i7, 4 more hdds and it's a different story though.
Pay? Early morning laugh
Amusing.
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The manufacturers always overblow system requirements for the cards. I've used the 8800gt on a 20$ 300W generic Ping-Pong Chinese psu for well over a year, with an overclocked e4600 to boot. I also recommend this path because unplugging, bolting, opening etc. might not be hard, but it might be long nerve-wasting work for someone who hasn't done anything like that before.
But you have to understand the risks of psu failiure. Even top class psu like PC Power & Cooling can puff in smoke and take down your entire pc with it. So.... it's up to you. But I can pretty much guarantee it will work no problems with the psu you already have. But working close to max as well.
Another thing is that no one, especially not some snot nosed kid on a forum can tell you what system reqs for games that haven't been released are. But this config will run every game out there right now with very playable framerates on max or near max quality settings on your resolution no problems.
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LOL dude. You have six ram slots because besides the standard 4 slots (like the P5K that are compatible with ddr2 memory, only vendor that produces them with ddr3 by default on those intel boards are intel themselves) that come with P35 chipset motherboards, you have an extra 2 slots INCOMPATIBLE (both physically and electrically) with ddr2 that are there in case you already have ddr3 memory that you might want to use. You cannot mix and match them
If all your ddr2 memory slots are already filled, then it would be silly to buy anew.
I told you that you should wait for the next gen graphics cards coming soon, but it's your cash
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You seem like such a nice guy, so I won't rip your idea to pieces.
Although "The Changeling" ?
Come on man. Would have been a more original idea to talk about a lion, a scarecrow and a tin-man trying to help a young girl called Dora find her way out of a paranormal dream-zone by defeating the wicked warlock of the north
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-Replacing the integrated graphics in your pre-built HP will go a long LONG way in the performance department like you said.
-You cannot overclock the processor through the bios, and there aren't any pinmods to OC an am2 socket processor. So 2.5ghz is where it stays. You might try http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=189 if you are feeling avdventurous
-About the ram:
it is currently not in dual channel since there are only 2 physical ram slots on the motherboard (meaning a 2gb+1gb combination) and since I have no way of knowing if your motherboard vendor even fitted the oem motherboard with such capabilites (though retail bought nforce 430 motherboards are capable of this) means you would have to buy 2 new modules of ram. No need for that.
The benefit of dual channel is so minimal that you will have a very hard time spotting or feeling the difference.
The addition of 1 more gb of ram will make for a tiny performance boost in some games. Don't bother with it.
And the difference between ram running at 800mhz and 667mhz is practically nonexistant.
Not to mention that replacing the ram might bring to stability issues (e.g. computer not turning on ^_^) because of oem compatibility. Such are factory built computers.
So take my advice and leave the ram alone.
-Your case is fine, no need to add fans or a better cpu cooler either- you can't overclock, so your system will not heat up. More fans add noise as well. Besides -you have one exhaust fan already installed.
-Your power supply is a basic run of the mill metal box.
After a bit of searching I have found that it does not have a PCI-express connector.
While 250w is most likely the peak wattage, it will run a graphics card like the 9800gt if you get a 4-pin to 6-pin connector http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812887001 (3$).
NOTE: Most graphics cards already come with such a PCI-express adapter. I put the link there so that you have a basic idea of what to do or what to buy if the adapter does not come bundled with the graphics card you buy.
OK, this is what you need:
(or what I thought you needed, just scroll down a little bit, you'll see what I mean)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102824
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008
Both power supply (added it because of future upgradeability) and graphics card are free shipping coming to a total sum of 125 $ . Both items are price/performance kings that shit on everything else in their price segment. Both are on a limited time offer.
The graphics card would brake those games in half, and a more powerfull one will be bottlenecked by your processor.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT UNTIL....
35$ after mail-in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121320
This is almost as fast as the 9800gt (which is slower than the gtx cards to mention, and about 10-15% slower than the ati 4850)
And it's going for peanuts.
Download Rivatuner http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatuner and overclock the shiz out of your card. You'll most likely gain 15-20% boost in performance. That card overclocks like crazy.
Summary:
Keep the RAM, the POWER SUPPLY and the CASE
BUY THE 9600GSO
300$ ? Hahahaha :thumbsup:
(also install Windows XP if you haven't. And please don't buy the software either)