trakaill

So what are the connectors for on the card ?

Well ati's all use 2pcie 6 pins plugs and the GTX260 and do as well..if you get one of these cards make sure you have 2 plugs some lower wattage psu only have one

...if you find a cheap 4870 why not..remember ati requires 2 pcie 6 pins so make sure you have a psu that can follow before you buy a card. If you can look at GTX 260..if you dont have the cash maybe a 250 will do..its stil a nice upgrade from what you have

First question is what do you have now..second what are you trying to achieve...50-60 pounds wont get you really far but it could still be an update

how come your selling it for so cheap??

I will never EVER buy a psu that is not modular...now that Ive seen both world...never go back...same as once you go black for girls.. that said he can go with a tad lower Wattage and go modular for just a bit more money!

add that to the posts that make e want to bitch slap you...not because I feel the least bit targeted by this but because it makes no sense... Anyway I had Win 95 then 98 when ME came out I was so jealous of everyone else cause they could play pinball and I couldnt thats al I wanted to do! Every time I was somewhere that had it I would put scores in the billions on it..then I found a way to get in on my comp then xp then vista

Im sure you have read one of shadows post about gaming headset so there is no need to go all over that again...get real headphones with a zalman mic!...or you can try these but be aware of durability of gaming headsets...

read the thread youd have to get approved first and yes wear the tag in SG servers Im guessing.....I think you can like buy a debit card type thing where you fill it up with cash and then use it online like a regulard card...Im not 100% on that but I think you can do that!

you argument is invalid.... How can a card play a game "before" and not Play it anymore...if you havent changed other components or graphics settings then that makes no sense at all..and I play l4d on high with an 8800gts..so gtfo!

Your last three post have made me want to punch you in the face..since I cant do that Ill just tell you you need to gtfo if your gonna be a useless disrespectful asshole. Second your wrong the 7300GT VS 9800GT is actually a big enough power difference to create problems.. The said computer though was build a year ago is like a few years behind mine thats already 2 years old and bough it outdated..so basically it is crap..upgrading it will probably be hard. As mentioned Bios upgrade might be possible but I have doubts. Slapping a 260 with the shit cpu and im guessing shit ram wont take you far...plus the 260 wont work cause the psu prolly sucks..bottom line bad idea.. Im guessing the comp was a prebuilt...imagine the kind of mobo/psu that was used..my dellcomp came with a 320W psu... If your capped at 200 save some money and build one next year...I these 200-300 bucks will be like flushing it down the toilet cause it wont be enough to make a real difference that will last a decent amount of time If you buy an 9800 you will need a new psu..and that upgrade wont do much unless you upgrade the cpu. Im guessing the whole thing is pretty slow you might need more ram

I say that cause of core speed and cache..3.16GHz on the E8500 with 6MB L2 cache and 3.00GHz on the E8400 with 6MB L2 cache... the Q9400 runs at 2.66 also with 6MB L2 cache Now Im not a computer genius so shadowx or someone else can explain exactly what CPU cache is or to wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_cache but apparently the difference between 4 and 6 is noticeably different..so that is why I though the small amount of money was worth it imho.. Now shadow needs to come in here and comment on all this.. One of my buddie OCed his 8500 at 4.275GHz stable ...which I though was cool http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4389671&id=590850448 dunno if you guys can see this..it might be private

the cpu was really the main point which isnt 100 more (30 or 20) ..and I would still get the E8400 over what you suggested for 169.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066&cm_re=antec_300-_-11-129-066-_-Product that one comes with the fans for 10 bucks more

All these dont exceed 10 feet (3m)..you wont be doing much scuba diving with that...Ive gone down to 25-30 feet (7-10m) free diving...my max was 60 feet (20m) with tanks cause the regs in france are a lot stricter than the US... GL finding something in the price range

You my good sir needs to stop the crystal meth...people were just giving their opinions about dell computers.... On that subject I just put an ATX psu with no problem in my 530..I think it might be a problem to change the mobo though

Id upgrade the cpu to an Q9400..its 189 for a significant performance upgrade..or an E8500 they both OC nicely but even if you dont they are fast!! Antec 900 is cheap right now..Id look at cool master cases as well. Also Id invest into a cpu heatsink rather than a gpu..or both ... Maybeupgrade the PSU to 550 if you want to go nVidia..

My dell works fine... The only advantage of custom building is price..if I could put in a dell the same thing I can buy on new egg I would for warranty and all that shit.. and having professional backup... Ill haventupdated yet btw not had time hence why I will build my next and not buy a dell And yes the mother board locks suck..Im actually afraid of buying a new cpu cause I read the mobo will sometimes give you trouble with dell computers...Ive been thinking of upgrading from my E6550 to an E8500 or a Q9400..dunno yet..I might just wait another year and build a whole new one next summer with an i7...

I also got that monitor from that same sale for 160!!! GREAT PRICE FOR A GREAT MONITOR!!!!

you keep on using XP...while most of normal people with +3GB's of ram will enjoy vista... I will try to update my dell inspiron tonight to see if it works for me.. And I belive the GPU could affect the authentication because dell has some weird shit were I guess the PC isnt the same that was delivered so to speak so it does that..

if you have a laptop with one GB or ram then yeah sucks for you...

Well Im not a advanced user myself but I have a few friends that are..and since vista SP1 has been around the feedbacks I got from them is that it was as good as XP if not better to works with...now most users arent at that level anyway!!! Furthermore this whole argument is completely invalid since 10/22 since windows 7 came out and it's prolly what you should get....

Why the hell not?? Vista is awesome..especially with 8 GB of ram... If you dont wanna build..yes get this..you have a little money left for a GTX 260..or if you wanna go a little cheaper you might be able to find a radeon 4870

on my last xp comp I skined everything like Vista..I really liked it!!..i did the same on my netbook!..but now win7 is out...