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    Upgrading Video Card

    Ok i have NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS and i want to upgrade to the Geforce 8800 GT. One would it increase my computer performance significantly and second would it be quieter? Cause i want to upgrade my current computer to a silent, fast computer and also without it overheating if i leave it on overnight.

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    Might as well get the 9800GT.

    It will be quiet.. depends what so consider "silent" I guess. Performance wise it will knock your socks off

    There are passive HD4850's in the works though.

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    Yup, without a doubt you'll see a massive improvement with an 8800gt. (You should consider the 9800gt)

    As for sound I have no idea but seeing as most are single slots, they'll probably relatively quiet although an option would be to get an after market cooler (something like the passive Arctic cooling).
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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    i have an 8800gt and on the stock cooler it runs at 30% which is quiet but very hot... at 100% you have lift off lol... but what i did was get a akasa vortexx neo cooler, even for someone like me it was easy to install and lowered my temps by about 15 degrees... plus at 100% its not very loud and at 50% its silent ...the card plus the cooler is about 130ish, oh and btw yes the performance increase would be alot

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    Quote Originally Posted by Mithrandir View Post
    As for sound I have no idea but seeing as most are single slots, they'll probably relatively quiet although an option would be to get an after market cooler (something like the passive Arctic cooling).
    They've got those small fans so they wont be quiet and cool, best to get a dual slot or an aftermarket cooler on those.

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    The passive HD4850's are about on scan, but they run a good 70degs idle. Have a look at 9800GT's and possibly GTX's certainly, can be cheaper than the 8800's in some cases.

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    which company should i buy from? cuz in frys they have two manufacturer.
    BFG 9800GT OC 512MB PCI-Express 2.0 Video Card $30 dollar rebate. 169.99 to 139.99
    EVGA 9800GT 512MB PCI-Express Video Card $10 dollar rebate. 149.99 to 139.99

    and how do u find which fan u are using and what kind of heat sink? and it sythe ninja plus rev B SCNJ-11009 good for a cpu heat sink? and where can i find one in south cali if its good

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    bfg one seems better and the rebate is bigger. Got any links to those cards so we can see the clocks? If the BFG has a faster clock speed get that one. EVGA allows you to overclock your card without validating warranty though so if you're gonna overclock your card too then get that but the BFG is still cheapest after rebate.

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    seems the evga one is faster. Get the EVGA one I'd say.

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    hey moogle how do u find out ur specs like ur
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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    well there's a couple of ways, knowing what you buy and put in your pc is a good way

    But seriously download CPU-z and GPU-z
    With CPU-z you can find out info on your motherboard, memory and cpu
    GPU-z will let you info on your graphics card.
    getting info on your power supply is tricky, normally the only way is to open your case and look at the stickers on it.

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    Quote Originally Posted by sketchy View Post
    hey moogle how do u find out ur specs like ur <snip> sig
    Well 1 way is to know what you buy

    The other ways are like Pob has said. You can find your CPU, Motherboard and Memory with CPU-Z alone.

    If you're stuck just click the About tab in CPU-Z and click the Save Validation File. Click the link in the Step #2 section and upload that file. It's pretty small so it'll be quick. Then the page should take you to a page where all the info is displayed. Just copy the link of the page and put it here we can tell you what your specs are. Like Pob has said finding your PSU make and model will warrant an opening of your case. For your Hard Drives you can find them in Windows. Right click on your drives and go properties and click Hardware. It should say the Manfacturer name and the Model.

    But I'm sure it'll be easy for you seeing as you're buying the GPU so you'll be opening the case to install it

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    ati 4670 @ebuyer looks good price point. Wont compete with the 9800gt etc

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    Quote Originally Posted by bargainboy View Post
    ati 4670 @ebuyer looks good price point. Wont compete with the 9800gt etc
    Pay attention, he posted a link to frys.com and has quoted prices in $ so we can pritty safely assume he's in the us not the uk

    Also you'd be better off with the old 3850 as that's better than the 4670 and costs about the same, but the 9800gt is better than both of thoes

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    Re: Upgrading Video Card

    how will i no if geforce 9800 is compatible with my motherboard because my brother said it might not be compatible
    http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=445622
    thats my specs also if anyone can help me find which one should i upgrade to improve performance and sound
    also is there a website or a book that can teach me more about computers cuz i want to build my own computer one day and want to know if i am doing it right

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