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[Warsaw]

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130220

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115202

Graphics Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102810

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231229

Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320

Media Drive (CD/DVD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136152

Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139001

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119106

Price: $1039

The case is up to you really. And you can mitigate some of the cost by scavenging parts (like hard drives, floppy disk drives, and media drives) from your current rig. Hell, if your current case is a mid tower, you could probably reuse that too.

[itszutak]

E: Oh wait, the card is fine. I honestly have no idea unless you're RAM is really slow. It's possibly the drivers. Update the drivers for your video card.

Drivers are the ones released just 3 days ago

I think it's the ram. Can DDR2 667 ram be fast?

Specifically, this ram?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820178164
E: Forgot to mention. This is on the Crysis demo v1.0.0.1

[Warsaw]

I'm assuming you have the driver hotfix for your card, yes? My guess is that it's either your RAM or your sound card. Try disabling hardware sound. As for RAM, perhaps the voltages are not high enough, thus causing memory issues?

[Lex1337]

Hi I have a question on updating my current comp.

I currently have: (HP Slimline)(160 watts)
-Motherboard
-3GB Ram
-AMD Athlon 64X2 4450e
-Nvidia 9500GS

I'm having thoughts on whether these upgrades are compatible or should I just build a new one.

Upgrades:
-Same MoBo
-Case
-PSU
-AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
-4GB Ram
-GPU



Also whats the difference between a PCI Express x16 and a PCI Express x16 2.0?

EDIT: I just recently overclocked my current GPU. My gaming score thing in Vista went from a 5.4 to a 5.5. Is this a big difference or a small one.

[343guiltymc]

I don't see how you can fit that PSU and graphics card into a slimline.....

[Lex1337]

Which is why I posted another Case for the upgrade.

[Mr Buckshot]

Also whats the difference between a PCI Express x16 and a PCI Express x16 2.0?

Increased bandwidth transfer I believe. PCI-e 2.0 cards can be used in old PCI-e 1.0 slots provided they're 16x, they just run slower.

[343guiltymc]

How much better is the 4850 compared to the 9800 GT? I wanted to get a 4850 but I don't know if any of the dual slot versions can fit in my case. I could get the ones with reference coolers but I heard they get really hot.

[InnerGoat]

Quite a bit faster. It's competition is the 9800GTX+

[Warsaw]

How much better is the 4850 compared to the 9800 GT? I wanted to get a 4850 but I don't know if any of the dual slot versions can fit in my case. I could get the ones with reference coolers but I heard they get really hot.

You can fix that by modifying the fan speed up from 28% to 40%.