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[Warsaw]

Honestly, DDR3 1600 is not that great because the timings are horrid...you'd be better off with a slower DDR3 with faster timings IMO.

[AAA]

How would I find Slower DDR3 memory with faster timings?? Does that kind of combination even exist???

[Warsaw]

Well, I'll be...it's been awhile since I've looked at DDR3 memory since I can't use it, but last time I looked, 1600 was still 8 at best; things have changed, since apparently it goes all the way down to 6.

[MetKiller Joe]

Intel or AMD?
If your going for intel, i would suggest the Asus P5N32-SLI Premium.

I should really stop this tendency of referring to old posts.

Anyway, I'm thinking of getting this. I think I'm done with SLi. None of nVidia's boards have rock solid dependability across the board.

[=sw=warlord]

I should really stop this tendency of referring to old posts.

Anyway, I'm thinking of getting this. I think I'm done with SLi. None of nVidia's boards have rock solid dependability across the board.

Seems like a good board to me though i dont have any experience with gigabyte the only time i did have one of their boards i had to send it back.

[Warsaw]

I have a Gigabyte board in this house, ran great for a very long time (10 years) before finally giving out. Still have it, not that it does any good anymore.

[k4is3rxkh40s]

I'm thinking it's about time I upgrade my desktop's graphics card, but I don't really know what I'm looking for. My current motherboard has 2 empty PCI and 1 empty PCI-E x16 slots, currently running on an integrated card. Computer specs here. I don't know what the power supply is exactly, but I'm guessing it's either 300 or 400W, going by the "Hp a1245c replacement power supply" ads I'm finding through google. If possible, I'm looking to spend around $100 dollars for the card, but I can work through the summer if need be to upgrade everything else, too. Also hoping to play Fallout 3 at least medium settings. Any ideas?

[AAA]

You may want to take a good look at the XFX Radeon HD 4770.

It's cheap, it plays all gams on maxed out settings (even crysis and Far Cry 2) with the lowest FPS of 30.

If you're packing a 300W to 400W Power Supply, this would also be a good choice as to save on power necessary to run it. It's a 40nm.

Would be nice if you could reveal your computer specs. No biggy though..

[k4is3rxkh40s]

You may want to take a good look at the XFX Radeon HD 4770.

It's cheap, it plays all gams on maxed out settings (even crysis and Far Cry 2) with the lowest FPS of 30.

If you're packing a 300W to 400W Power Supply, this would also be a good choice as to save on power necessary to run it. It's a 40nm.

Would be nice if you could reveal your computer specs. No biggy though..

See

Computer specs here.

Also, forgot to add that I added 2 gigs of RAM

E: I've actually been considering that card, but I finally got to looking at my mobo and I only have a pci-e x16 1.0 slot

[AAA]

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Also, forgot to add that I added 2 gigs of RAM

E: I've actually been considering that card, but I finally got to looking at my mobo and I only have a pci-e x16 1.0 slot

That's perfectly fine. It won't hinder performance enough to a degree that you'll really notice. the single card on it's own would utilize it's performance capabilities just as good as it would if it were under PCI-E 2.0

PCI-E 2.0 has a wider amount of bandwidth and would become more useful under SLI or Crossfire situations due to such extreme bandwidth sucking under those situations.

EDIT: in short PCI-E 2.0 is backwards compatible

Also, I took a good look at your specs and it looks like it'd be smooth sailing for you if you got it.