Pentium 4 and graphics card: halp!

Technology and Gaming
#21

GuitarJim: thanks for that. From some pokings around before, I came to the conclusion that I should be OK with the 305w from the dimension 5100 - fingers crossed. See e.g.

https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/259116-15-best-300watt-card

  • and elsewhere I’ve seen many people say the Dell 305w power supplies have managed OK. It’s got some kind of hideous multi-card input device on the front that someone must have thought business machines need, so I’ll pull the plug on that also.

Thanks again.

#22

How much is the 4760 you want to get? Several months ago, my Geforce 8800 GT incinerated itself and I needed a budget graphics-card fast for graphics and 3D work. I ended up buying a 4850 HD for £80 ($40) brand new and it’s an excellent card for the money! Saying that, the quad-core and 4GB RAM may have boosted performance somewhat. :slight_smile:

I’m looking to upgrade around Christmas but so far I’m able to run anything maxed out, even Crysis runs admirably at a solid 30+ on max, DirectX 10. :jizz:

#23

Lol you’ve definitely got the currency conversion wrong, £80 is $126.64USD today according to xe online.

A brand new 4670 in the UK costs about £70 ($110USD). The 4850 is more than £10 better performance wise (i.e. bang for the buck the 4850 is much better) but it’s whether you can find one new now. Newegg has a couple of 4850’s at the $90 mark whereas their 4670’s are around $70.

Remember also that power supply is an issue, the 4850 requires quite a bit more juice which I doubt the existing PSU can supply. That’ll mean even more expense. The Nvidia GT220/240 is in the same price bracket as the 4670 but it’s not as powerful.

#24

I used a 4670 with a 250W power supply on a Pentium D :stuck_out_tongue:

I had upgraded to a 400W, but it died, so i put back the stock power supply in and it worked fine.

Also, it’s probably too late, and I don’t know where you live, but:
https://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker--14-102-892--10272010

SAPPHIRE 100294L Radeon HD 5550 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
for 40$ US

could be an interesting deal for you… dunno where the 5550 stands relative to the 4670, though.

#25

The 5550 isn’t as powerful as the 4670, the 5570 is slightly better and costs about the same.

#26

Thanks. When I run out of coffee I’ll know what to do.

#27

Bleh, the deal’s over now anyway :stuck_out_tongue:

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