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I'm giving my 9800SE to my brother and I was wondering if I should get a 9800Pro or X1600Pro. They're around $95 open box on Newegg. Do you guys have any other reccomendations? I would like to keep it under $100 since I dont game that much anymore, and when I do its Battlefield and FarCry.

I can open pipelines. I've done it before with this card. But it overheats when you do, so I need a better cooler.

I'm thinking about keeping my 9800SE for a little while longer. I can't open up all of the pipelines or OC it because it overheats and freezes. So if I get a new cooler, I was thinking I could open up all of the pipelines and OC it and be able to run it stable. I was wondering what VGA cooler...

Out of these two cards, which one do you guys reccomend? I'll OC a little, but I'm not a hardcore OCer. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102613 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102466 Those are the 2 cards I've narrowed it down to.

I was looking at the X1600Pro and its about the same price as the X800GTO's, but the X1600Pro core is clocked 100Mhz faster than the X800GTO. Does core speed matter anymore?

Is that the only X800GTO able to unlock to 16 pipelines(besides the X800GTO2)? Or can the Sapphire cards do it too?

I have another question. You guys are saying get the Connect3D X800GTO. I would rather get the Sapphire because I've had better experience with them. Which one should I get? Also is it better to have the 256MB card over the 128MB card?

Well I'm not much of an OCer. Is that why everyone is recommending the X800GTO, to OC?

I need a new video card, if you cant tell by my sig specs. I'm getting a new mobo so I can get an PCI-E card. I haven't been around computer stuff for a long time so when I started looking into new video cards I was amazed by all the new stuff. I would only like to spend about $180 on a new...

For $500 you could just buy a new laptop. And i wouldn't recommend getting another Dell. But thats just me.

I use zip ties to tie them together. I also run the cables around the motherboard and stuff any excess into my front bays. Always be sure that the connectors and cables are clear of fans though. I had a 4 pin connector fly into a fan one day out of no where. It was totally random.

I've had trouble overclocking my Sempron. I would keep the Barton 3000+

I play BF2 with only 512MB ram and it works fine

My brother has tried to OC my system in the past and he could only get it from 1.6GHz to 1.7GHz. And that was even unstable. I've searched around the web and have found people who have overclocked their 2600+ anywhere from 2.0GHz to 2.4GHz. Does the Motherboard I have OC very well, or is it the...

Use rubbing alcohol and a paper towel. Almost forgot. Put the rubbing alcohol on the paper towel, not the processor, then rub it off.