New Computer = WOW! First upgrade in 4 years!

[CaptainJackSwallows]

So I finally built my new computer. Wow. Amazing. Dayum. Holy cow. Omg. Incredible.

I'm making this thread to:
a) Show off my rig
b) Show how far graphics has come
c) How much an FX5200 sucks.

OLD RIG:
Pentium 4 2.8ghz
DDR 512mb
FX5200
WinXP Pro
etc.

NEW RIG:
Q6600 2.4ghz
DDR2 4gb
8800GTX
X-Fi Xtremegamer Fatal1ty
Vista HP 64-bit (i can't shutdown lol)
etc.

Quake 4 Before
Quake 4 After
Oblivion Before
Oblivion After
FEAR Before
FEAR After

Yeah. Holy CRAP right? I am one happy customer right now.

 

[Polish3d]

Hahaha - that's quite the upgrade man. enjoy

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Originally posted by: Frackal
Hahaha - that's quite the upgrade man. enjoy

Yeah, that takes "night and day" to a whole new level

 

[CP5670]

I like that old Quake 4 shot without any textures. :laugh:

 

[tuteja1986]

I remember 5200 like it was yesterday :!

I think that was the time when we were playing Call of duty on it :!

 

[Cookie Monster]

Your not the only one with the FX5200.. theres like about 2million who bought that card.. and i bet some if not MOST are still using to this day!

Taking "night and day" to a whole new level? more like taking the term "upgrade" to a WHOLE new level or two.. or three?

Enjoy!


edit - lol @ the resolution with the old rig

 

[MooMooCow]

Haha, nice upgrade. I did something similar to you just recently.

1.5 GHZ Willy P4
768MB PC-133
FX5900SE

to

3 GHZ Core 2 Duo 6600
4 GB PC-6400
8800 GTX

The games look so much better =)

 

[MarcVenice]

Lol, how can you live with your rig that long, dude those screenshots looked craptacular!!! At those resolutions, with everything set on low, did you even get decent FPS? I know I couldn't play qauke 4 or oblivion on those settings

 

[sisq0kidd]

Why are your before pics just the thumbnails?

 

[Keysplayr]

VERY NOICE!!!! Talk about culture shock (and sticker shock to go with it). Hehe, congrats! Enjoy.

 

[Cellulose]

Nice - I'm still stuck with my Fx5200

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Even had you just added more ram and a faster AGP vid card, you would have been astonished. The 5200 was already junk the day it hit the shelves. No offense Knobjockey.

 

[GEOrifle]

I still love my 9800PRO....

All graphic cards are OVERPRICED like it was with CPU's, but that not retailer's fauls.
NVidia needs more agressive ataks from AMD-ATI or new company will do it .....
$600 for card??? are you kiding me?

 

[lyssword]

I'm thinking of getting 1950xt or pro. But maybe I'll wait for "true" midrage ati/nvidia cards.

 

[Vinny73]

Funny!
Looks like you might have a bit more to do, try setting AA and ASF! Your new eye candy will be even sweeter!

 

[asdftt123]

Wow...congrats on your upgrade! I'm in almost the same identical boat as you...

I currently have:
1.6ghz Pentium M Banias (about equivalent to ~2.4ghz P4 I'm thinking)
768mb DDR 333mhz
FX 5200 32mb
This system is also having problems with overheating etc...

I plan to upgrade in Sept to the following:
Q6600
4gb DDR2
8800 GTX/Ultra
64-bit Vista

But man, I must say...your screenshots have given me a lot of hope. I'm wondering at what FPS all your games are running...especially Oblivion on such high settings. And is that really a screenshot of Quake on low textures? It looks worse than the original Doom/Wolfenstein.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: asdftt123
Wow...congrats on your upgrade! I'm in almost the same identical boat as you...

I currently have:
1.6ghz Pentium M Banias (about equivalent to ~2.4ghz P4 I'm thinking)
768mb DDR 333mhz
FX 5200 32mb
This system is also having problems with overheating etc...

I plan to upgrade in Sept to the following:
Q6600
4gb DDR2
8800 GTX/Ultra
64-bit Vista

But man, I must say...your screenshots have given me a lot of hope. I'm wondering at what FPS all your games are running...especially Oblivion on such high settings. And is that really a screenshot of Quake on low textures? It looks worse than the original Doom/Wolfenstein.

Probably faster than with his old system, and still looks like it does in screenshots. I know I played on core2 e6300/1900gt Oblivion and @ 1650X1080 was still pretty smooth, but not all high options enabled. And the best part is that doesn't even show how beautiful Oblivion is, just shows some walls

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: CaptainJackSwallows

Yeah. Holy CRAP right? I am one happy customer right now.

Killer rig dude, enjoy!

 

[magomago]

i think the main thing holding you back was that fx5200....especially with a 2.8P4!

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: CP5670
I like that old Quake 4 shot without any textures. :laugh:

Almost looks Cel-shaded...

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
Why are your before pics just the thumbnails?

I think that's the actual resolution he used to play the games at

 

[Laminator]

Those screenshots of Oblivion and F.E.A.R. on the FX 5200 hurt my eyes, ha ha. Quake 4's latest patch comes out with an option for static lighting so you can make it look even worse, ha ha, but I guess you won't need to anymore!

Nice upgrade!

 

[Fenixgoon]

dear god, i didn't even know you could make games look that bad!

congrats on the upgrade, OP!

 

[RussianSensation]

Nice system! Congrats

So much detail in the after pics it slowed my 5Mbit modem to a crawl

 

[Acanthus]

Upgrade image hosts next imo.

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