To Upgrade or not to Upgrade!!!!

[ajaidevsingh]

As i said earlier i have mainly 2 system one that i have all too myself and dont let anyone touch it. They other one is a rather old P4 "LGA775" with a 6800 Ultra combo. This system is use by everyone else for movies to light games.."Two words BEAN bags"


Now yesterday the dam GPU had a power issue which i taught at the time was a SPMS problem after changing the dam SMPS the prob. stayed and when i got the 6800 checked it was found that the card has died due to some reason...!!!

I had earlier taught about upgrading that machine when the Deneb and Nehelem were released later this year.. Now i have to buy a card or go on with the upgrade!!


So should i buy a 3850 AGP which will take about a month to reach here because i have to special order it or wait and upgrade it to a 4850 single with a cheap amd/intel processer OCed offcourse + new m/b "Because this one does have LGA775 but no PCIe.

If i buy the 3850 i will get of cheap and will not have to spend so much on upgrade's but 3850 AGP worked out to be more expensive than a 4850 in India and i felt that was a rub...!!

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: ajaidevsingh
As i said earlier i have mainly 2 system one that i have all too myself and dont let anyone touch it. They other one is a rather old P4 "LGA775" with a 6800 Ultra combo. This system is use by everyone else for movies to light games.."Two words BEAN bags"


Now yesterday the dam GPU had a power issue which i taught at the time was a SPMS problem after changing the dam SMPS the prob. stayed and when i got the 6800 checked it was found that the card has died due to some reason...!!!

I had earlier taught about upgrading that machine when the Deneb and Nehelem were released later this year.. Now i have to buy a card or go on with the upgrade!!


So should i buy a 3850 AGP which will take about a month to reach here because i have to special order it or wait and upgrade it to a 4850 single with a cheap amd/intel processer OCed offcourse + new m/b "Because this one does have LGA775 but no PCIe.

If i buy the 3850 i will get of cheap and will not have to spend so much on upgrade's but 3850 AGP worked out to be more expensive than a 4850 in India and i felt that was a rub...!!

Not your main PC but your old one ,hmm think I would go for a cheap card replacement if I was in your shoes so 3850 ,I would probably upgrade the whole thing later,its not like you need to upgrade your P4 right now(so I would do the whole upgrade later when the funds and time is right).

 

[taltamir]

For a media center secondary PC? buy a used AGP card on ebay.

why would it take a month for the 3850 to arrive?

 

[Mem]

If i buy the 3850 i will get of cheap and will not have to spend so much on upgrade's but 3850 AGP worked out to be more expensive than a 4850 in India and i felt that was a rub...!!

I'm sure you can buy a cheap AGP card for a replacement, either Nvidia or ATI card in India.

As taltamir suggested there's always ebay.

 

[ajaidevsingh]

No one really buys the 3850 agp now a days.. The lady told me she will have to order it from the central branch the last tim i had ordered a 5700 LE from the "central branch" it took 3 weeks to get here!!!

Non the less i am thinking cheppo too and think i will buy a 3870 agp and wait sure do hope that AMD agp driversare okkk

 

[Piuc2020]

Guys remember he lives in India...

I would just swap out the computer, I mean, AGP HD 3850s are expensive, a cheap mobo and a cheap PCI-E card would probably be less expensive.

 

[RussianSensation]

You don't need a 3850 for light video gaming and movies. Something like HD2600Pro or HD3650 should suffice.