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ShyguyXPC · May 16th, 2008, 11:51 PM

one thing I might be concerned about is how well that Power supply will hold up in the old HP rig...

I just picked up a decent HD2600 Pro for my AMD rig today for $60 on clearance at worst buy (best buy), 2 reasons I picked up that, 1st I needed a card ASAP that was going to be way better than the onboard Geforce 6100 stuff... second I needed one that wasn't going to be a major draw on my PSU, though its a 450W PSU, its only got a measely 17 or 18Amps on the 12V rail, other wise I was going to get something a bit better, but required a seperate PCI Express Power plug into the card.

but it was a 512MB card also, installed it & to my surprise the card wasn't as bad as many people claim it is. I'm not really running any "new" games on it, about the most advanced game I run on it is GRAW, that & Joint Operations... both can be run fully maxed out on it, getting at least 30+ fps (only running at 1024x768 on the current 15" CRT for that PC).

anyways, as Karma said, you might be better off saving up for a new rig, the 3850 will do great, but the rest of the system will probably be holding back the cards performance a bit, & then you also have to make sure the PSU will run it fine. Something like a 3650 I imagine would do great.

as to which card would be the better deal, it all depends, you may be able to find one cheaper at one retailer than the other & vice versa... Sapphire has been an ATI card manufacturer for a loooong time, but GeCube has been around for quite some time too... at least since the 9800/X800 days I think...

though Sapphire is the much more recognized brand of the two.

LOL I see AR posted before me... yeah, an HD2600 Pro is pretty nice too, like I mentioned just picked one up at Best Buy Today on clearance... though mine was the last PCI-Express one they had, they had plenty of the AGP models also for $60.

actually I have to see how much I have left over the weekend, they have something else on clearance there that I'd love to get my hands on... Seagate 500GB PATA 3.5" drives for about $55-60 or so...

& looked like they had plenty in stock on the shelf...

May 16th, 2008, 11:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
ShyguyXPC Ultimate Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,957	one thing I might be concerned about is how well that Power supply will hold up in the old HP rig... I just picked up a decent HD2600 Pro for my AMD rig today for $60 on clearance at worst buy (best buy), 2 reasons I picked up that, 1st I needed a card ASAP that was going to be way better than the onboard Geforce 6100 stuff... second I needed one that wasn't going to be a major draw on my PSU, though its a 450W PSU, its only got a measely 17 or 18Amps on the 12V rail, other wise I was going to get something a bit better, but required a seperate PCI Express Power plug into the card. but it was a 512MB card also, installed it & to my surprise the card wasn't as bad as many people claim it is. I'm not really running any "new" games on it, about the most advanced game I run on it is GRAW, that & Joint Operations... both can be run fully maxed out on it, getting at least 30+ fps (only running at 1024x768 on the current 15" CRT for that PC). anyways, as Karma said, you might be better off saving up for a new rig, the 3850 will do great, but the rest of the system will probably be holding back the cards performance a bit, & then you also have to make sure the PSU will run it fine. Something like a 3650 I imagine would do great. as to which card would be the better deal, it all depends, you may be able to find one cheaper at one retailer than the other & vice versa... Sapphire has been an ATI card manufacturer for a loooong time, but GeCube has been around for quite some time too... at least since the 9800/X800 days I think... though Sapphire is the much more recognized brand of the two. LOL I see AR posted before me... yeah, an HD2600 Pro is pretty nice too, like I mentioned just picked one up at Best Buy Today on clearance... though mine was the last PCI-Express one they had, they had plenty of the AGP models also for $60. actually I have to see how much I have left over the weekend, they have something else on clearance there that I'd love to get my hands on... Seagate 500GB PATA 3.5" drives for about $55-60 or so... & looked like they had plenty in stock on the shelf... Last edited by ShyguyXPC : May 16th, 2008 at 11:55 PM.