whats are the 3 most powerfull graphics card out there in market in this moment?

[john1234567]

ok.can describe some?

[JLK03F150]

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Originally Posted by john1234567

so should i get a pentium 4 2.4 or 3.0 ghz and over clock it?

or should i get a amd mother board plus a amd processor(cause amd will not work on my normal mother board i have now) and over clock that?

Don't ever plan for added overclock performance cause there are no guarantees in that department. Let's get you a nice stock system, then talk oc'ing down the road.

Still need to know your motherboard model to see what intel CPUs you can put in it. If you have the extra budget for an amd mobo and cpu, it would probably make a better gamer (coming from the intel guy ).

[john1234567]

model is P4MA.

[JLK03F150]

Is this it?
http://www.fic.com.tw/product/mother...MA-PRO533.aspx
Up to 3.06ghz 133fsb HT. Site doesn't mention Prescot support, so not sure if you can get that Celeron D.

[john1234567]

say i get 512mb ram for p4 now can i use that ram on amd later?

[JLK03F150]

Yea, shouldn't be a problem. Get PC3200 - it should clock down on your current board and then you'll be able to get all of its performance on a new system.

[john1234567]

ok thats good news. .i am going to try this card on my current system on 300wtt power supply.

if it works will it be too hott or might damage something?

[JLK03F150]

You'll have system stability problems like lockups or restarts if the psu can't handle the card. There shouldn't be any permanent damage though.

[large_nostril]

Also, if you do start to have issues with restarts or lockups, stop using the card for the time being. It won't cause any physical damage (to my knowledge) but the harddrive's file system can easily get corrupted from erratic PC behavior, which could result in the loss of data. In that case, usually running CHKDSK can fix the problems. Though CHKDSK can cause problems of it's own.

[john1234567]

ok heres a question. how do i find out if i have a 2 128 and 128 ram in my computer or a whole 256 mb ram?

before i remove a power supply and fix a new one on that place do i need to secure some stuff on the pc?