Computers And Video Games

[rav<3 busa]

Brother if u wanna play GTA 4 at high fps u should invest in a very good graphics card rather than spending high on CPU and the MOBO then putting a crap GFX card in it.Well AMD cpu's are hot selling amongst the gamers cause they can be overclocked very easily and those black edition are the best amongst them as they have unlocked multipliers.And keep in mind if ur budget exceeds ditch the quad core get a triple core or a dual core and invest in a good graphics card......maybe a Hd 5000 series,gtx 200 series from nvidia. after u make a nice gaming rig do look out for a good cooling technique to cool ur pc. And to what extent u can spend on ur pc ????.

[bikemanic]

just finished playin Assassin's Creed 2 on my lappy simply awsome a little tuff too but very involving must say the story is not over yet looking forward for a part 3

[pranav_salieri]

@ andy you can fit even a AGP 8X card but you will need to check the voltage of your 4x slot and the card it should match perfectly or else your comp will go for a toss.for GTA 4 you will need a whole new system...if your on a tight budget i would suggest you this config

AMD 2 x2 240,2GB ram transcend and a radeon HD 4670...this is the best VFM config avialable today!!!

[pranav_salieri]

i too have an AGP 8x mobo and a radeon x1650.....i have been able to sqeeze out crysis, far cry 2 on my nearly 7 year old comp!! recently my graphic card started over heating without any reason, the fan spins ok the screen gets starts flickering and then random colours start appearing.should i apply thermal paste in the heat sink??or is my card faulty???

[andy.rebels]

All my requirement is to play GTA 4 without compromise on graphics and performance.

[tanay]

Thanks all for the reply..

I am looking more of an amd cpu and motherboard

My main moto is to play GTA 4....

Possibly dual channel ram and a graphic card..

How much this would cost, would appreciate if you could give individual pricing of each component.

What is your budget, and what resolution will you be playing at?
Some really nice AMD rigs are possible...

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Thanks all for the reply..

I am looking more of an amd cpu and motherboard

My main moto is to play GTA 4....

Possibly dual channel ram and a graphic card..

How much this would cost, would appreciate if you could give individual pricing of each component.

Well I'm not much of an AMD follower, but Quad-Core processors are always the best suited for games like GTA, So if I'm correct the Phenom II Quad X4 900 series are looking pretty good in their spec sheets with clock speeds ranging from 2.8Ghz for the entry level 925 to 3.4 for the top-end 965, their pricing goes something like this

X4 925: 7100/-INR
X4 945: 7675/-INR
X4 955 BE: 8250/-INR
X4 965 BE: 9100/-INR

And since the price difference between DDR2 and DDR3 RAM is 200 rupees between them Trancend/Kingston DDR2 costs about 27xx whereas the DDR3 from the same companies are 29xx, though this gap may be wider (about 1000) for higher spec RAM's like the OCZ, either way it's a safe investment to put in that 200 more and get yourself a DDR3 RAM and it's suitable Mobo if you're planning on periodic upgradation, else you can go all out with a DDR2 setup also. Here are some mobo prices for the AMD processors

ASUS M4A78LT-M LE (DDR3): 4450/-INR
ASUS M4A78-EM-1394: 4450/-INR
ASUS M4A78STD-V-EVO (DDR3): 6500/-INR
ASUS M4A77TD PRO: 5300/-INR
Gigabyte MA78GMT-USB3 (DDR3): 5850/-INR

These are just a few models to give an idea of where the range is, there a lot more models you could choose from, some even more expensive according to the features they come with, it's really your preference that can help you narrow down the better model for the comp. For the graphic card I would suggest you allocate a good part of your budget if you're planning on some heavy graphic work or gaming in mind, fix a budget and try to evaluate which card works best and satisfies most of your needs, a good 10k to 15k will mostly help you reach for the cards at the higher end of the table. The prices are subject to change without prior notice, and AFAIK can be pretty heavily specific to the location too sometimes. Hope it helped

[andy.rebels]

Thanks all for the reply..

I am looking more of an amd cpu and motherboard

My main moto is to play GTA 4....

Possibly dual channel ram and a graphic card..

How much this would cost, would appreciate if you could give individual pricing of each component.

[LoneWolf]

agree with aryan....

agp slot but ( 4x or 8x i dont knw)

best is go to grant road if u go to mumbai.... if anywhere u can get graphics card of 4x it will be there

i can suggest hd 3850

but do confirm from the vendor whether it is 4x compaitable or not

my advice get a new motherboard and start over as lot of heavy graphic gamin will not work on ur system despite the g. card

There are various things which i would have to buy new with motherboard. If possible can you tell me what are they.

Thanks a lot for the help.

do tell us ur budget


@aryan sorry bro happened by mistake u know i wouldnt do same thing twice

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

[tanay]

The last of the last AGP cards is (technically) available, a GTS250 if I recall correctly, but its an AGP 8X and really hard to find here.

That looks like a Pentium-4 setup. You would have to change the entire setup. New CPU, Board, RAM, possibly the PSU, maybe the HDD if the new board does not have IDE, and other stuff you might want to add in, like gfx.

Big-time expenses coming your way if you do upgrade!

[Aryan]

@Andy: I am not sure whether there are still 4x AGP cards available in the market or not. Perhaps, someone else can reply to this. However, if you do upgrade the motherboard, I would suggest you upgrade everything sans the monitor, i.e., starting from the power-supply to the CPU, RAM & perhaps even the HDD (if required).

[andy.rebels]

Thanks for the superfast reply Aryan.

So that means if i want to install a good graphic card say an ATI radeon hd 5000 series or a Gforce 9400gt 0r 9500gt i would have to upgrade my motherboard .

There are various things which i would have to buy new with motherboard. If possible can you tell me what are they.

Thanks a lot for the help.

[Aryan]

@Andy: I see an AGP slot there (the brown slot, just besides the two PCI slots in white). However, I think it's a 4x AGP slot, which is totally outdated! I doubt you would find any 4x AGP cards out there in the market!

[andy.rebels]

@shrinathrao: Go to "gadgets" shop on fc road, just above barista. You will get anything related to ps2 there.

@All: I dont have much knowledge about computers hardware part. I just wanted to know whether i can fix a graphic card on my motherboard.

Here is the picture of my board.