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[QUOTE=willhub]
so you build a new computer?
and whats the specs of it|? same as whats in your my computer thingymjig?
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yup i put in the same mobo and same cpu ,Ati radeon 9550 1 gig pc 3200 ram.Antec Phantom 350 PSU . A friend is buying it for 450 bucks :slight_smile:

all parts of ebay… the computer goes with no guaranty lol but i can fix it if it breaks

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Kool, seems like a nice profit your gunna make there :stuck_out_tongue:

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thats i thought but i didnt..50 bucks is my profit.. i had to buy wires,floppy,cd rom brand new,heatsink and fan

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The problem is that that card is AGP, and if you ever decide to upgrade then you’ll have to get a new video card aswell since AGP will be completely phased out and PCI-E will be fully mainstream.

I suggest you get a cheap Radeon 9x00 card like the 9700/9800 and use that as they will still play most games with moderate settings. Then that way if you ever decide to upgrade, you won’t have to replace a $499 card.

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[QUOTE=Addis]
The problem is that that card is AGP, and if you ever decide to upgrade then you’ll have to get a new video card aswell since AGP will be completely phased out and PCI-E will be fully mainstream.

I suggest you get a cheap Radeon 9x00 card like the 9700/9800 and use that as they will still play most games with moderate settings. Then that way if you ever decide to upgrade, you won’t have to replace a $499 card.
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That is good advice thank you. right now i have a ati radeon 9700. sometimes when i play half life 2 deathmatch i see purple and pink checkered maps??

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:o, i got same thing as you with my x800xt pe, i wonderd what it was, it was on half life 2 single player.

wierd purple things making checkers board effect.

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[QUOTE=willhub]
:o, i got same thing as you with my x800xt pe, i wonderd what it was, it was on half life 2 single player.

wierd purple things making checkers board effect.
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go here and right near the bottom of the page it will Read “How can i verify that my GCF cache files are good” clikc that and read it.

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=304&p_created=1104890054&p_sid=kfiUSkTh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9OSZwX3Byb2RzPTE0OCZwX2NhdHM9NTIsNTUmcF9wdj0xLjE0ODsyLnUwJnBfY3Y9Mi41NSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1

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ok, thanks :slight_smile:

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i would say the 6800 gt ok but it still may be overkill or be to much strain its up to ya i would go for it but i dont wanna give any bad advice