Ask before I purchase?

Hey guys well my vid card now is a Ati radeon 9500 OC to a 9700. i want tp ugrade and ive been saving up for a little while. this card was recommended to me by a friend and before i make a major purchase and i want to ask you guys what you think.
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=006003&cid=999.821

P.S how much do you think my vid card was brand new?(9700) thanks alot

 

That's one of the best Video Cards money can buy, not to mention expensive. You'll be extremely happy with that card
Your current card i'm guessing would be under $100 new as it's a budget card!
P.S - Have you made sure your Power Supply is beefy enough to run that 6800 Ultra OC?

 

Why does it say its with a water block?
the picture dont show a waterblock, i would not trust that :\

also for that price on newegg, well infact cheaper, you can get a 7800gt card, the card on the site you linked to is an excellent card, but nto worth how much there charging, look on www.newegg.com for a better price

i would think your 9700 brand new is worth about £55-£75, dont know how much that is in dollars, but, if its worth about under $100, then in english terms that would be about, £45

 

Great..so cheaper on newegg aye..ok and that was my next question ..do i need a new PSU. right now i just a have a no name 4500 watt psu. is newegg in USD or CAD. thx ok wow it says requirments 480 watt psu

 

correct me if i am wrong but, think newegg is in usa and canada.
you meant 450watt psu did you?
i would reccomend a new psu that is at least 450 watt but is by a well known brand like antec, tagen etc...

i have looked at newegg and all i can see is 6800gt's but no ultras.

and from that card on the website you linkes to, seems like you need AGP, so i would reccomendd going with a BFG 6800GT, the only diffo between ultras and gt's is clock speeds i think.

 

I'd probably suggest a 550W PSU, the Antec True Power and the OCZ Modstream series are excellent and not too expensive!

 

doesent 6800gt's reccomend 350watt psu's or higher?

 

hmm ok well i wondering if this card is going to be over kill for my pc . my mobo is agp...a7v8x-x
yes i did mean 450 watt psu lol. man 4500 would be crazy go nutz

 

if you have a slow cpu, then a high end graphics card, there will be a bottlekneck i think, and you wont get as much performance out fo your card.

plz correct me if i am wrong guys

 

Yes willhub, that's correct - nVidia recently lowered their official requirements to a 350W PSU but BFG still maintains a 480W PSU requirement!

Come to think of it, that Video Card is way overkill for your PC, your just going to bottleneck your CPU to hell. Correct me if i'm wrong, but is'nt your A7V8X-X a micro ATX board?

 

umm ..Micro atx board??? can you tell me what that is please plz my cpu is only a Amd athlon xp 3200+ 2.2 ghz.. maybe i should not get this card

 

Your computer specs say you have a AXP 2500+ Barton... so did you upgrade without updating your specs? Or is it a 2500+ overclocked to a 3200+?

 

yeah its overclocked from a 2500+

 

so you have a barton 3200+ and not an xp

i dont know much about AMD, but is a 3200+ barton the equivalant of somthing like a 2.8ghz pentium 4?
so maybe it wuddent be that bad getting that card, although, i would reccomend a new motherboard :\.

 

This is what i bought. Amd athlon xp 2500+...now it is overclocked and system tells me it is a Amd athlon xp 3200+

 

oh sorry , i was miss reading, an xp barton

i ahve had a couple of drinks tonight, so i am not reading correctly :\

my bad, i thought bartons were different to xp's

 

lol im drinking too right now rum and coke yeah my cpu is a barton

 

HeHe

YEs it is, i was thinking bartons were different to xp's but its like AMD 64 VENICE, different types, like clawhammer, newcastle, venice, san diego, i understand now

 

Im not sure if anyone remembers but a couple months ago i made a thread asking for tips because i was going to build my first pc? ( i cant find that thread now so) you guys said to let you know how it goes. well i did it last friday and it runs sweet. I cant beleave i even put the proper amount of thermal paste on because the cpu temp is 36 always. i havent done any gaming yet on it but i will be doing some tonight to test it. so yeah im darn proud of my self

 

so you build a new computer?
and whats the specs of it|? same as whats in your my computer thingymjig?