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Very Jerry · 12-12-08, 04:54 AM

Last year I bought a new computer and added a PNY Gefoce 8500 GT. The game worked at 30fps most of the time. I thought it worked fine, but had no way to see what a 8800 card would look like. Then today I picked up a geforce 9600 GT card and WOW the fps doubled and the definition was terrific. Paid the same $100 for both cards. I'm using driver 178.24, which works great.

I didn't buy a 8800 or 9800 card because I already upgraded the power supply when the computer was new and didn't need that expense again. Of course I should of upgraded to 500 or 600watts instead of the 430watt PSU (original PSU was 250 watts).

Any one else go through the same mess to get to a suitable setup? Next computer will be a custom rig I will put together myself.

12-12-08, 04:54 AM	#226
Very Jerry Watch Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 27 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	New PNY geforce 9600 GT Last year I bought a new computer and added a PNY Gefoce 8500 GT. The game worked at 30fps most of the time. I thought it worked fine, but had no way to see what a 8800 card would look like. Then today I picked up a geforce 9600 GT card and WOW the fps doubled and the definition was terrific. Paid the same $100 for both cards. I'm using driver 178.24, which works great. I didn't buy a 8800 or 9800 card because I already upgraded the power supply when the computer was new and didn't need that expense again. Of course I should of upgraded to 500 or 600watts instead of the 430watt PSU (original PSU was 250 watts). Any one else go through the same mess to get to a suitable setup? Next computer will be a custom rig I will put together myself.