Tribal Instinct

I fear my eVGA GeForce 5700FX card is slowly losing it's life. The fan is going and it may burn out soon. I can't live with myself switching over to the Integrated nVidia GeForce4 MX 64mb chipset with shared resources. I'm wondering if anyone has any spare video cards I could purchase. Hopefully for a decent price. I have two PCI slots (not express!) and one AGP slot available. I'm most likely looking for something at the 256mb GeForce 6 or 7 series.

With the voluntary push back on getting a new system, I'm thinking about upgrading my RAM, but I'm not sure if will make any difference. Right now I'm running an AMD Athalon 2800+ @ 2.08 ghtz. I only have two slots available and I would require two new sticks of 512 to make it worth while. I can only support a maximum of 1GB. They would have to be 184-Pin DDR SDRAM 2700. Although I could probably say good luck finding someone who has such old ram laying around. But I'll admit, other than updating the graphics, this computer is still stock since the day I purchased it and I have very little complaints.

More Specs (Yes, my machine sucks balls, but that doesn't stop me from owning up on UT!)
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/gene ... R1002_USEN

Thanks!
Clown

ClownMajik wrote:I fear my eVGA GeForce 5700FX card is slowly losing it's life. The fan is going and it may burn out soon. I can't live with myself switching over to the Integrated nVidia GeForce4 MX 64mb chipset with shared resources. I'm wondering if anyone has any spare video cards I could purchase. Hopefully for a decent price. I have two PCI slots (not express!) and one AGP slot available. I'm most likely looking for something at the 256mb GeForce 6 or 7 series.

With the voluntary push back on getting a new system, I'm thinking about upgrading my RAM, but I'm not sure if will make any difference. Right now I'm running an AMD Athalon 2800+ @ 2.08 ghtz. I only have two slots available and I would require two new sticks of 512 to make it worth while. I can only support a maximum of 1GB. They would have to be 184-Pin DDR SDRAM 2700. Although I could probably say good luck finding someone who has such old ram laying around. But I'll admit, other than updating the graphics, this computer is still stock since the day I purchased it and I have very little complaints.

More Specs (Yes, my machine sucks balls, but that doesn't stop me from owning up on UT!)
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/gene ... R1002_USEN

Thanks!
Clown

The next question is, how much are you willing to pay for new parts?

Anyone got a spare logitech MX series mouse they're willing to sell? I'm a cheap bastard and don't feel like paying $45 for a new one. :p

All taken care of

ClownMajik wrote:I fear my eVGA GeForce 5700FX card is slowly losing it's life. The fan is going and it may burn out soon. I can't live with myself switching over to the Integrated nVidia GeForce4 MX 64mb chipset with shared resources. I'm wondering if anyone has any spare video cards I could purchase. Hopefully for a decent price. I have two PCI slots (not express!) and one AGP slot available. I'm most likely looking for something at the 256mb GeForce 6 or 7 series.

With the voluntary push back on getting a new system, I'm thinking about upgrading my RAM, but I'm not sure if will make any difference. Right now I'm running an AMD Athalon 2800+ @ 2.08 ghtz. I only have two slots available and I would require two new sticks of 512 to make it worth while. I can only support a maximum of 1GB. They would have to be 184-Pin DDR SDRAM 2700. Although I could probably say good luck finding someone who has such old ram laying around. But I'll admit, other than updating the graphics, this computer is still stock since the day I purchased it and I have very little complaints.

More Specs (Yes, my machine sucks balls, but that doesn't stop me from owning up on UT!)
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/gene ... R1002_USEN

Thanks!
Clown

Did you get the fan replaced?

Better.


2 sticks of Kingston hyperX 512 DDR SDRAM. 2.0 latency.

1 300w power supply - OEM. (Made to fit my HP model's case); 24-pin to 20-pin converter cable

1 eVGA 7600GS AGP

1 Logitech MX518

=$200

Hey clown... to help prevent future mx cable destruction...

go down to your local pet store and get 3 ft of fish-tank tubing...
use an exacto to cut a slit in it lengthwise, then put it around your mouse cable where it rubs against your desk

ClownMajik wrote:Better.


2 sticks of Kingston hyperX 512 DDR SDRAM. 2.0 latency.

1 300w power supply - OEM. (Made to fit my HP model's case); 24-pin to 20-pin converter cable

1 eVGA 7600GS AGP

1 Logitech MX518

=$200

Sweet!

That should hold you over nicley.

ClownMajik wrote:Better.


2 sticks of Kingston hyperX 512 DDR SDRAM. 2.0 latency.

1 300w power supply - OEM. (Made to fit my HP model's case); 24-pin to 20-pin converter cable

1 eVGA 7600GS AGP

1 Logitech MX518

=$200

From what I've heard you should be able to overclock the 7600 quite well.