New PC Help

[steve09]

As some of you may remember I am looking to upgrade my current PC for maybe £400-500 or buy a new PC altogether. I spotted today a new computer that has what I want and it is £349.99 http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_12578.htm, the only thing I am worried about is the Video Card. The video card is the Nvidia GeForce G210 http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/product_ ... 10_uk.html, I currently have the Nvidia 7600GT http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/geforce_7600.html on AGP 8x with 512Mb dedicated memory on XP Pro and a CPU that is dying cos I OC'd it a while ago and it didnt like it. I used to be able to play Full HD 1920x1080 WMV files but I no longer can they just judder and my FPS rate in TF2 is sometimes single figures and averages out about 10-20 depending on the map and player count, hence why I want a new PC or hardware. What I want to know is this: is the G210 a better card compared to my 7600GT, or should I find another video card that is more powerful? I play TF2 at 1280x1024 at high settings (I think) so lets just say I would try for the same resolution, would I get a higher FPS with the 210 at the same settings or would it just be the same?

[captainAngry]

The video card would be just fine for playing TF2 and according to your posts they both have 512 MB of memory (the new one uses DDR2 while the new one uses either DDR2 or DDR). That means that at the best it is a little better than the one you had previously.

Will it run TF2, absolutely. But it looks like you may be looking at a replacement rather than an upgrade.

[steve09]

A replacement is fine cos the card I have now isn't working as well as it used to. As I said, I used to be able to play Full HD 1920x1080 WMV on my 1280x1024 screen in windows media player, but now the video judders leaving the audio playing to a still image for a few secs then it jumps and maybe plays a few secs of video then stops. It did to be fair go up to about 95-100C when I was playing TF2, whether this was actually being sensed correctly I don't know but after I replaced the heatsink compound on the main chip it only goes up to about 90C playing TF2. Even with this high temperature I did not see any corruption on screen, just poor FPS. Any suggestions for a slightly better NVIDIA card at a not too expensive price, somewhere that ships internationally too, as in not newegg.

[steve09]

Would it be worth me buying this PC and upgrading (or downgrading) the video card to say a 9800 card thats designed for gaming? Or should I stick with a 200 series card like the GT 220 that looks like it will be powerful enough to last me a long time http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_ge ... 20_us.html . Please compare this to the 210 already in the machine and tell me is its worth upgrading to the 220 for an extra £50 or £60.

[Hanzo_blade]

I would just get that computer, its dead cheap for those specs... 1000 Gig space, 4 gig ram, windows 7, and Quad core for 300 ish? Anyway if you dont like the video card, you can always buy a better one separately (Like a 200 geforce series) and trade it out with the card that came with it, you know.

Dun let this great deal escape! It has great processing power