Rig to play GTA IV

pranavt · 28th December 2008, 12:10

Cyrus, spare around 8.5k and get an ATI Radeon 4850 from Lamington Rd. Insane bang-for-your-buck. Upgrade your processor and ram too.

Cyrus43 · 28th December 2008, 13:32

Yea, i have a 7300GT with a 2MB ram! And tgis was bought last year! So i doubt i will be changing soon, but let me convince my parents for an upgrade!

aaggoswami · 28th December 2008, 15:01

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Originally Posted by pranavt

Cyrus, spare around 8.5k and get an ATI Radeon 4850 from Lamington Rd. Insane bang-for-your-buck. Upgrade your processor and ram too.

4850 for 8.5K ?!

The last I asked price a month back it was 12K.
This is pure value for money deal.

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Originally Posted by Cyrus43

Yea, i have a 7300GT with a 2MB ram! And tgis was bought last year! So i doubt i will be changing soon, but let me convince my parents for an upgrade!

2MB ? I think its 256MB. I have POV 7300GT 512MB, overheating and not good performing. It the price quoted by pranavat is correct, go ahead for 4850. Very good card and can eat GTA IV.

pranavt · 28th December 2008, 17:52

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Originally Posted by aaggoswami

4850 for 8.5K ?!

The last I asked price a month back it was 12K.
This is pure value for money deal.

Yeah, "shocked" doesn't describe my feeling adequately. I tried to keep a straight face in front of him because I didn't want him raising prices the next day. Considering dollar-rates, stock availability and everything else, this card won't be sold upwards of 9k for atleast another week, and who knows what'll happen to the prices after the holiday season...

Cyrus43 · 29th December 2008, 01:08

Whoops. Mistake in the Last post. I meant the following.

Nividia 7300GT

2 GB Ram

pranavt · 29th December 2008, 10:59

Irrelevant. The card isn't made for gaming. Upgrading is the only solution.

SirAlec · 29th December 2008, 17:28

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Originally Posted by Cyrus43

Whoops. Mistake in the Last post. I meant the following.

Nividia 7300GT

2 GB Ram

i think 2gb is your system ram and not graphics memory.

aaggoswami · 29th December 2008, 17:40

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Originally Posted by SirAlec

i think 2gb is your system ram and not graphics memory.

IIRC, 7300GT was available with high graphics memory. I thought it was upto 1GB, but even I am surprised at 2GB.
But its older and not the faster GDDR3.

given2fly · 30th December 2008, 23:03

Agree with Pranav. Don't bother yourself with which Nvidia card to buy. They are not upto ATI with their current generation of cards, including GX2x0 series. If you have an Nvidia motherboard, you may have compatibility issues, so google that first. But that is pretty much it.

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Originally Posted by pranavt

Cyrus, spare around 8.5k and get an ATI Radeon 4850 from Lamington Rd. Insane bang-for-your-buck. Upgrade your processor and ram too.

zaks · 1st January 2009, 15:26

I have a P4, 512MB RAM on 865GBF Mobo and I added recently a ATI 9600 256MB graphics card.

Can I run NFS underground on this? because the box says 3.0Ghz proc or higher which I think is not very true since there is no proc which crosses a 3GhZ margin by much.

I have my doubts since I bought a NFS pro street which doesn't work on my system and it is lying idle now

If I upgrade my memory by 1GB will it make any difference to the above?

aaggoswami · 1st January 2009, 15:29

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Originally Posted by zaks

I have a P4, 512MB RAM on 865GBF Mobo and I added recently a ATI 9600 256MB graphics card.

Can I run NFS underground on this? because the box says 3.0Ghz proc or higher which I think is not very true since there is no proc which crosses a 3GhZ margin by much.

I have my doubts since I bought a NFS pro street which doesn't work on my system and it is lying idle now

If I upgrade my memory by 1GB will it make any difference to the above?

Yes you can run NFS Underground on your setup. Prostreet is very high hardware requirement game.
Yes it will make some difference, but graphics memory will be important.

reignofchaos · 1st January 2009, 16:06

GTA runs like crap on just about any rig u throw at it. Rubbish porting attempt on PC.

zaks · 2nd January 2009, 07:40

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Originally Posted by aaggoswami

Yes you can run NFS Underground on your setup. Prostreet is very high hardware requirement game.
Yes it will make some difference, but graphics memory will be important.

I am sorry, I meant NFS undercover not underground. That is the good one isn't it?

aaggoswami · 2nd January 2009, 13:41

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Originally Posted by zaks

I am sorry, I meant NFS undercover not underground.

I dont think it will run. Its a very high end game, Undercover that is. Even if you are able to run, you wont be really get good frame rates to enjoy the game. Will be very near to unplayable.
Although the graphics card is not that low, the problem is of memory. 256MB will not be able to handle everything.

IIRC, there are four 9600 available : SE, 9600, Pro, XT. Which one do you have ?

zaks · 2nd January 2009, 14:19

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Originally Posted by aaggoswami

I dont think it will run. Its a very high end game, Undercover that is. Even if you are able to run, you wont be really get good frame rates to enjoy the game. Will be very near to unplayable.
Although the graphics card is not that low, the problem is of memory. 256MB will not be able to handle everything.

IIRC, there are four 9600 available : SE, 9600, Pro, XT. Which one do you have ?

Yeah, thought so hence didn't buy it. The card is 256MB and I think it is Pro but not sure

28th December 2008, 12:10	#16
pranavt BANNED Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,704 Thanked: 852 Times View My Garage	Cyrus, spare around 8.5k and get an ATI Radeon 4850 from Lamington Rd. Insane bang-for-your-buck. Upgrade your processor and ram too.
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28th December 2008, 13:32	#17
Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 230 Times View My Garage	Yea, i have a 7300GT with a 2MB ram! And tgis was bought last year! So i doubt i will be changing soon, but let me convince my parents for an upgrade!
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Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 230 Times View My Garage	Whoops. Mistake in the Last post. I meant the following. Nividia 7300GT 2 GB Ram
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29th December 2008, 10:59	#21
pranavt BANNED Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,704 Thanked: 852 Times View My Garage	Irrelevant. The card isn't made for gaming. Upgrading is the only solution.
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zaks BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 952 Thanked: 181 Times View My Garage	I have a P4, 512MB RAM on 865GBF Mobo and I added recently a ATI 9600 256MB graphics card. Can I run NFS underground on this? because the box says 3.0Ghz proc or higher which I think is not very true since there is no proc which crosses a 3GhZ margin by much. I have my doubts since I bought a NFS pro street which doesn't work on my system and it is lying idle now If I upgrade my memory by 1GB will it make any difference to the above?
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reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,558 Thanked: 2,527 Times View My Garage	GTA runs like crap on just about any rig u throw at it. Rubbish porting attempt on PC.
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