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Reply With QuoteI think that you should go for the 64 bit, for security reasons. I am a great fan of the 64 bit versions in all things and I believe that it will not be too long before everything is 64 bit
Nvidia 9800 GT
Windows Vista 64bit home premium with 7 upgrade
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What should I Upgrade???
My next upgrade is coming this week for my PC but cant decide.
Choice is either:
Graphics Card: I have an Nvidia 8800 GT Upgrade to Nvidia 9800 GT
or
Operating System: I have Vista 32 bit Home premium. Upgrade to Vista 64 bit Home premium with Win 7 Upgrade?
Help please
Last edited by johnny.rotton; 08-25-2009 at 10:08 AM.
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I think that you should go for the 64 bit, for security reasons. I am a great fan of the 64 bit versions in all things and I believe that it will not be too long before everything is 64 bit
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will changing from 32-bit OS to 64-bit OS improve gaming quality as all 7GB of installed ram will be recognized and my CPU will be running at peek performance or is that a tech myth?
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I do not think that is a myth, because 64 does recognise more ram than 32 bit and since I installed extra ram my system is faster, I went from 2GB to 3GB and the person who noticed the speed first was my wife. I have used my son's 32bit with the same ram and I have to say mine seems a lot quicker , but I am not a gamer. My son who teaches gaming and other techy things at university has a 64 bit and advised me to go that route. But I am not 100% sure of thisOriginally Posted by johnny.rotton
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Well Wednesday has arrived and today is upgrade day. To be honest I still haven't made my mind up as it all depends on how the over clocking goes. (Off topic). I pushed my CPU from 2.4GHz to 2.67GHz last night and I feel it has more to give. I also changed the memory timings a little and the PCI-E bus. I will give the final numbers when completed.
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Final Numbers for overclocking:
CPU 2400 MHz to 2691 MHz
PCI-E bus 2500 MHz to 2900 MHz
tRAS timing cut in half as well as tRCD, and tRP.
A small improvement of around 12% but every little helps. System stable.
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hi !!
Actually upgrading from a 8800 to a 9800 wont make a huge difference, i woould suggest you to go for a 260 or 250 card that will come in the same bugget as this one, how much ram do you have ?? upgrade option with windows 7 would be very good, but only go for 64bit if you are planning to use 4gb or more RAM
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Upgrade compleat. I went for the GFX card as I love my Gaming and Windows 7 will come down in price.
Picture results:
Nvidia 8800GT 512MB
Nvidia 9800GT 1GB
Even my wife noticed the difference from 5 meters away so its got to be good.
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that is a great improvement in quality! makes me think I should upgrade to it as it about £85.00 from ccl online.
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I should add also that nvidia has removed the s-video socket and replaced it with a nice new HDMi socket. I thought that was a nice touch and I got the over-clocked version with extra large fan and heat sink
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