Suggest Budget Graphics Card for Intel 865GSA Board

[satyamy]

so now whats ur opinion frm the above 4 options ?

 

[coderunknown]

either 2nd or 3rd. but 3rd looks slightly better & 2Gb DDR2 ram should cost 1.2k.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

but i will tell you to save then. if you can spend upto 3.8k, save up more. there is no use spending on AGP cards or LGA775 boards now. i can bet you will regret later when apps become more demanding and your system is no match for them.its complete wastage IMO.

 

[satyamy]

thanks frnds
@Jaskanwar yup i know its waste
but m very much eager to see Windows 7 working on my PC, coz have already purchased Genuine Windows cost 7K (cant keep original DVD inside box for 5months)

just need to pass this 4-5 months,
will be buying a New PC in some around May (Possibly Sandybridge)
i can wait for new config, but cant wait anymore for Win 7

so, brother hope u understand my feelings

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one weird thing happened today
i called my Lamington Dealer and asked from above 4 options he told me he has all the boards available but he personally suggesting that 1st option will work best m confused y he forced me for 1st option ?????

 

[vickybat]

Don't ever go for the first option. Since you will upgrade completely in may, no need to buy a new( rather old) motherboard.

Go for a 3650 agp8x and bargain at all your might. Try to get it at the best price as possible. Then sell your existing rig along with the card sometime in the future.

 

[coderunknown]

he wants to clear his stock of old AGP cards & that too at high rate. as he mentioned he has option 2, 3, 4. pick any one (pick 3rd or 4th).

 

[satyamy]

@Vicky thanks for opinion will try in Lamington tomorrow

@Sam yes surely this is the reason, thanks for suggestion

will visit lamington & try both the options
lets c which one is cheap & better

 

[satyamy]

visited lamington today, got another option from Prime

ASrock G41C-VS Motherboard LGA 775 (any idea about this) dealer says it better than all other option i have show him & it can play FIFA 10 but buy it at ur own risk

what you guys say?

 

[Cilus]

All the G41 boards have Intel HD 3000 series Graphics I guess. So there is hardly any chance that you will get extra graphics performance with another G41chipset based board.

 

[skeletor]

visited lamington today, got another option from Prime

ASrock G41C-VS Motherboard LGA 775 (any idea about this) dealer says it better than all other option i have show him & it can play FIFA 10 but buy it at ur own risk

what you guys say?

A pretty low end board imho. Only two SATA2 3gbps ports. Gets a no from me.

*www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=G41C-VS

All the G41 boards have Intel HD 3000 series Graphics I guess.

Intel GMA X4500 actually.

 

[satyamy]

Thanks all Friends for all your Fast Responses

ok

Canceled ASRock G41C-VS Motherboard

now sticked with two options
either ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP Graphics Card
or
XFX nForce 630i Mobo + RAM

i m just worried about my Processor - it is Intel 3.2HT (641) & i cant find it on support list of nForce 630i

i think today 1 more vist at Lamington will do
i'll take the whole old unit with me & try it at dealers shop

 

[coderunknown]

thats better. actually my friend is using P4 @ 2.8Ghz (maybe no HT) with the same board. but i can't say if this board support HT (processor offers HT, but board must support HT).

 

[satyamy]

weird thing happened
i am getting the
ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP 8X & XFX nForce 630i motherboards both at Rs. 2500/-

i liked to buy Mobo but my dealer said he is not sure weather the board will support Intel P43.2HT (641), so buy it at ur own risk, i searched XFX Official site but even they dont have compatibility listed their for any P4 Processor, they have a common PDF file for all motherboard

 

[skeletor]

I'll suggest this so that every confusion ends.

AMD Athlon II X2 250 @ 2.6k
Asus M4A78LT-M LE @ 2.8k [yea, onboard GPU. It'd run FIFA 10 and Windows 7.]
2GB Kingston/Gskill 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM @ 1.2k

Total = 6.6k

Sell your current motherboard, CPU and RAM.

 

[vickybat]

My suggestion will be to get the 3650 agp after bargaining a bit and play fifa or anyother game at low to mid settings at low res. You will get good performance than any onboard gpu.

In future , whenever budget permits for grand upgrade ,sell the system completely at a better price by tempting the buyer for the agp card and get a substantially good rig like a quad or xcore proc. with a decent mid or high end gpu.

This will be a good option imo. Lets see what others comment.

 

[coderunknown]

yes. get the 3650 GPU. use for now & when its time comes, dump it.

 

[satyamy]

finally i hav settle down with Gigabyte G41 Combo Board + 2GB DDR3 RAM = Rs. 3500

I visit my known dealer & he on his risk agreed to test my 3.2Ghz (641) processor to test on his G41 board, fortunatley it worked & now i hav that
+
he agreed to take back my Old Intel 865GSA Board + 512x2 RAM at Min Rs. 1000/- Max Rs. 1500/-

Currently Win 7 is running very smoothly, havent tested FIFA10 will test it today

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a Big Thanks to all my friends for helping

 

[coderunknown]

^ congrats. price is really good (low). now just get a C2Q 95** before they go dinosaur's route.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

congrats satyamy. nice choice

 

[bubusam13]

@satyamy....... Go for
XFX nForce 630i motherboards Rs. 2700 + 1GB DDR2 Rs. 1100/- = Rs. 3800

It have inbuilt GPU... you wont need an extra graphics card. And it you want to put some extra power in it, you can purchase a PCIe Graphics Card later.