Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 + ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA + ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

[variovent]

Waiting!

I'm working on this, tomorrow it will be available.

 

[alan1812]

so what pcie cards would you recomend for the 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 as my his 3850 hd as died
thanks alan

Antec 1200 case
Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 bios 2.20
pentium E6700
ARCTIC COOLING FREEZER 7 PRO REV2.0
2 gig crucial memory
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ
Antec Truepower 650W psu
His 3850 HD AGP (but has died)
windows xp pro sp3


would prefer an nvidia as the 3850 was a lot of trouble

 

[variovent]

I'm also running a Saphhire HD3850 AGP and I never had any trouble with it. The card perform pretty nice, the drivers always done their job well. Plays good in games, it's performing hardware video encoding and decoding. I'd say it's an HIS failure rather than an ATI issue.

The overclocking tutorial is almost done, just got to add the pics

 

[alan1812]

very hard to find any Saphhire HD3850 AGP do thinking about one of these Sapphire HD4650 1GB AGP are they any good and will it work

 

[tcsenter]

There is no point in using AGP when you are buying a new graphics card and you have an available PCI Express X16 slot (that runs X4 bandwidth).

 

[alan1812]

at the moment very confused as to what should i get as not a very good budget

so any help on what is good ????

 

[tcsenter]

Then you should definitely go with PCI Express, as an equivalent AGP card will cost you 50% more.

 

[alan1812]

what cards are good

 

[tcsenter]

Since you mentioned a very limited budget, we should start with what your budget is.

 

[alan1812]

just need to know what cards work so i can find cost
looking at around the £70 mark

 

[alan1812]

any help with picking one just need a few ideas so i can have alook around i am waiting for a refund on the 3850 i had as it was only 6 months old

 

[tcsenter]

Well, the GeForce GT 240 w/GDDR5 is a good choice for starters, it will be slightly faster than HD 3850 AGP. There are often rebate offers on this card that makes it a pretty good deal @ under $60 (USD). GeForce GTS 250 and Radeon 5770 would be a substantial upgrades.

 

[alan1812]

thanks i will take a look at those

 

[variovent]

Finally, here it is:
ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 Overclock and Mods Tutorial

Recap tutorial will come next.

 

[Mr Vain]

Finally, here it is:
ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 Overclock and Mods Tutorial

Recap tutorial will come next.

Congratulations, Valiant effort!
Thanks Variovent for making this guide that will help many users of this motherboard.
Beautiful!!!

 

[variovent]

You're welcome Mr. Vain,
Hope the tutorial will came in handy for a successful overclock.

 

[Deanodarlo]

Nice work variovent!

 

[alan1812]

i have had a lend of one of these Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT 512MB GDDR3 pcie to try do i have to alter any bios settings
thanks again alan

 

[Mr Vain]

i have had a lend of one of these Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT 512MB GDDR3 pcie to try do i have to alter any bios settings
thanks again alan

Hi Alan
You should not have to adjust any settings for the PCI-e card to work as the board automatically recognizes which slot is being used etc; heck you can even run an AGP and PCI-e card at the same time for at least four monitors all at once.
If you are familiar with the bios, in the chipset section there are a few things that you can specifically enter for PCI-e graphics card use but I have never done any testing to see if that increases performance compared to leaving the system in default settings.

 

[alan1812]

ok thanks
my 3dmark06 score with this card is 5311
but with my 3850 hd agp it was 10536
should it be better than those

 

[variovent]

Check Passmark benchmarks, choose a card with better results than HD3850 AGP and then check for its price.

 

[tcsenter]

but with my 3850 hd agp it was 10536

HD 3850 is much faster than 7950 GT, though I'm not sure its a full 2x faster.

 

[alan1812]

http://3dmark.com/3dm06/15408264

http://3dmark.com/3dm06/15314572
are these any good
Nvidia GeFORCE 8800 GTX

 

[MewToo]

Hey there, thats a bit trange cause i have that same board (4coreDualSata2) and i have that CPU (E5700) and never had any trouble with my desktop... if u want i show u some prints... take care

 

[alan1812]

finaly got a XFS GeForce GTS 250
3DMark06
17/05/11 12:24:46




10289

thanks for all the help
alan