(Not to Hijack my own thread, but...)
UPDATE: in the first post i recited the specs for my little pathetically sad laptop. well after much tweaking and a kick in the pants i managed to load the whole Mario Kart Wii game (MP7 & 8 still refuse). im getting maybe 3-4fps, 6.5 on a good day. its running at about 7% of the operating speed which means a 2minute race takes about 30 minutes.lame, i know, but on the other hand, its very relaxing...
The vectoring on the graphics is off. on certain maps the game superextends the polygon shapes all over the screen, destroying visibility, and Mario is a puzzle of disconnected polygons... most of the other characters are fine though.
anyway, back to the gfx cards...
EDIT:oops, looks like someone already posted. my bad. and HEY! this card is $99 and its ur 250, galaxy any good?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162034&cm_re=gtx_250-_-14-162-034-_-Product
this looks good too: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134064&cm_re=gtx_250-_-14-134-064-_-Product
EDIT2: wait, if i buy an amd processor can i buy an intel motherboard? is the hardware independent? (as in, any brand of RAM WILL work in any motherboard, assuming ddr2-3...etc)
EDIT3 (not a big fan of double posts if you couldnt tell): the more we chat, the more i feel as if im building this computer virtually, understanding piece by piece how everything will work together.
i noticed that my AMD phen has a "4000mhz hypertransport or something." does this have to do with the FSB? in the amd modo that u posted (ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard) its compatible bus is 2600mhz "hyper transport."
1. can this be overclocked to match, or come close to the processor to decrease the chance for bottlenecking?
2. is ddr3 backwards compatible with ddr2? otherwise i may just put the gun to my head and by the 240pin ddr3 compatible with that board.
3. i guess ram is oc'd from the mobo.. (well, bios, but the mobo would determine how the ram could be oc'd?)
UPDATE: in the first post i recited the specs for my little pathetically sad laptop. well after much tweaking and a kick in the pants i managed to load the whole Mario Kart Wii game (MP7 & 8 still refuse). im getting maybe 3-4fps, 6.5 on a good day. its running at about 7% of the operating speed which means a 2minute race takes about 30 minutes.lame, i know, but on the other hand, its very relaxing...
The vectoring on the graphics is off. on certain maps the game superextends the polygon shapes all over the screen, destroying visibility, and Mario is a puzzle of disconnected polygons... most of the other characters are fine though.
anyway, back to the gfx cards...
EDIT:oops, looks like someone already posted. my bad. and HEY! this card is $99 and its ur 250, galaxy any good?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162034&cm_re=gtx_250-_-14-162-034-_-Product
this looks good too: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134064&cm_re=gtx_250-_-14-134-064-_-Product
EDIT2: wait, if i buy an amd processor can i buy an intel motherboard? is the hardware independent? (as in, any brand of RAM WILL work in any motherboard, assuming ddr2-3...etc)
EDIT3 (not a big fan of double posts if you couldnt tell): the more we chat, the more i feel as if im building this computer virtually, understanding piece by piece how everything will work together.
i noticed that my AMD phen has a "4000mhz hypertransport or something." does this have to do with the FSB? in the amd modo that u posted (ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard) its compatible bus is 2600mhz "hyper transport."
1. can this be overclocked to match, or come close to the processor to decrease the chance for bottlenecking?
2. is ddr3 backwards compatible with ddr2? otherwise i may just put the gun to my head and by the 240pin ddr3 compatible with that board.
3. i guess ram is oc'd from the mobo.. (well, bios, but the mobo would determine how the ram could be oc'd?)