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First post, by PcBytes

Posted on 2018-06-03, 10:55

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Bought a 2004-2005ish rig (or so the caps say) with some nice parts, and thought I might share it with you.

Case: K-Mex CX-3358 (couldn't find it on Google - other models do show up tho)
PSU: FSP Group FSP300-60EP(2)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Skt939
MB: Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939
RAM: 2GB DDR400 (4x512MB)
GPU: ATi Radeon HD3450 512MB AGP8x - originally had a FX5200 128MB 128bit
ODD: Hitachi-LG DVD0RW GSA-H10N (white, I also have a black unit)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB-00LSA0 80GB SATA
OS: Windows 7 SP1 (came with it), probably going to switch to XP SP3

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 1 of 3, by candle_86

Posted on 2018-06-11, 15:15

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if I was you I'd toss that HD3450 into the nearest trash can, its preformance is similar to that of a 9600 not even a pro

Reply 2 of 3, by Fire Vine

Posted on 2018-06-14, 15:01

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what candle said

get a 6800/6800gt instead, it will beat the shit out of that crappy 3450 ( just make sure you have a decent power supply )
i have 2 3450s and i cant even get them to run hl2 at over 30fps even with a huge overclock
all the other parts look great though

Reply 3 of 3, by PcBytes

Posted on 2018-06-15, 11:04

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candle_86 wrote:
if I was you I'd toss that HD3450 into the nearest trash can, its preformance is similar to that of a 9600 not even a pro

That 3450 is actually the best card I have considering what options I had available - 9550, FX5500,5200 and such.

Fire Vine - I don't think I've seen a 6800/6800GT show up in my town, let alone on AGP. The only things I've seen were either 9550 cards or 9600 Pro, and one 7600GT that god knew if it even worked given how bad it looked. (with bulged caps as well) That's why I went with the 3450. So far, GTA San Andreas runs fine, although that game runs even on the most potato card I had (a 7300LE)

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

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