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i got my card new off ebay about 16 quid, bnib, retails at 30

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System:
ASUS V4-M3N8200 Case and Mobo, HDMI model, Brushed effect case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2.3GHZ)
XFX nVidia GeForce 8500 512mb
3GB DDR2 RAM
410GB HD (250 WD + 160 Hitachi, Sata 2)
Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Series CPU Cooler
Windows Vista Premium SP2
Logitech Z-10 Speakers

Always good to look for a bargain, was that the 8400.

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PC: home build (built and owned by an old git)
Case:Antec 300
PSU: CoolMaster Real Power M700
TFT Screen: ASUS VH226 21.7"
Mother Board;Asus P5Q DeLuxe
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 1333FSB (Retail 775
RAM: GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
O S:Microsoft 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Speakers: Logitech Z 5500
Sound Card: Auzen X-Meridian (Dam good it is to worth every penny)
Video Card: Saphire HD4870 Toxic 1GB
Hard Discs:
C: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB)
D: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB C drive raid
G: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB

First question from me: do you know the card will work?

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yeh the 8400, i was quite pleased with the price
k9, what?????

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System:
ASUS V4-M3N8200 Case and Mobo, HDMI model, Brushed effect case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2.3GHZ)
XFX nVidia GeForce 8500 512mb
3GB DDR2 RAM
410GB HD (250 WD + 160 Hitachi, Sata 2)
Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Series CPU Cooler
Windows Vista Premium SP2
Logitech Z-10 Speakers

I was just asking whether you know it would work. The encoding might be chipped or something, you can't be sure it will work if you bought it off ebay.

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Aspiring from the 3 countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, here we drink 3 cups of tea to do business. The first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third you become family, and for family we are prepared to do anything- even die.



http://www.swapitshop.com/friend_jum...creative_id=17

58% buy the item featured on this page:
PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI-E 256MB Verto Graphics Card
£24.00

Is this the card Paul if it is then in my opinion the 7900 is the better card for two reasons the 7900 was 512mb card and was one of the top of the middle of the 7 series cards the only drawback is that it is Direct X9 and not Direct X10 as your new one. whereas the 8400 would be a good card if you were upgrading from an on board one with shared memory, I could be wrong but that is how I understand it.

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PC: home build (built and owned by an old git)
Case:Antec 300
PSU: CoolMaster Real Power M700
TFT Screen: ASUS VH226 21.7"
Mother Board;Asus P5Q DeLuxe
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 1333FSB (Retail 775
RAM: GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
O S:Microsoft 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Speakers: Logitech Z 5500
Sound Card: Auzen X-Meridian (Dam good it is to worth every penny)
Video Card: Saphire HD4870 Toxic 1GB
Hard Discs:
C: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB)
D: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB C drive raid
G: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB

umm, mine is an XFX one not PNY, but same chipset. Yeh, 256mb, but my onboard shared Radeon X1200 was appauling, the old 7600 was onboard shared tho :S
yeh, apparently the 8400 is the cheapest DX10 one
i guess i'll live with it till xmas or sommin

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System:
ASUS V4-M3N8200 Case and Mobo, HDMI model, Brushed effect case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2.3GHZ)
XFX nVidia GeForce 8500 512mb
3GB DDR2 RAM
410GB HD (250 WD + 160 Hitachi, Sata 2)
Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Series CPU Cooler
Windows Vista Premium SP2
Logitech Z-10 Speakers

i know this is an old post, but i just had the tell someone what ive done

when i upgraded my mobo, it had an onboard 8200 with HDMI, so I sold my brother my 8400GS because it didnt seem much different to the 8200.
This was a month ago, but I've finally bought a new card

XFX geforce 8500GT 512mb, which will run in SLI mode with my onboard 8200
ahhh its amazing
and quiet than the 8400gs

and it only cost me about £25 off ebay

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System:
ASUS V4-M3N8200 Case and Mobo, HDMI model, Brushed effect case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2.3GHZ)
XFX nVidia GeForce 8500 512mb
3GB DDR2 RAM
410GB HD (250 WD + 160 Hitachi, Sata 2)
Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Series CPU Cooler
Windows Vista Premium SP2
Logitech Z-10 Speakers

Well done Paul hope you have many happy hours with it and a bargin as well, good old Ebay.

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PC: home build (built and owned by an old git)
Case:Antec 300
PSU: CoolMaster Real Power M700
TFT Screen: ASUS VH226 21.7"
Mother Board;Asus P5Q DeLuxe
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 1333FSB (Retail 775
RAM: GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
O S:Microsoft 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Speakers: Logitech Z 5500
Sound Card: Auzen X-Meridian (Dam good it is to worth every penny)
Video Card: Saphire HD4870 Toxic 1GB
Hard Discs:
C: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB)
D: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB C drive raid
G: SAMSUNG: HD103UJ [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB

thanks

its nice having a proper card again, boosted performance

cos im not using onboard atm, (i decided the card is good enough i dont need to use 8200 in sli) theres a noticeable performance boost

whoooooo

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System:
ASUS V4-M3N8200 Case and Mobo, HDMI model, Brushed effect case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2.3GHZ)
XFX nVidia GeForce 8500 512mb
3GB DDR2 RAM
410GB HD (250 WD + 160 Hitachi, Sata 2)
Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Series CPU Cooler
Windows Vista Premium SP2
Logitech Z-10 Speakers