Thursday, September 25, 2008

My 9800 GTX +

So about a week back I got a 9800GTX+ from newegg. And after waiting a couple days, my friend came and helped me put it in (first upgrade, needed help). So when all was said and done I tried it out on a few games. There were definitely some improvements, as some games I thought were unplayable now looked incredible. Here's the games I tried out.

Team Fortress 2 - Not choppy anymore, looks swell
Half Life Two: Episode Two - Looks awesome
Unreal Tournament 3 - Is actually playable, and looks great too.

I would have tried Crysis, as it came free with the card, but we ran into a perdiciment when putting the card in. The PSU isn't powering the card enough. I have a 400watt PSU, it requires atleast 450watt. So for the health of my system, I'm going to refrian from playing Crysis untill I can get a better PSU. By the way, do they carry 600watt modular PSUs at Office Depot? I thought not... Back to Newegg, I guess.