How to Upgrade

[richardwingett]

Dear Computerplanet

I bought a system from yourselves a couple of years ago and it is excellent. My major use is for HD video editing and of course, as HD editing grows, so do the demands placed upon the system

Please see my system details below.

I have upgraded the 4GB of memory to 8 which I think is the maximum for the system. My questions is, should I upgrade theASUS 1GB RADEON HD 3850 X2 PCI-E 2.0 to something more up to date with more on board memory or what would you advise to upgrade to increase work flow speed.

Regards
Richard Wingett

Intel Extreme
Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Fast 10/100 Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
Speeze QuadroFlow VIII - Low Noise
Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT
LOGITECH INTERNET 350 KEYBOARD BLK PS/2 OEM
Standard Black Optical Mouse
ASUS SKT-775 P5K-E WIFI-AP S/L 1333FSB
Coolermaster Centurion 5
GEIL 4GB DDR2 800 CL5.0 DUAL CHANNEL BRUSH ALUMINUM
Samsung SM2232BW 22Widescreen TFT Monitor 2MS
LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Disc Re-Writer & HD DVD-Rom SATA Black
ASUS DVDRW 20x S-ATA DRW-2014L1T SILVER LIGHTSCRIBE (SATA)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 12 MB
ASUS 1GB RADEON HD 3850 X2 PCI-E 2.0
E-MAIL/MSN/FORUMS SUPPORT
HIPER POWER 880W Low Noise/SLI Ready

[Steve@CP]

Replacing the VGA card will make things quicker in video editing. You may also want to consider changing to Windows 7 which will speed things up a little.

[richardwingett]

Steve

Thank you. When you say the VGA card do you mean the graphics cards. If so, based on my system, what would you recommend and should I keep to the two cards to keep it as a Crossfire system.

Do you sell the graphics cards ceperately and if so at what prices.

Thanks
Richard

[Steve@CP]

We don't sell them sorry but yes VGA / graphics card and I would suggest going for one new card like an NVIDIA GTX 550 or ATI HD 6770 1 GB.