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mrshow   10-19-2007 at 01:15:07 AM

My Specs:

AMD Athlon64 3400+ 2.25GHz
2x 512MB DDR PC3200
ABIT KV8-MAX3 (Socket 754)
ATi Radeon x800 (AGP)

I realize that my computer is old and outdated. I'm going to be playing Call of Duty 4, and upon recent download of the demo, I realized that the FPS that my x800 gets me is unacceptable. I've been looking at possibilities for upgrading my GPU, and I know that since I can only have an AGP card, and that my system specs aren't that great, whatever card I get isn't going to be amazing because of slower bandwidth and bottlenecking. Nevertheless, I've decided on one of these two cards:

GECUBE Radeon X1950PRO http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6814241041

EVGA GeForce 7600GS http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6814130076

Someone also suggested a 7800 to me.
Anyways, Any advice could help. I seriously need a new card, so should I go for the x1950, to suck out whatever I have left of this PC, or should I go for the 7600GS, because of the bottlenecking and price of the x1950. Any other contributions would be helpful as well. ty.

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Hatman   10-19-2007 at 01:19:01 AM
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Dw about bottlenecking from the AGP interface, 8x has been proven to be fine for the likes of a 1950pro, which outperforms a 7600gs by quite a margin.

 


In my opinion Id go for the 1950pro, may aswell max the system out before a big upgrade, which will easily cost into the hundreds.


Message edited by Hatman on 10-19-2007 at 01:19:41 AM
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kpo6969   10-19-2007 at 01:21:57 AM
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How many amps does your psu have?

------------------------------ P35-DS3L Rev 2 bios F9C l E8400 @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.232v l OCZ Vendetta 2 /LGA775 Bolt-Thru l 4GB G.Skill 8800PI@1000mhz 4:5 @ 1.87v l WD3200AAKS 320GB l Evga 8800GTS 512 l X-Fi Xtreme Music l Corsair HX520 l Antec Sonata III 500 l Vista32 SP2 l Win7 X64 7600
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MAgrippa   10-19-2007 at 02:24:51 AM
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Agree with Hatman....Go for the X1950 pro ... If you are gaming with XP, its the best bang for the buck .... I think that your current card is hurtin' you more than your CPU and mobo.. If you do a full upgrade to a PCI-E mobo and CPU, it's gonna cost you....

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zhaf   10-19-2007 at 02:33:21 AM
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x1950pro if your psu can handle it... other wise 7900GS if you can find it for a good price... last resort HD2600XT.
Or maybe a cheap PCI-e mobo and 8600GTS

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mrshow   10-19-2007 at 02:52:18 AM
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UPDATE: here's my PSU info:

Thermaltake Purepower 500 p/n w0100ru
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817153052

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Hatman   10-19-2007 at 03:36:05 AM
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Yep thatll handle the 1950pro easily.

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