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358188 2005-05-24 21:56:00 good morning
i would like to buy another graphic card for my computer .at the moment i have winfast 360 -5700 and i would like to go to the leadtek 6800. my computer is or the 6600 256 mb 128 bit
512mb ram
2.0ghz
5700 128 mb card
agp x 4
winxp
am i going to get any better performance out off the computer i mostly play games flight sims and command and conquer any help[ would be gratefull

thankyou richard
rhockley (4985)
358189 2005-05-24 23:16:00 Yes.

The 5700 aint the worst card on the market but its close,where as the 6600GT (make sure its the GT) is the best bang for buck midrange card available, If your looking at non-ultra or non-GT cards then a bit of research will be in order....The performance of the chipsets can be seriously hampered by slow ram,blocked pipes and lower clockspeeds.
Metla (12)
358190 2005-05-25 00:45:00 Hey melta, will he still get a performance increase with the new card even though his agp is 4x?.
I ask cause mine is the same (4x)and i'm thinking of a new graphics card too.
lazydog (148)
358191 2005-05-25 01:09:00 hi hommer what are you changeing to richard rhockley (4985)
358192 2005-05-25 01:29:00 Hey melta, will he still get a performance increase with the new card even though his agp is 4x?.
I ask cause mine is the same (4x)and i'm thinking of a new graphics card too.


Yep, the loss of performance is about 1-to-5 fps(bugger all, next to nothing) when used in a 4xagp slot, go for it....though I wouldn't be buying a top of the line card for a system that has a 4xagp....
Metla (12)
358193 2005-05-25 03:50:00 [QUOTE=am i going to get any better performance out off the computer i mostly play games flight sims and command and conquer any help[ would be gratefull

thankyou richard[/QUOTE]

Well I got myself a Raedon 9800 pro and the improvement was negligable. Certainly not $400 worth of improvement.
I wanted it for MS Flight Simm 2004. And the scenery is still poor.
JJJJJ (528)
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