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Thread ID: 78985	2007-05-04 11:46:00	Video card upgrade. Is it worth it...	lazydog (148)	Press F1

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547110	2007-05-04 22:52:00	Get the 7600GS, anything more will be restricted far too much by the rest of your gear. Thanks, i'll check it out.	lazydog (148)
547111	2007-05-04 22:56:00	Starting price for the Asus 7600gs on pricespy is $175. Cool, I think i can manage that. :thumbs: Anyone on here selling one :)	lazydog (148)
547112	2007-05-04 23:03:00	Get the 7600GS, anything more will be restricted far too much by the rest of your gear . Finally someone posts some sense in this thread! All the cards Memphis recommended are ridiculously expensive and overpowered for the original posters system . Investing money in an aging AGP system is stupid, it only going to have to be replace in 6 months . lazydog only wants to play COD and UT2k4 both games will run fine on either a 6600GT or 7600GS . 512mb is not need on cards with such low processing power, 512mb is only beneficial at higher resolutions or high levels of filtering which a 7600 or 6600 cant do because they're not fast enough .	Pete O'Neil (6584)
547113	2007-05-04 23:15:00	I've got a HP P4, 2 . 26ghz, 1gb ram and a Ti4200 64mb ram . I was thinking about upgrading the graphics card to a 6600gt but my mobo only supports 4x agp . Is it worth the upgrade? I like playing call of duty and UT2004 and are hoping that it will make the game play better . Thanks . No, it's not worth spending anything on upgrading . Save your money and buy a computer that will run your games properly . The most important thing is the cpu . Not much good adding ram or vid cards if the cpu lacks the power to use them	JJJJJ (528)
547114	2007-05-05 00:38:00	You are wrong Jack. I can run Command And Conquer Tiberium Wars, Need For Speed Carbon, FS9, FSX, Half Life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, Need For Speed Most Wanted, Virtual Skipper 5 32nd Americas Cup the Game on my ageing 4 year old computer with no problems. Trevor :)	Trev (427)
547115	2007-05-05 05:54:00	You should always check out reviews on graphic cards before buying one so you get a good one and not a lemon!!!:thumbs: The cards I recommended are for if you are serious about gaming and want to have fun and enjoy your games . The 7600Gt wastes a 6600GT in the benchmarks!! 6600GT =real old card 7600GT =newer old card 8600GT =new card-pcie only at this moment in time . The 7600GS is a weakened 7600GT get a full strength 7600GT!!The 7600GT is way better then the 7600GS . If you pay peanuts . . . . . YOU GET MONKEYS!!! Personaly I would either get the best agp card out which is the Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB AGP for only $381 . 38 or save up a thousand dollars and go pcie and you would have to buy a new cpu,a new motherboard,new ram,new graphic card etc . So it really depends on how much you want to spend . $381 . 38 from a gamers prospective is a bargain!!!:thumbs: Go to a shop with your pc get them to put it in for you play the game that craps out on you with your present card and notice the improvement!! Either your a gamer or a wannabe!!:D Quote:JJJJJ The most important thing is the cpu . You are wrong JJJJJ the most important thing for gaming is the graphic card always has been,any gamer would know that . In order of importance for gaming: 1 . Graphic card 2 . CPU 3 . RAM Quote:Pete O'Neil lazydog only wants to play COD and UT2k4 both games You are wrong . Quote:lazydog I like playing call of duty and UT2004 and are hoping that it will make the game play better . He likes playing those games but I don't know any gamer on any platform that has . . . . . . only two games!! Hay I am only trying to help so you don't get a lemon and you get the best card . Or go pcie . Its up to you but if you get a inferior card you will wonder how much better it would have been with the better graphic card . And you will go **** I should have got that better card that Memphis said . :D I bought my 1900XT for $$$$ heaps more then any of those cards . Am I happy I did, . . . I sure am man!! Would I do it again . . . . *^%$ YES!!! No going back to cheap ****ty cards for me now,takes longer to save up but it is really worth it from a gamers view . :2cents:	memphis (2869)
547116	2007-05-05 08:10:00	You are wrong Jack. I can run Command And Conquer Tiberium Wars, Need For Speed Carbon, FS9, FSX, Half Life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, Need For Speed Most Wanted, Virtual Skipper 5 32nd Americas Cup the Game on my ageing 4 year old computer with no problems. Trevor :) Don't agree with you Trev. You probably have a vid card that is ideal for your cpu. But if you wanted to improve performance you would need to upgrade the pcu before upgrading the vid card.	JJJJJ (528)
547117	2007-05-05 13:03:00	No Jack. If you read my previous post I upgraded from a GF4200 64mb card to my present one see sig. the increase in performance in astonding. Trevor :)	Trev (427)
547118	2007-05-05 22:56:00	You should always check out reviews on graphic cards before buying one so you get a good one and not a lemon!!!:thumbs: The cards I recommended are for if you are serious about gaming and want to have fun and enjoy your games. The 7600Gt wastes a 6600GT in the benchmarks!! 6600GT =real old card 7600GT =newer old card 8600GT =new card-pcie only at this moment in time. The 7600GS is a weakened 7600GT get a full strength 7600GT!!The 7600GT is way better then the 7600GS. If you pay peanuts.....YOU GET MONKEYS!!! And if you buy a card that doesn't match the performance of the rest of your system then you may waste hundreds of dollars. Your advice is crap, You should keep it to yourself.	Metla (12)
547119	2007-05-06 03:59:00	Well i can't afford to upgrade my computer just yet so it's a graphics card for the time being. I enjoy gaming but only have CoD+UO and UT2004 on my computer as my computer is mainly used for video editing when i have the work. I will be upgrading the computer in the near future because of the video editing i do but i have to go to oz for family reasons first. So as you see, i don't want to spend too much on a card. It looks like from the replies that the 7600GT is my best option. Would i notice much difference between the Ti4200 and a 6600GT?. What would you do in my situation?. Cheers.	lazydog (148)
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