what should i do?

really if ur getting both for the same price its more sensible to go for the pci-e option....much more futureproof.....

go the amd way. everyone knows(or should know) that athlon 64's were far better than pentium 4's.

another way to go is to get a dual-core cpu.

AMD/7600.

thanks thats what i thought but never hurts to have other points of view. thanks

Dude, anything (almost!) is better than your celery thing, but try and stretch for a 7900gt or the (can't believe I'm typing this) Ati equivalent.

Ooooh that was uncalled for

Actualy i think everyone awnsered his 1 or 2 question with a 1 or 2 i thought about the two choices and gave advice.

eVGA 7900GS - $190 from Newegg
eVGA 7600GT - $119 from Newegg

60% Price Difference. No, not much of a price difference at all.

Anyway, the X1900GT is better than the 7900GS for around the same amount. It depends on which card you get and who has a MIR. The Sapphire X1900GT is actually cheaper than most 7900GS cards.

Stay away from the 7900GS. Get the Athlon system & 7600GT PCI-Express.

Btw, do you have a budget?

about 230.00 for a budget. newegg all the way. im going with the 7600 gt and the amd. next year ill get a whole new computer. dx10 quad cores, that means prices should be coming down on stuff thats out now.when i build the new system i dont know who im going with. ati or nvidia. mind you ive always used nvidia . thanks for all the replies.

The 7600 GT is a great card, but it's a bad idea if your focus is Oblivion.

I test cards for Toms, Oblivion doesn't like Geforces. Even a relatively slow X1600 XT can take on the 7600 GT in Oblivion.

An X850 XT would be better.

Better yet, the X1950 PRO can challenge the 7900 GTX in Oblivion.

Can't find the GTX bench (I thought) I saw, but here is a bench showing the X1950 PRO putting some serious hurt on a 7900 GTO... which is a 7900 GTX core with slower 7900 GT memory:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardwar [...] page12.asp

Even at GTX memory speeds, I doubt it would come anywhere near catching the X1950 PRO in oblivion foliage benches...

PCI-x and PCI Express are not the same thing.

Well it Depends on what you plan on using your PC for. And what is your budget? If you can tell me this believe people will be able to help you much better.

im just learning what ati is what. hey im going to consider my options. plus im building or my tech is building a new computer next year around summerish. i just need a hold me off. i only have a celeron because of an ignorant so called tech. i said put a equal or greater cpu. i had a pent 4 2.8, so i get a celeron 2.6. oh yeah my ti 4600 became a 5200. my wife gave me a 6600le and here i am.