upgrade from 7900gs agp to 8600gts pcie should i?

i play bf-2142 and currently running a 7900gs agp with an old skt.478 p4 3.0ht 1mb cache and 2gigs ram. i can uprade now to a amd athlon 64 x2 3800+ and mobo with the 8600gts for a little over 200 bucks now.

i would like to know if this will get me better performance in 2142 (especially titan mode) as now with the 7900gs agp i still have some lag issues! does anyone have the 8600gts? and how does it play in bf-2142 and at what settings?

my best settings in game with my current setup in game is medium without AA on 1440x1050 display.

thanks to all responders and please keep in mind that this is a temporary change (if i do it) as i will build a new core2 rig this time next summer.

yes 7900gs! i'm telling tha truth. LOL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150174

this is the one i have now.

The 8600GTS will do just fine, especially considering you're upgrading your cpu and mobo along with video card for $200.

I recently went from 7600gt to x1950xt. The performance increase was astounding! 7900 gs is slightly better than 7600 gt, but you would definitely notice a performance increase still. You are unlikely to see any video card perf increase at all going to an 8600 gts.

You didn't read his entire post then. He said he would be switching from a P4 to an X2 3800+ and the 8600 would come with the new CPU. That obviously means a mobo change and most current mobos have PCI-E. You do make an off-hand point though. Doubletake, if you plan on getting that X2, make sure the mobo does indeed have PCI-e and not AGP.

well everybody, looks like i wont be making any changes after all! i just couldn't except tha fact that i kept seeing other reviews about other systems comparable to mine and are running bf-2142 on high settings with AA on as well.

so i lookked into my mobo's bios again and rechecked everything and found one simple problem (man i could just kick myself for this one) that was easy to change: memory accelaration mode. changed it from "auto" to "enable" and now i have a different system! running 2142 on high with 2x AA (and on titan mode too) with smooth playing.

thanks to all you guys with your comments and trying to help! much appreciated!

Awesome!
You might as well stretch all the life out of your rig as you can. I didn't know they made the 7900gs in agp, pretty cool. That should last until the 9000 series comes out. Don't go to socket 939 just to keep your RAM though...You won't be able to go past a 3800 x2.

I AM GOING TO HIT YOU IN THE HEAD FOR EVEN CONSIDERING THE MOVE. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

NO

DONT DO IT.

7900 vs 8600? ARE YOU CRAZY!

The middle of the next range is never as good as the top of the last lot.

KEEP YOUR OLD CARD till you can get something like an 8800gts.

I wanted that asrock board, it is pretty damn cool, but you cant find the f'n expansion card anywhere. so it is a bit of a fat gimmick since nvidia decided to engulf ULi stopping the production of any of those cards. honesly it is a waste to keep that pc alive for much longer, the new nvidia lineup is going to hit pretty soon so save up and jump for it when AMD releases their Am3 and the 9800 or 8900 comes out whichever they decide to make. And who knows they might actually make an hd2900xtx (though i doubt it, and don't want it to happen thus making my card not the top)

If you do get this board you can get an fx 57 if you can find one. And as far as i can see the fx57 whips my 6000+ at a lot of games. ALSO you can SLI OR crossfire this thing which is pretty flipping cool too.