My current computer is a refurb from two years ago. It has AGP graphics still. My card is a GeForce 6800GS 256MB. I'm running XP with 2.5GB of memory.
I've recently been running into problems in World of Warcraft, that lead me to believe I need to upgrade the graphics card I have or just buy a new machine. In general, I run WoW fine, but for 25 man raids I'm having problems if I have to have the graphics dialed up, which is necessary for certain endgame fights.
So, my questions:
Is there a better AGP card that would be worth getting that would give me a large boost in performance?
If not, I would probably buy a machine from a Dell or HP or some such. Would the cards they have available in their midrange machines be much of an upgrade graphically? For HP it looks like it would be: 512 MB GeForce 8600GT. For Dell: 256MB GeForce 8600 GTS or 256MB Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT.
Thanks for any help.
I've recently been running into problems in World of Warcraft, that lead me to believe I need to upgrade the graphics card I have or just buy a new machine. In general, I run WoW fine, but for 25 man raids I'm having problems if I have to have the graphics dialed up, which is necessary for certain endgame fights.
So, my questions:
Is there a better AGP card that would be worth getting that would give me a large boost in performance?
If not, I would probably buy a machine from a Dell or HP or some such. Would the cards they have available in their midrange machines be much of an upgrade graphically? For HP it looks like it would be: 512 MB GeForce 8600GT. For Dell: 256MB GeForce 8600 GTS or 256MB Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT.
Thanks for any help.