How much off an upgrade

[jongley]

I'm upgrading my graphics card in the next couple of days.
i'm going from Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS AGP to an Nvidia 9600 GT

i just want to know how much of an upgrade it is. i've looked and can't find any stats on the card i currently have.

Thank you all

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I am not aware that nVidia has a 9600GT planned that will go in a AGP slot. To my knowledge it's a PCI 2.0 card which means you'd need a new MoBo before you could consider that card.

 

[mactronix]

Im also fairly sure there isnt an AGP version, ATI make a 3850 in AGP though.
Either way one or the other of those cards will make a lot of differance, depending on the rest of your system of course.
If you have a big enough PSU to power it and a fast enough CPU the differance will be night and day.
Mactronix

 

[jongley]

I am not aware that nVidia has a 9600GT planned that will go in a AGP slot. To my knowledge it's a PCI 2.0 card which means you'd need a new MoBo before you could consider that card.

i am doing an whole system build. i am just curious in the differences between the 2 graphics cards

 

[cleeve]

The difference is colossal.

Here's a chart that approxomates video card prowess by tier:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/05/the_best_gaming_graphics/page8.html

9600 GT is third from the top, the 7600 GS is on the 13th tier...

 

[jongley]

thats great
Thanks i have an idea just how much better it is