My computer lag during game play do i need to up grade video card

[Guest]

Hello,
If I'm running an AGP video card it it worth up grading it from a nvidia 5200 256 to a 7600 nvidia card? Or should i just rebuild the whole thing?

 

[randomkid]

It might solve your GPU bottleneck but what about the CPU?

I'm afraid that if you get the 7600GT (agp ) your games may still lag due to processor bottleneck and you end up spending ~$95 for the AGP you can not bring to a newer mobo...

So please list your other system components and tell us what what monitor resolution are you playing at.

 

[megamanx00]

If you can get the 7600GT for free sure. Unless your system is at least an Athlon 64 or a 3.0c P4, there isn't much of a point in spending any money on it. What kind of system do you have?

 

[jyjjy]

Just rebuild. That system is ancient by today's standards. For $200-300 you can get a CPU, motherboard, ram and video card that will be several time better for gaming than just buying a 7600gt.