Think I need a new video card.
system: asus A7V8X, amd 1800+, 1 gig ram, gefore 4 mx420.
Pretty outdated, I know. I'm looking to up the video card. I think that will get me by until I can't do a full new system with w/e this pci-e is going to do for me. Mainly what I do, is surf the net and play games. The main game I play right now is RYL(Pote). I'm not sure if raising my cpu or video card will do the trick for me. As for the video card, I'm really lost these days on them. There are sooo many companies who make cards using the same chips. And the prices could be a couple hundred dollars from each other as well. I'm looking to spend around 150 US dollars. I understand that getting a new cpu instead may be better in the long run as well, but being this a video card thread -- I'm not expecting too much info comparing which would be better for me. So as for the video card.... ? Thx
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by airtaz on 03/16/05 10:52 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
system: asus A7V8X, amd 1800+, 1 gig ram, gefore 4 mx420.
Pretty outdated, I know. I'm looking to up the video card. I think that will get me by until I can't do a full new system with w/e this pci-e is going to do for me. Mainly what I do, is surf the net and play games. The main game I play right now is RYL(Pote). I'm not sure if raising my cpu or video card will do the trick for me. As for the video card, I'm really lost these days on them. There are sooo many companies who make cards using the same chips. And the prices could be a couple hundred dollars from each other as well. I'm looking to spend around 150 US dollars. I understand that getting a new cpu instead may be better in the long run as well, but being this a video card thread -- I'm not expecting too much info comparing which would be better for me. So as for the video card.... ? Thx
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by airtaz on 03/16/05 10:52 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
Is it that much better than the current geforce 4 mx 420? My plans are, to upgrade this computer. Within the next year, I will be making a new one for myself and passing this one along to my son. So what I do to it now, will need to last him a couple of years maybe. Currently his main game is also RYL and warcraft type games as well. I was really planning on staying on the nvidia side too. The card I was looking at was the 6600...not sure if the gt or any others is that much better than the other for the money. The cpu (amd) will be upgraded to the max that my main board can handle about 2 months after the video upgrade. I'm thinking this is an old system, but it will still get the job done for us for a couple of years if upgraded properly. What companies should we not look at? There are alot of companies that use all of these chipsets.
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