Looking to upgrade but...

[blackbart]

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my card but my motherboard only has an AGP 4x slot. I'm currently using a Geforce 4 4600 ti. Is it worth my money to upgrade or should I just start saving for a new PC? If it is worth it, any suggestions on what would best suit my situation would be appreciated.
I currently have a 1.8 AMD Athlon processor and 512MB PC2100 RAM.


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by blackbart on 07/17/05 10:32 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[fate]

I would save up for a new pc.

 

[mofofosho]

yep, keep those benjamins in hand ready till when dual core cpus and gfx 32pipedreams become realistic in prices.

 

[Crashman]

You have an OK processor and AGP4x isn't an issue with the cards I'd put in it. I'd go with a Radeon 9600XT, GeForce4 Ti4200, or something else allong those lines, keeping the price within the $80-100 range without sacrificing too much performance.

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[pauldh]

AGP 4X is not an issue. Your CPU is an issue. In many of todays games, XP1800+ will bottleneck anything worth upgrading to from a GF4Ti4600. I can tell you from testing, that NFSu2 and Farcry you would get no real benefit of upgrading that video card with an XP1800+.


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[dhlucke]

Some games are CPU dependent, some are GPU, and I'm sure there's some that are both (prob fps'ers).

So what games does he play?

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[blackbart]

Well, I'm currently playing Far Cry and I would like to play Battle Field 2 but I'm SOL with my gpu.

 

[pauldh]

It's not going to do anything for farcry with that CPU.

BF2, is another story. GF4ti can't play it, new card can. But how well would BF2 play on a XP1800 with 512MB of RAM? That's the ? to find an answer to before spending money. My guess is, not well. But I can't tell you for sure, haven't played it. What are your expectations, to play it or to play it well?



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[blackbart]

Thanks for the input everyone.