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Video Card Upgrade

Hi Everyone,
My Radeon 9600XT 256 meg video card recently died on me so I am looking to upgrade to something better but I don't know what sort of restrictions are in place in regards to what card I can upgrade to. My PC specs are as follows:
P4 prescott 2.8Ghz
1 gig of DDR 400 RAM
AGP and PCI slots for Graphics cards, no PCI Express slots

Originally I was looking to go to a 9800XT 128Meg but I would like to know whats the best graphics card I can get for my PC at the moment
Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Lee W, MVP

Any new card that's AGP should work fine.

nobus

Pick one here :

http://www.asus.com/products/vga/vgaindex.htm

waffleironhead

the best?

well that is kind of difficult to say, but i am going on the assumption that you are a gamer

in that case go for

ati x800 or x850

nvidia 6800

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-04.html#3dmark_2003

article is a little old but still valid

hth
waffle

teghkalsi

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Great, thanks for you help guys, I think cause i'm on a stringent budget I will most likely opt for a 6600GT or a 9800XT

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teghkalsi

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Ok i think i'll get the 6600GT instead (if it's around the same price or cheaper) should I look at getting one with 256meg or 128meg. I ask this because my last card that died (9600XT) had 256meg will it matter if I get a better card with 128Meg? e.g. 6600GT 128Meg or 9800XT 128Meg. Will their still be alot better performance gains.

Thanks for your help

Regards,

Tegh

Callandor

You won't need 256MB unless you have huge textures; a 6600GT with 128MB should be a good balance between price and performance. I got an XFX 6600GT for about $200, and it outperforms a Radeon 9800 Pro, which costs more.