I'm in the process of slowly upgrading my computer to be relatively modern but without spending big bucks on it. Right now I'm looking at video cards.
Currently I have an old GeForce4 MX 420 w/ 64MB of onboard RAM. Its OK, but doesn't help me much with any of the newer games. At a local shop I found a GeForce FX 5500 based card with 256MB of onboard RAM, featured here:
Its $99 CAD, which seems like a pretty good deal to me... especially with 256MB included, although I must admit I'm not too informed on these things.
My question is, is this a good deal and will I notice any significant different in performance compared to what I have now? Also, its AGP... does that have any benefits or drawbacks comapred to PCI? All I want is for newer games (like Half Life 2) to run better, I don't need any fancy extra features.
Oh, and in case it makes a difference, here's my current system specs:
Pentium 4 1.7Ghz
768MB PC2100 DDR RAM
PNY GeForce4 MX 420 64MB
So, is it worth going for this card or should I wait for better cards to get cheaper?
Thanks in advance for the advice, guys.
Currently I have an old GeForce4 MX 420 w/ 64MB of onboard RAM. Its OK, but doesn't help me much with any of the newer games. At a local shop I found a GeForce FX 5500 based card with 256MB of onboard RAM, featured here:
Its $99 CAD, which seems like a pretty good deal to me... especially with 256MB included, although I must admit I'm not too informed on these things.
My question is, is this a good deal and will I notice any significant different in performance compared to what I have now? Also, its AGP... does that have any benefits or drawbacks comapred to PCI? All I want is for newer games (like Half Life 2) to run better, I don't need any fancy extra features.
Oh, and in case it makes a difference, here's my current system specs:
Pentium 4 1.7Ghz
768MB PC2100 DDR RAM
PNY GeForce4 MX 420 64MB
So, is it worth going for this card or should I wait for better cards to get cheaper?
Thanks in advance for the advice, guys.
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