Graphics card recommendation?

[reds4ever]

I'm looking for a new AGP card to replace my Radeon 9800. My system is an Athlon 2800+ with 512 Mb so obviously I'm not after a top end card - just something reasonably price that will get me decent FPS at the higher settings on Rome Total War/ RON type games.

[Kuciwalker]

512? Get more RAM first...

[SlowwHand]

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful input, Kuci.



(ya Nimrod)

[Kuciwalker]

You're very welcome.

[SlowwHand]

Ask Shiva if this will work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?Item=N82E16814121057

[loinburger]

Get a PCIe motherboard, then get an nVidia 7950GT (or something more expensive if you want and can afford something more expensive). AGP cards are (being) phased out.

Also, double your RAM.

[Krill]

go up to at least 1 gig, preferably 2...

Nvidea AGP Graphics cards:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&sortby=nameAsc&subid=411

ATI AGP Graphics cards:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&sortby=nameAsc&subid=403&mfrid=

[Krill]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-050-GW&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

This 7600 GT looks decent; I have a 7600 GT atm but PCI express and I don;t have any complaints. It'll only run Supreme Commander with all of the details turned off though, but that game requires aloot of power.

[Asher]

For AGP, get a 7900 GS.

[Nostromo]

I have a Leadtek GeForce 7600 GT AGP card. Great bang for the buck, IMO. It runs Oblivion just fine. You'll probably have to add some ram, though.

My system is an Athlon 64 3000+ with 1GB of ram.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by Asher
For AGP, get a 7900 GS.

Yes, this is the best bang for the buck for AGP.

Asher FTW

[reds4ever]

Thanks for the advice, I probably go for a secondhand 7600 GT and some more RAM. I need something cheap as my Mobo is Socket A/ AGP, I figure one more graphics card will give me another 18 months use out of the system and then I can change the whole lot and get a PCI-E board with a current processor socket.

So it's just not worth spending much on a AGP card, moving to a PCI-E board now will still leave me either needing a new processor or having a Socket A/ PCI-E and having to change the Mobo again when I next upgrade.

[alva]

If your current one isn't broke, then just keep it. You're not going to see a great deal of improvement imho.
Kuci's suggestion might yield better results than a better videocard.

[Lord Avalon]

I also have a Radeon 9800 (Pro), although with Pentium 2.8GHz and 1GB of RAM. I've been thinking of upgrading for a while, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Will skip AGP and go for new PCI Express mobo, get a Core 2 Duo & 2GB of RAM and probably a Radeon 1950 Pro.

Of course that means new power supply and possibly new case with additional fans.

[Asher]

I had a Radeon 9800 Pro with an Athlon 64 3200+.

I upgraded to the GeForce 7800GS CO Superclock and saw a significant improvement across all my games. Some games were unplayable before with the 9800.