IamBatosai Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 If I were to upgrade video card which one of the two following this should I choose? Geforce FX 7600GS 256MBRadeon X1600Pro 256MB It has to be agp and fairly cheap. I wish to play Oblivion with medium graphics. Will either of them work? Or should I just save this money for the computer I'm planning to build? In a year or more. Any help is appreiciated. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 If I were to upgrade video card which one of the two following this should I choose? Geforce FX 7600GS 256MBRadeon X1600Pro 256MB It has to be agp and fairly cheap. I wish to play Oblivion with medium graphics. Will either of them work? Or should I just save this money for the computer I'm planning to build? In a year or more. Any help is appreiciated. :D256mb won't do you too much for long as it's the bare minimum for alot of the newer games that are out. Right now I'm using a Radeon X1600pro 512, and havn't had any problems even on high settings in oblivion and several other games. With 2gb ram, my processor is actually the only thing slowing me down. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814103005 Is roughly the same specs as what I have (different manufacturer). For its price, if you can install it (requires a power connector) it'll last you quite awhile. Just don't install the catalyst, it's a resource hog. I would do a bit more looking and see if spending some extra money will get you a bit better. I personally wouldn't go below 512 unless I had no other choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamBatosai Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 Sorry for the late reply, be looking around some more. Thanks It sounds pretty good to me. Thank you very Much Vagrant0! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberiu911 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Aye, I use the same video card as Vagrant, without any problems, runs Oblivion on high, and it is fairly cheap (if you compare it to 700$ monsters). I got mine off Ebay for 160$ about 8 months ago, should be cheaper now. If you buy a 256, you will have to save and buy a new one soon if you want to play new games. Stick to this, and you will thank him when you buy a new game: I personally wouldn't go below 512 unless I had no other choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 That isn't necessarily true. Just because your card has 512MB doesn't mean it can outperform some cards with 256MB. There are other factors, such as clock speed and pipelines that you have to factor in. Like the FX 5 series of GeForce cards... they had 256MB, but their 128MB 4 Ti brothers were far better. My GeForce 7900GS 256MB renders Oblivion quite smoothly on maxxed settings. Though it is overclocked, and it does run a little bit hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 That isn't necessarily true. Just because your card has 512MB doesn't mean it can outperform some cards with 256MB. There are other factors, such as clock speed and pipelines that you have to factor in. Like the FX 5 series of GeForce cards... they had 256MB, but their 128MB 4 Ti brothers were far better. My GeForce 7900GS 256MB renders Oblivion quite smoothly on maxxed settings. Though it is overclocked, and it does run a little bit hot. This is very true, but even a fast card can't run a game that requires more memory than it has. I would assume that he's looking for a fairly long haul on this, while high fps is always a nice thing, long term you really want to be a few steps above where the memory requirements are and hope that your card is fast enough to handle it. You can deal with 10 frames a second for longer than being unable to even get something running without glitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamBatosai Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Yes, I would like a card that will last me for awhile. But pretty soon AGP video cards will become obsolete I think. Pci-e is taking over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Yes, I would like a card that will last me for awhile. But pretty soon AGP video cards will become obsolete I think. Pci-e is taking over.That is correct, which is why AGP is cheaper. But if your current motherboard/porcessor setup has AGP, there isn't any problem with using it. It's only that when you go for a new processor/mobo you'll need to use PCI express. But you'll probably have to use a new memory standard too, so really the question isn't about having components you can transplant later, but getting the most out of what you have. I recently upgraded my processor, trying to find a motherboard that had the right memory standard, agp slots, and everything else I already had took a bit of searching. If it wasn't for the fact that my computer was dead in the water at the time, I would have probably said "screw it" and just gone with a new everything and resigned myself to Ramen for the next month. That said, the best time to upgrade using older parts is probably right now when you can still find motherboards with an AGP slot. A few months down the road you may not have that many options. Don't kid yourself, a Dual core 2.4ghz (or higher non-overclocked), 2gb ram, and decent AGP card should have you covered for atleast 2 years if you don't run into any bad parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResidentWeevil2077 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I have pretty the same setup that you had Vagrant, exact same card make and everything. Of course, I starting to think I might need to upgrade my PC. It is 3 yrs old, so it would probably be a middle-aged setup by now. Anyway, I might have to upgrade to a motherboard with a PCI-e slot, as AGP is as you said becoming obsolete. Perhaps I might get a little more ambitious this time and get one with an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, and two PCI-e slots, so I can use two 256MB ATI X1800 series cards in a Crossfire config. Not that my X1600 Pro is old or anything, but it isn't necessarily top of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheatmaster5000 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 i think mine is a ati all in wonder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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