rhs88 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Hello. My old reliable Nvidia GeForce 7900GS is in its death throws, and must sadly be replaced. Money is tight and I'm not sure what would be a decent upgrade for cheap. (I know cheap and upgrade don't go well together. Lets ignore that fact.) Other basic StatsOperating System: Windows XP Pro SP2Processor: Intel Pentium D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)Memory: 2046MB RAM I'm not looking for some monster rocket engine of a card, just something that will run current games reasonably well. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmert Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I dont know about your budget, but if you want another nvidia, 8800 gt 512 mb would be an excellent choice... Overclockable, cheap and runs great... another alternative is the ATI 4850 512 mb... the price might be a little steep but it is a great card... In fact I have 8800 GTS OC edition and I want to upgrade to this ATI card but not sure, since mine is running great too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX6 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 well i have the ATI\3650 hd with 512 mb \ DDR4 and i'm happy but what are your mainboard chips is??if you have a N-FORCE chips you need a NVIDIA VGA AND IF YOUR CHIPS IS INTEL i recomand you to have a ATI VGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triforce1 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I personally would reccommend an nVIDIA GeForce card. I would recommend only the 8 series at the moment because the price/value ratio to the 9 series isn't enough until you get up to the 9800. I have an 8800 GTX overclocked by BFG. I would recommend something like that. I have never had an ATI, but from what I hear people are pleased with most of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted269910User Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 If you're low on budget, I'd go for GeForce 8600GT, costs round 50-60USD(Paid 40€ for mine which is around 55$, haven't checked the current rates.) and gets the job done more than well enough.(Runs AoC smoothly on max settings, WoW also works fine on all areas with graphic settings pushed over the limits with scripts.[30+fps in LAGrath city]) My computer specs are similar to yours from what I can see at this point.(Mine is found -->here<--) If you can afford something more expensive, then go for 8800 or the 9 series. edit:As for ATI Radeons, I used to have a 7600(256mb) on my old PC, it had severe problems running some games even on medium settings.(WoW on lowest and still hell of a lot of lag/screen freezing issues.) Haven't tried the newer models, so I'm not sure how well they work however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kresselack Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Currently, Radeon has become better than N-Vidia, but I dont know how long it will last. I purchased a new Toshiba laptop that has a Radeon that is equivalent to an N-Vidia GeForce 9700. So currently I suggest Radeon at the moment. Everything totaled a fair price, but just the card should'nt be too much. Once you get it, you can run Crysis at maximum settings with no lag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWarrior45 Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I have always been an nVidia fan, but at the same time, I don't think their current series, the geforce 9 series, is really cutting it. So I would probably recommend one of those new Radeon 4850/4870. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhs88 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Thank you all for your input. I haven't had much experience with the Radeon cards so I'll probably keep away form those.I had heard the GeForce 9 series is just the 8 series modified a slight bit, so I'll probably be grabbing one of those. I had been looking at the 8600 and am glad to see someone else advises it. However, if I come into some more money before I buy it, I will look at one of the more powerful ones you mentioned. I'm glad you all threw your input in here. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmert Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Instead of 8600 go for a 8800, it is better... As for ATI vs Nvidia, ATI has made a huge progress and has beaten nvidia, I dont know if you know the issues involving Assassins Creed between ATI and Nvidia but nvidia suffered some... I would recommend 4850 from ATI or 8800 512 mb from nvidia, I think 4850 is about 200 bucks though not sure cause it might be cheaper in Europe or US, 8800 is way cheaper but much slower then 4850... After the release of 9 series the prices dropped a bit so it is time to grab a new vid card now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludacon Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 before any recomendation are made, what slot type are you using? im guessing PCI-E, but if your using AGP, stop looking at cards, go look at a new motherboard+proc, its not worth the time and money trying to extend the life of a agp board. 100$:Asus 9600GSO 200$Sapphire toxic 4850BFG tech 9800GTX+ 300$Any 4870 card now, if your looking at spending more then 300$ then we start having to think about multi GPU setups and what not. NOW, the 9x00 series cards from envidia ARE the same core as the last generation 8800's [the G92 core]. now the G92 is a very good core, but its being push to the edge of its lifecycle, and the new 4x00 series from ATI is demolishing the 9x000 series, and giving the gtx280 [nvidias top of the line wtf card] a good run for its money. ATI is the way to go for any system being built right now. a 4850 is dirt cheap and blazing the fast, ive got over 100 hours into tweaking my 8800GT's bios, and about a 25% overclock, and a stock 4850 smokes my card :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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