Overdue for a new graphics card.
Sep. 21st, 2007 12:40 amI have an AGP slot (NOT a PCI-E) and I'm looking for a 512 MB (my current card is a GeForce FX 5200 with 128 MB). My motherboard is an ASUS P4P800 if you need more information. Currently sporting a Pentium 4 2.40 GHz and a gig of RAM, and running XP. The main purpose for this upgrade will be gaming (surprise). I'm not going to spend more than $150 on this.
These are the two I'm looking at right now:
These are the two I'm looking at right now:
- Geforce 7600GT. (nVidia makes respectable cards, and this is reportedly the better-performing of the two by about 50%. My current card is also a GeForce.)
- HIS X1650Pro IceQ. (Cheaper, and the advanced fan feature sounds handy for SoCal in keeping the whole thing from overheating... though its effects may be exaggerated.)