Thinking of getting a new graphics card
By
Father Xmas,
Posted on: 2010-12-02 24:44 in Player Questions
I'm not sure it's worth the money unless you cannot afford another computer and your video card dies.
There isn't much if anything above what you have for AGP. Nowadays it's all PCI-E (I'm in the same boat).
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net
Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
nVidia basically gave up on AGP once they went to Dx10 compatible cards. There are a few from ATI over at NewEgg. The HD 4650 or 4670 seems to be it in power. I'm guessing twice as fast, maybe more.
Problem is a single core P4, extreme or not, is comparatively weak nowadays, do you really want to poor money, $80-125 (60-105 after rebate), into an old rig?
Father Xmas - Level 50 Ice/Ice Tanker - Victory
$725 and $1350 parts lists --- My guide to computer components
Tempus unum hominem manet
I have a fairly decent, if out-dated computer, and I was considering replacing the video card. Currently I have an nVidia 7800GS based card in it... what I'm wondering is: what is the absolute best AGP 8x video card I can buy?
The rest of the important system specs are:
intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz Extreme Edition
2 GB RAM
74 GB 10k rpm Raptor
250 GB external WD HD
onboard sound/ethernet
Galactron - 48 Inv/SS, Samurai Gecko - 50 Kat/Reg, Moulinet - 50 DB/WP, Galactress - 50 Fire/Kin, Miss Mayhem - 50 Rad/Psi, PyroWulf - 50 WP/Fire, Solis Invicti 50 Fire/Fire, Utahraptor - 50 Claws/SR
"You can't fix stupid. Dumb people breed more than smart people. Idiocracy wasn't a comedy, it was prophecy." - Bill Z Bubba