Is this graphics card any good?

squiffy · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:26

luckypapyrussam said:
yes and if you look, v low setting is what i asked for, as long as it runs... thats ok, and a framerate that wont look like 5 frames a second...

Sam.

If you're going to play games on the very lowest settings I wouldn't bother. Tried Prey on lowest and it looks around Quake 2 era of gaming. From the looks of crysis probably require X1900XT, perhaps even Crossfire. I can understand your annoyance as I had Nvidia 440. Just save up for a new PC, AGP is dead so little point getting fastest AGP as they're expensive compared to similar PCI-E.

Darkwave · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:32

Doesn't he keep saying that he doesn't care how games run as long as they do actually run? :confused:

MuSsEr · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:32

dont udnerstand people who are trying to keep up with agp...why not just save for a coupla months and buy even a starter pcie system, atleast then you have the base to build it into something worthwhile instead of perpetuating a dieing technology

for £300 you could easily get a relatively cpu, mobo, ram, gfx card etc...nothing stopping you using your old hdd and psu to start with and then you'd have a system that you could upgrade with something good

MuSsEr · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:33

Ulfhedjinn said:
Doesn't he keep saying that he doesn't care how games run as long as they do actually run?

yeah but he still hasnt answered my question, how can he look at the video for crysis and go "wow that looks ace, i can't wait to play that on minimum settings"

ginge51 · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:34

get this card m8 amasingly cheap im getting 1 lol 120 including vat bargain

here it is its the 18th item down on this list

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7900_Series.html

fantastic bargain get 1 m8 while stocks last

sorry try that m8

MuSsEr · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:35

that link doesnt work

but im guessing your on about the 7900gs in thhis week only for £117.49

if so, then he already said (for god knows whatever reason) he is after an agp card and that one is PCI-E

ginge51 · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:35

MuSsEr said:
dont udnerstand people who are trying to keep up with agp...why not just save for a coupla months and buy even a starter pcie system, atleast then you have the base to build it into something worthwhile instead of perpetuating a dieing technology

for £300 you could easily get a relatively cpu, mobo, ram, gfx card etc...nothing stopping you using your old hdd and psu to start with and then you'd have a system that you could upgrade with something good

or better still get a dualsata2 mobo or simlar so then you have best of both worlds agp+pcie

MuSsEr · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:38

true, the asrock ones are a good starter board to swap from agp to pcie

ginge51 · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:39

MuSsEr said:
that link doesnt work

but im guessing your on about the 7900gs in thhis week only for £117.49

if so, then he already said (for god knows whatever reason) he is after an agp card and that one is PCI-E

yeah i was m8 quality bargain that aint it hope overclockers keep the stock flowing

MuSsEr · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:42

yeah, how do you recon it compares performance wise to a 7600gt? coz my brother has a 7600gt and its christmas soon...

ginge51 · 14 Sep 2006 at 19:54

MuSsEr said:
yeah, how do you recon it compares performance wise to a 7600gt? coz my brother has a 7600gt and its christmas soon...

from the reviews ive read m8 if u overclock this card a bit you get the speeds of the 7900 gt and if you overclcock it loads then you will surpase the 7900gt amasing overclocker ive read so i think it would rip your 7600 apart get 1 onl;y 1 day left on this offer im trying to muster some money together to get 1 for tiommorrow hopefully

MuSsEr · 14 Sep 2006 at 20:02

yeah might get one for my brother (dont need it personally with 2x 7800gtx's) but he could probably benefit from it

luckypapyrussam · 14 Sep 2006 at 20:05

Ok... so im pretty sure my thread has been highjacked... i dont think i have heard 1 peice of anythin constructive that will help me... not with the budget i have anyway, i really need help to find a decent AGP graphics card...

queamin · 14 Sep 2006 at 21:02

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Clearcut · 14 Sep 2006 at 22:21

With respect, why would anyone want to upgrade to play Crysis but they are not bothered about good graphics? :confused:

Darkwave · 14 Sep 2006 at 22:33

Clearcut said:
With respect, why would anyone want to upgrade to play Crysis but they are not bothered about good graphics?

It's called a budget. :rolleyes:

InvaderGIR · 14 Sep 2006 at 22:48

luckypapyrussam said:
Ok... so im pretty sure my thread has been highjacked... i dont think i have heard 1 peice of anythin constructive that will help me... not with the budget i have anyway, i really need help to find a decent AGP graphics card...

Well mate I have to say that I had the Leadtek 6200TD 128MB card, it was AGP and it ran everything I threw at it, I had to run low/medium settings, but it ran everything. I could run BF2 at medium until recently when my system started to die and I had to run it all on min, I would get below 15FPS recently at med settings, but when it was running well it would run at like 40-90FPS, same on CSS and it ran FarCry well too. The 256MB version is a step up from mine, which means it'll be able to play games much easier than mine did at the lower settings.
I ran my 6200TD for years, when I bought it, it cost £90 which for me was a huge amount and I was weary of getting it due to the price.

Don't be put off by people telling you that because a new game has snazzy graphics that you have to play it at them, I've never had a pc that can play the new games at full.

To sum it all up, it's your money and in the end it's your choice.

-=EDIT=- @ Clearcut : People like to play games for the sake of playing them, not for the sake of the snazzy graphics, there is a storyline behind a game you know it isn't all 'oooh look at that effect' :rolleyes:

InvG

Legionaire68 · 14 Sep 2006 at 23:35

Hate to say this but I've seen the Leadtek agp 7600gt on pre-order for £116 somewhere else online. OCUK are usually the cheapest but it pays to check out a few sites.

Clearcut · 14 Sep 2006 at 23:44

Ulfhedjinn said:
It's called a budget.

I think you are missing the point (won't insult you with any cheezy icons)
I would expect people to want to play Crysis for the graphics as that seems to be it's selling point.
Believe me I know all about budgets.

Darkwave · 14 Sep 2006 at 23:51

Clearcut said:
I think you are missing the point (won't insult you with any cheezy icons)
I would expect people to want to play Crysis for the graphics as that seems to be it's selling point.
Believe me I know all about budgets.

On the contrary, I think I'm one of the only people in the thread getting the point. The guy is on a very tight budget and will have to stretch it to get a 7600, I think he could care less about eye candy right now.