Looking for a temp graphics card

[Aaron_H]

Hi,

I'm looking for a new AGP card for my system, just to tide my over until I can afford to get a new pc (Poor students ).

My current system has a 3.2ghz P4 (800mhz FSB) and 1GB of RAM.. I did have a Radeon 9800PRO, but it recently died so I stuck in my old GeForce4Ti (4200.. ouch).. so you can see why I'm desperate to get a new card.

My 9800PRO was fine for playing HL2, Doom 3 and Far Cry but struggled a bit with Oblivion.. so I'm looking for a card that would be able to run oblivion on DECENT settings (as good as possible without spending a small fortune, it's only a temporary thing.. I'm not sure if my 3.2ghz would be much of a bottleneck on any card, so I figure you guys know more about this than me, so you'd be able to make a better suggestion than I could. Obviously if I could get a card that would last longer, it'd mean I could save more to spend on my new pc.

 

[ACESHIGH]

The X1650XT is a great AGP card at not too much price ..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=403

 

[Amnesia]

go for an ati card if u want to play oblivion..i wont say which one as i dont know your budget..they do seem to run a bit better than the nvidia cards on that particular game.
i remember my bro's 1950pro was a fair bit smoother than my 7800gt...but dont expect miracles as even my 8800gts 640mb doesnt give me great fps on that game.

 

[Aaron_H]

Ahh okay, I'll look at getting an ATI card for that game then.
Turns out I'll probably have to get a new power supply too, as I've just had the old one out and it's a crappy 250W Dell one.

This "temporary fix" it becoming more and more expensive

 

[Cyber-Mav]

7600gs or 7600gt will work ok on your existing psu, the nvidia cards have a lot less power consumption than ati cards.