New GPU or wait?

[Benny]

Hi Folks,

I'm in a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I will be upgrading sometime next year as I think it is inevitable with the way games are going. My current system isn't too bad and plays most of my games pretty well. The thing is though I would like to upgrade my GPU. I think this might allow me to enjoy some of the new titles. Is it actually worth upgrading? It will be at least 8 months before I will have enough beans to upgrade. If it is worth it, can anyone suggest a decent AGP card. No real budget as such. Just want something with some grunt that will run well with my system.

ASUS P4C800 E - Delux
ASUS DVD Quietrak Drive
Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz [prescott] S478
2Gb (4x512mb) Geil Ultra Platinum PC4000 DDR Memory
PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT PE 256MB(AGP)
SB Audigy 2 ZS Pro
Western Digital Raptor 74gb Sata
AKASA PaxPower 450W Ultra Quiet PSU
Cooler Master Stacker + Crossflow Fan
Zalman ReseratorPlus1
Windows XP Professional SP2

Cheers

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[Metallifux]

Personally I wouldn't. You are limited to another AGP card, might as well get your main upgrade done and go pci-x.

 

[wannabedamned]

What size monitor do you have?

 

[Darkwave]

Personally I wouldn't. You are limited to another AGP card, might as well get your main upgrade done and go pci-x.

Not sure why anyone would want a PCI-X graphics card, the only one I remember from the top of my head is the Matrox Parhelia 256.

 

[Benny]

The monitor I have is the Dell Ultrasharp 24", part of the reason I want to upgrade I guess. So I can run games in higher resolution. I'm looking at Armed assault and Quake wars. My current card won't really cut the mustard on those.


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[JamesM]

I'd personaly leave it, save up until you can do the full PCIe upgrade. You will be buying a new AGP card, then in 4/6 months time having to upgrade your CPU and not being able to as you have just brought a new AGP card.

Save up, play at low resolution and get a full system later on

UNLESS you can find a cheap AGP card on the bay or something.

 

[Benny]

Hmmmm,

guess I could wait......and save the beans and put it towards a high end system. Going against all good sense and reasoning though and based on my sys. What would be a good card. If I was to look for a second hand card.
Alternativlely what is a good new card. Just curious. I think the money would be better spent on a new system.


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[Metallifux]

Not sure why anyone would want a PCI-X graphics card, the only one I remember from the top of my head is the Matrox Parhelia 256.

You knew what I meant....

 

[luismenendez]

There are not many AGP cards faster than your 850XT and I don't think is worthy to spend more than £150 in a AGP GFX because more sooner than later you will upgrade to a PCIE system.

But if you don't care about money buy a 7800GS

 

[Darkwave]

You knew what I meant....

I know, i just couldn't resist at all.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

There are not many AGP cards faster than your 850XT and I don't think is worthy to spend more than £150 in a AGP GFX because more sooner than later you will upgrade to a PCIE system.

But if you don't care about money buy a 7800GS

True, for £150 you can get yourself a PCI-E card that would demolish an AGP one, the AGP 7800 GS is £164, and the AGP 7900 GT (7800 GS+ SILENT) is £234, yet the x1800 XT on PCI-E is only £130, and whips em both, and even the faster x1900 XT is only £170, so for the price of the 7800 GS+ SILENT you could get an x1900 XT AND a PCI-E mobo for around the same price, and the x1900 XT absolutely wallops it.

Id wait until your gona do a big upgrade and go the PCI-E route.

 

[Benny]

Sold......wait I shall. Dead Money I guess...will save my beans, probably bigger and better cards too in another 6-7months.



Cheers for the replies

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