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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[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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[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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[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

B