New graphics card?

paulb567 · 13 May 2006 at 09:39

I'm after a little advice.

I upgraded my PC about a year ago with the following...

Motherboard - Epox EP-5EPA+ Intel 915P
CPU - Intel Pentium 4 530J "LGA775 Prescott" 3.0GHz (800FSB)
Memory - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3
Graphics - PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)

I recently bought 'Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion' and my system is really struggling to run this with a decent FPS.

Ideally I'd like to run some of the latest games at 1680x1050 with a lot of the graphics settings on high and maybe a bit of AA with a decent FPS.

Would upgrading the graphics card acheive this or are some of the other components letting me down? Any recomendations for graphics cards?

Thanks.

ashmanq · 13 May 2006 at 09:42

I think its your graphics card mostly

robertgilbert86 · 13 May 2006 at 11:29

Look in this week only deals, buy a 7900GT, you'll see a massive improvement

Goody_GTI · 13 May 2006 at 12:04

Ye i agree go for a ocuk 7900gt and overclock it - apparently they clock realy well

axe · 13 May 2006 at 13:54

yeh go with a new graphics and would also overclock your cpu as if you want to play all the new games at that Resolution then your cpu will be lagging abit

LoadsaMoney · 13 May 2006 at 14:08

Get the cheaper, faster x1800 XT 256mb, ATI's the only choice for Oblivion depending on Budget, as then you will be able to use HDR+AA at the same time which Nvidia cards can't do, and also get top performance, its only £170, or if you want to spend more get the 512mb one, or even go for an x1900 XT as you can get one of those for only £281, as i said depends on how much your willing to spend, but for Oblivion ATi is the way to go.

Using a 512mb x1800 XT here, and it runs Oblivion fine maxed out, 1280x1024 (TFT) 2xAA/16xAF (HQ), and with HDR on, gets between 30-40fps outdoors.