Hi,
I'm in a little bit of a quandry - I want to get a new graphics card but don't know what to get!
At the moment I have a AMD 64 3500 s939, Asus A8V Deluxe with a GF4Ti4400 (AGP) and 1Gb Geil Ram. I upgraded the core components around October 2004 just before PCIe really came into the market (I couldn't afford to replace the g'card as well at the time hence staying AGP)
At the moment I have a ATI x850 pre-ordered from OcUK but from reading the news thread about the 7800GS I'm wondering if it would be wise to swop my order to one of those or cancel the whole thing and wait a while until I can afford to go fully PCIe.
As for the type of gaming I do, well it's not loads. I do like my racing games and tinker on with FPS and the like but I'm not a constant player. The only reason I'm looking to upgrade is that the current gf4Ti440 keeps getting disappearing textures or they go funky colours... I only really run my games at 1024*768, but that is more down to card power than monitor capability (19" Viewsonic P95f)
The other thing to ask is I've seen talk of DX10 cards coming out later this year and AM2. I would have no intention of getting a DX10 card (far to pricey at launch and it would take too long for the capabilities to be used) but what is this AM2 - I've never heard of it before.
edit:: I meant to say that I have a x850 on pre-order at the moment. There has been a bit of confusion about it however as I was told to expect it on Friday (it's not available until next week at the earliest). I'm thinking of cancelling the order in favour of another card...
Thanks
I'm in a little bit of a quandry - I want to get a new graphics card but don't know what to get!
At the moment I have a AMD 64 3500 s939, Asus A8V Deluxe with a GF4Ti4400 (AGP) and 1Gb Geil Ram. I upgraded the core components around October 2004 just before PCIe really came into the market (I couldn't afford to replace the g'card as well at the time hence staying AGP)
At the moment I have a ATI x850 pre-ordered from OcUK but from reading the news thread about the 7800GS I'm wondering if it would be wise to swop my order to one of those or cancel the whole thing and wait a while until I can afford to go fully PCIe.
As for the type of gaming I do, well it's not loads. I do like my racing games and tinker on with FPS and the like but I'm not a constant player. The only reason I'm looking to upgrade is that the current gf4Ti440 keeps getting disappearing textures or they go funky colours... I only really run my games at 1024*768, but that is more down to card power than monitor capability (19" Viewsonic P95f)
The other thing to ask is I've seen talk of DX10 cards coming out later this year and AM2. I would have no intention of getting a DX10 card (far to pricey at launch and it would take too long for the capabilities to be used) but what is this AM2 - I've never heard of it before.
edit:: I meant to say that I have a x850 on pre-order at the moment. There has been a bit of confusion about it however as I was told to expect it on Friday (it's not available until next week at the earliest). I'm thinking of cancelling the order in favour of another card...
Thanks
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