x800XTPE (agp) to ?

[Gunda]

I'm thinking of upgrading my 2nd pc which currently has an AGP X800XTPE but i'm thinking about getting a new mb and ram and proc on the cheap, is there much of an upgrade in a sub £60 PCIe graphics card ?

or should i stick with my x800 and get the asrock duel sata2 motherboard to house my new core2duo chip and old ram.

 

[willhub]

I would go with an X1950pro or 8800GTS, both been awsome upgrades.

 

[Gunda]

heh except neither of them are in the sub £60 bracket

 

[Gunda]

i was thinking something along the lines of a:

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI for £61.09 inc vat
OR
OcUK GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI for £58.74 inc vat

Would either of these be much of an upgrade ?

 

[sanaxe1]

nope according to this http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=859&model2=722&chart=318 There actualy Downgrades/Sidestep. Go second hand and get a X1800XT for £55-£60 money which will be a nice upgrade. Or a 7800GTX as i just picked one up for £55inc delivery.

 

[mame]

Whats the spec of your 2nd PC? if the aim of the upgrade is mainly to improve games then might be worth looking at an AGP x1950pro. Would save a lot of hassle.

 

[Gunda]

2nd pc right now is an AMD 3700 with 2Gb geil ram and a decent mb(can't remember which) but i've never had much luck overclocking it at all so its at stock right now.

And yeah its for gaming mostly City of Heroes using a friends account at the same time so i can help level his toons.. or level mine with his account

Although part of the reason for upgrading was so i had spares / 2nd pc that i can test parts in from my main pc if anything fails. (main pc is in my sig below)

 

[mp260767]

i'd go with the Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 and new processor (2180 preferably with the higher multiplyer), use old gfx card and memory.