graphics card

i have an radeon 9600 series card can any 1 tell me if any what pixel shader and vertex do i have cheers

 

Your graphics card has pixel shader 2.

Code:

# Pixel shaders up to 160 instructions with 128-bit floating point precision
# Vertex shaders up to 1024 instructions with flow control

For more info check this link.

 

that's what I thought but when I installed a new game it says cant run i do not have pixel shader 2 any ideas cheers

 

also could any1 recomend a card with pixel shader and vertex shader 3 or higher thats going to run games like gta 5 cod 4 1 and 2 thats not to expensive cheer

 

sorry for the game im trying to run its sayimg i need ps 2 a ive got 2 0 can you tell me what that means

 

What resolution do you play at?

I also have to know your PC specs, CPU, mobo and ram etc.

And tell me what your budget is.

 

hi ive got an asrock k7s41gx m/board 1 gig ram processor is Athlon XP 1900+ at 1.5Ghz. which im just about to update to ab athlon 3200 + as that is the fatest my m? board can handle budget not really a problem but still the cheaper the better

 

also any help on the difference between 2a and 2 0 for my game cheers

 

I also have the radeon 9600 pro and xt models and they definitely don't run the latest games. I ran into the same problem when trying to play flatout3, it needs shader 3.0.

You would have to get one of the newer radeon HD cards, some of the lowend AGP models will cost about 70.00. ATI3650. But the agp models are getting harder to find as they are phased out for the PCI-e. You pay a premium for the agp socket even on the lowend models.

The technology has certainly moved forward since the 9600. I have a radeon 4350 pci-e (cost 40.00) and that easily beats my 9600 pro which was (150.00 cost).

 

so what is the best graphics card i can buy that will fit my m/board

 

so what is the best graphics card i can buy that will fit my m/board