Hey. Im wanting to upgrade my graphics card to one that play the latest games. My Motherboard takes AGP, and most new graphics cards out there take PCI-E. I was looking to see if there's any good old AGP cards out there? I was looking at this one: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/35143...-2600Pro-512MB-AGP-Graphics-Card/Product.html Could you tell me your opinions or recommendations Thanks
With AGP, it's all relative. You can get fast cards on AGP, but if the rest of the PC isn't very fast, it won't be able to keep up. What are the specifications of the rest of your PC?
Windows XP Pentium 4 3.0 ghz 200GB HDD 1280MB RAM ATI Radeon 9550 I got Call Of Duty 4.. its run ok, not on high settings though, but very very good looking still (for my graphics card). whereas Timeshift wont even start!
Call of Duty 4 is one of the more efficient games out there. It looks absolutely amazing at 2560x1600, and almost runs on max settings on my card at that resolution. You should see quite a big difference moving up to that card.
cool, so is that card a good one? Or is there a more greater AGP option for me? I just thought that one was a bargain at £60!!
It's quite cheap, but it's far from the most powerful AGP graphics card out there. However, what you have to remember is that above that performance level, your CPU may start holding you back, and any future upgrade will more than likely see you at the PCI express 16x stage. In my opinion, spending large amounts of money on AGP systems is silly nowadays, since PCI express 16x is so mainstream.
so would you suggest updating the motherboard too? and does the most of the PCI-E high end cards have HD too? im guessing they do
HD? In what sense? If you mean HDMI then no, not that many. They all come with DVI connectors, however. What's probably best is to find a motherboard that supports your CPU but also things like Core 2 Duos. That way you can update the motherboard and get a new graphics card, then when you're ready upgrade the cpu so you can make use of the new graphics card. Be advised that if you currently use DDR1 memory you'll need to change that too for DDR2 stuff.
