I guess I should have asked this question a long time ago, but I was more worried about finding what I wanted than what I could. Anyway, here's the thing... living in Argentina makes things a little more expensive than in the states, hence, when buying a new graphics card, I can't just pick out the coolest and top notch in the market, things have to be apropriate. So, after searching anything from the GeForce 5200 to the GeForce 6200, from the Radeon 9200 to the Radeon 9700 and their MSI, XFX, ASUS, NVIDEA, ATI versions, I'm burnt down to this: If I buy a GeForce 6600 or a Radeon X300 (the AGP version) I'll be acquiering a really good card, but it will be bottlenecked by the performance of my processor and my motherboard, so getting something too good will be money down the trash. I wanted the top card in it's area, without losing performance because of my system. Open to suggestion and opinions. (The specs of my system are below). Thanks in advanced. (Oh yea, if you can post an especific card, rather than "oh anyone of there are ok", i'd apreciate it, thanks) Sytem Info: Asrock K7S41GX Motherboard 512 Mb 400Mhz / 256 Mb 333Mhz (Installed together they run at 333Mhz) Sempron 2400+ (1.87Ghz) And the rest I think is irrelevant. I do have a good P.S.U., so wattage (haha) is not a problem. Preferencially a 128-bit memory interface card, 64-bits are becoming way too weak, and I know my computer deserves better, although not much... Thanks again Aphis
You shouldn't have any issues with either card, less you crank up all the visuals on all the games. Let the games decide first what the settings should be, then one by one, up some of them a little bit to see about performance. Those GPUs will feel the bottleneck from the CPU if you turn up too much eye candy such as Volumetric Lighting. Which gives even the high end CPU/GPU combos a run for their money.
