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Title: worth bothering with an upgrade?
Post by: madmax on June 15, 2006, 21:40:24 PM

Ive got an athlon xp 3200 and an agp radeon 9700 pro...

seeing as this is the fastest i can go CPU wise in the motherboard,
would it be worth bothering upgrading to a current gen agp card?


if theres not much to gain in BF2 or HL2 frames or eye candy wise with it then ill wait till next year and get a new system then with all the spangly new stuff.


anyone got any sites showing the 9700 or 9800 compared against a newer agp card on an athlon xp system?

Title: Re:worth bothering with an upgrade?
Post by: Pete on June 15, 2006, 21:49:26 PM

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/07/05/vga_charts_vii/index.html

I just got the xfx 6600gt agp and its a great card, upgrading from a 9600, but if I werent so impatient I woulda waited for the 7600 agp to come out (next month iirc).

Going from a 97pro I guess youd wanna go a couple steps over the 6600gt.

Title: Re:worth bothering with an upgrade?
Post by: Beaker on June 15, 2006, 21:58:40 PM

if you are even remotely considering Vista anytiome soon then wait until next year when you can get more bang-per-buck.  having read a couple of articles from independant sources itll be worth waiting for the extra power.

Title: Re:worth bothering with an upgrade?
Post by: madmax on June 15, 2006, 22:14:01 PM

only way id consider vista is if it came drm free and less bloaty than the hindenburg airship when she was about.....

dont think even a killer game that was vista only would sway me atm, halo 2 certainly aint worth bothering about, itd work better on the 360 anyhow



right ok ill stick to the 9700 till something funky comes out then,
think i can struggle on for a while.

might have even made the jump already if the athlon 64s wernt so expensive.

Title: Re:worth bothering with an upgrade?
Post by: brummie on June 15, 2006, 22:16:25 PM

i got the 9800pro and mobile 2500xp and TBH im in no rush, especially as i ply very little games anyhow.

Title: Re:worth bothering with an upgrade?
Post by: Serious on June 15, 2006, 23:35:28 PM

Ive got a similar setup to brummie and dispite going through Tomb Raider Legend I dont have any plans to upgrade this year.

You will also be able to save up some more dosh and be able to afford more as the prices drop ;)

Title: worth bothering with an upgrade?
Post by: knighty on June 15, 2006, 23:52:00 PM

if your only thinking about the gfx card right now Id hang on and do the hole system at once like you said...

i really noticed the jump from a 64bit 3200 to a 4400x2

..... nothing else seams to make much difference tbh.

Title: Re:worth bothering with an upgrade?
Post by: madmax on June 16, 2006, 00:55:01 AM

shall see what next year holds for us then, *tries not to raid the savings for a year*