[mannyz]

Hey everybody,

dell 1.7 ghz
512 ram
AGP 4x


looking for cheap video card upgrade and looking at these 2 mid-level (i guess) cards LESS than - 150 $$

-how do these compare to each other and for moderate games maybe doom 3 and quake 4 ???
-also wanting to try games like Lego starwars 2 (needing pixel shaders)

Please let me know what you think,
and also I believe i will need to upgrade agp drive, if i remember right it's 2.0 version right now.

Any insight you can offer me will be appreciated, still learning about video cards and dont have much of a budget right now.

thanks in advance

manny

1) PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 8x AGP, 128MB DDR3

2) VisionTek Xtasy 9600XT Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR
this card states: System Requirements: Intel¨ Pentium¨ 4/III/II/Celeronª, AMD¨
Duron/Athlon¨/Athlon XP¨ or compatible with AGP 2X (3.3v), 4X (1.5V), 8X
(0.8v) or Universal AGP 3.0 bus configuration (2X/4X/8X).
3) ATI Technologies Radeon 9600SE Video Card, 8x AGP, 128MB DDR

4) ATI Technologies Inc.'s RADEON 9550 AGP

Edited by mannyz, 07 September 2006 - 04:12 PM.

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I could be wrong, but with DDR3, does that not imporve performance? I know the second card has more memory, but the speed of the memory is what makes a big difference... Also, I would prefer NVIDIA, just becuase I trust them more.

[Facedown98]

I could be wrong, but with DDR3, does that not imporve performance? I know the second card has more memory, but the speed of the memory is what makes a big difference... Also, I would prefer NVIDIA, just becuase I trust them more.

[kidnova]

Of those two cards, the 6600GT is the best, but if your budget around or under $150, then go for the 7600GT. You can find them for $120 or so after rebate.

Edit: Awww crap, never mind. Didn't look at the AGP. I don't believe there is a AGP compatible 7600GT.

I would look at something like this:
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102609

Edited by kidnova, 07 September 2006 - 02:11 PM.

[mannyz]

how about this card in comparison to the others...


ATI Radeon 9250 256MB AGP Video Card w/TV-Out (NEW)

is this one any good?