readyakira 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2007 Looking to get 2 video cards.. 1agp and one PCI-E what's are decent cards for about $170??? Preferably Nvidia cards as I have not had much luck with the past few ati's when playing wow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2007 Personally I wouldn't purchase anything new right now that ISN'T DirectX10 compatible. In the next year we should see the beginning DX10 gaming and it would be a shame to have to buy a new card again to enjoy it. Rather than upgrade both machines at once, I would reccomend devoting all your funds to upgrading the machine using AGP technology. Try to get it a mobo that supports PCIe and get the cheapest PCIe card for it that you can. Right now, only the expensive DX10 video solutions are on the market. The vendors are doing that to force any early adoptors of DX10 technology to pick up expensive hardware. Very soon you will see The GeForce 8 series release some much more affordable options. Upgrade that AGP! Wait for cheaper GeForce8 cards! Then reap the benefits! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
readyakira 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2007 so you think agp is still much better then pci-e? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underground 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2007 I actually just got a new Nvidia card and it jumped my fps by about 50 lol. ill go check out wut model it is then post bac Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2007 so you think agp is still much better then pci-e? No no no, I'm saying that AGP is dead and buried. Your first priority should be getting rid of your AGP mother board and replacing it with a PCIe motherboard. Spend your money there for starters. Check out this motherboard... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131069 It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, and its using the 939 socket which is last year's technology, but still kicks serious ass. (I have a socket 939 cpu myself.) You can get the motherboard and an Athlon 64 3400+ (again, not top of the line but still really awesome) for a total of $100. If you need RAM, 1GB will run you about $100. you should be able to get 2GB for about $180. Then all you will need is a video card. Like I said, buy a cheap PCIe card now with the intention of upgrading to a DX10 compatible card in the future. I'd try something like this Geforce 7600 GS for $120. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130073 This machine will never be a screamer, but for a total of about $350 you're looking at a huge upgrade with room for future growth. Whoever the current AGP user is would be happy to make that jump. For your current PCIe user, hold out till the Geforce 8 series comes out with cheaper alternatives then buy 2 Geforce 8 cards for both of you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hykos 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2007 Definitely wait on DX10, but to upgrade the AGP now you'll have to buy some kinda card, so unless it's dead I'd keep using it till you can get a DX10 for that price, which will be later this year. When you do you'll have to replace the mobo and core too, but you can probably keep the ram you got unless you need a little more or for some reason want to replace it with DDR2. When you replace the mobo/core, there's no reason not to get an Intel the way things are going. Performance, and even $/performance, Intel is a better choice than AMD right now. End of the year Intel will be moving to 45nm processors and 32nm next year, which will improve the efficiency of the chips even more, and supposedely increase their production a lot, allowing them to lower prices further (hopefully). I haven't read anything about where AMD is going though, but they have to play catch up a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
readyakira 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2007 well, ladys comp was so bad that the lag was rediculous. we tried memory and moved her from 768 to 1g and it did not help so she got the 7600gs for now and mine will wait for the dx10 compatibles to come out at a decent price. My mobo is pcie no agp so I can just upgrade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodarn 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2007 Fortunatly PCI-E is cheaper than AGP. The only change I would make to Gryph's recomendation is go intel. The P5B will take any S775 chip so you can get an inexpensive one now and upgrade to a much faster one later. And any core2duo will run circles around any dual core chip available. It takes DDR2 ram which is about $5 more I think... you'll have to bear with me, I only know the Canadian prices and up hear it's $5 more... Either solution sounds like it would be an upgrade but you limit yourself by going 939. I think I can now get about 4 - 5 different 939 chips and that is it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2007 I was just making my recommendation based on lowest price for an upgrade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodarn 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2007 I knew that... no really I did... guys? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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