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{I}{K}{E}
02-14-2006, 05:21 PM
I want a new videocard, i don't need the best card available because i'm going to buy a new pc in Januari 2007.

Price: 125 euro's max.

Current specs:
Jetway V266B (AGP 4x)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1.67GHz)
512 MB ram
Creative Live! 5.1
GeForce4 MX 4000



I have no idea which one i should buy,
I think that the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT 128MB would be good, but me is a hardware noob :P
Virtualbody1234
02-14-2006, 05:29 PM
AGP 4x will be a big limiting factor.

Why do you want to upgrade? Can't the one you have serve until the new PC?
{I}{K}{E}
02-14-2006, 05:40 PM
AGP 4x will be a big limiting factor.

Why do you want to upgrade? Can't the one you have serve until the new PC?

Because the fps i have on the latest Counterstrike: Source maps is below 30 :(
Virtualbody1234
02-14-2006, 05:53 PM
I know the jetway supports SDRAM and DDR. Is your current RAM DDR type? If not, that could be another bottleneck.
S!X
02-14-2006, 07:41 PM
IKE you should just save up and get a whole new system. :blink:
Formula1
02-14-2006, 08:10 PM
IKE you should just save up and get a whole new system. :blink:

ditto.

you can probably find an nvidia fx card that supports regular pci.
Virtualbody1234
02-14-2006, 08:50 PM
IKE you should just save up and get a whole new system. :blink:

ditto.

you can probably find an nvidia fx card that supports regular pci.
Why? Regular PCI is even slower than AGP 4X.
Formula1
02-14-2006, 08:56 PM
ok.. well then i guess that this 6600gt must support agp 4x, it says agp 4x/8x..?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130220

and also last time i checked the euro was worth more than usd, so i think he may be able to afford this...
Virtualbody1234
02-14-2006, 09:00 PM
Yeah but running at 4X doesn't let it work at full performance.
{I}{K}{E}
02-14-2006, 09:49 PM
I know the jetway supports SDRAM and DDR. Is your current RAM DDR type? If not, that could be another bottleneck.

i don't know.. how can i check this?


so it's possible that a new videocard won't improve my fps much?
lynx
02-14-2006, 10:24 PM
The MX4000 isn't bad in terms of performance, about equal to the low end of the FX series, but it doesn't have the features required for DirectX 9.

So with a better card you may be able to play a few games (at minimal settings) which aren't currently available to you, but in order to improve your frame rate by more than a few fps you probably need more bandwidth, and with only 4x AGP it simply isn't there.