Should I Upgrade My Graphics Card?

**mentalfusion420** · 10-27-2003, 05:29 PM

Hey every one i was wondering if i should upgrade my graphics card i am currently running a Geforce4 ti 4200se 128mb 4x agp i wanted to upgrade to the new Geforce FX 5700 ultra 256mb 8x agp is it worth the upgrade or should i wait for the next nvidia or ati mid-range/mainstream card? i want to be able to play half-life 2 and doom 3 flawless with my system tell me what you all think?

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AMD AthlonXP 1600+ @1.4ghz
768mb DDR PC2100
VisionTek nVidia Geforce4 Ti 4200se 128mb
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**k-liteuserintheworld** · 10-27-2003, 05:42 PM

i would say your graphics card should handle those two games, I would be more inclined to upgrade the processor

**cwctv** · 10-27-2003, 05:52 PM

So would I ,I don't know that board either so check it can handle a 8x mine doesn't only 4x or you will waste your money.

**mentalfusion420** · 10-27-2003, 07:32 PM

well i plan to upgrade to a nForce2 Abit NF7-S very soon which has 8x agp and support for 400fsb athlonxps but i just dont know if i should upgrade my gfx or cpu first

**DarthInsinuate** · 10-27-2003, 08:20 PM

if you do upgrade your graphics then you'll have the nice DX9 features

if you upgrade your motherboard to the 400mhz FSB you're talking about, you'll run into a bottleneck with your RAM which is 266mhz

**bigdawgfoxx** · 10-28-2003, 02:40 AM

Yeah ur CPU will hold u back and Gcard. So i duno u need both but mainly cpu

**cwctv** · 10-28-2003, 12:17 PM

I agreed with the others "soon" can be long or short in the short term go for a cpu in the long term wait for now buy all at once don't forget memory bottle neck thats more money needed.