Graphics Card Advice for an upgrade!

[phil souter]

I Have a MSI Nvidia Ti4600 128mb AGP. I have been happy with this for a while and I am currently trying to breath life into my old PC, so I have upgraded the processor chip and the memory and now its time for a new graphics card. I purchased a XFX Geforce 6200 512mb and its performance is shocking! Its worse than the 4600ti I have. I have reverted back to that for now! Can anyone give me advise as to what to buy! I have a 2.8 p4, 2GB of ram and an ABIT BD711 Mobo. I want a card that will outperform my 4600ti. I only have an old AGP 4x slot and a 300w power supply! And I dont want to change my power supply. What should i get??????

 

[The Computer Council]

If its compatible with your board, why not take a look at the x1650pro. Its under £30 and a great little card. I used to have one with a Sempron CPU and 2GB DDR1 RAM and it would run Bioshock at a playable level.

 

[archie123]

Im wondering if the poor performance of your new gpu is down to your power supply , can you list the specs or at least the model and make so it can be looked into

Also there could be an issue with the chipset on that board with newer cards if i remember rightly but ill have to look into it , my memory is shocking nowadays

 

[kourosh]

If its compatible with your board, why not take a look at the x1650pro.

I used to have one with a Sempron CPU and 2GB DDR1 RAM and it would run Bioshock at a playable level.

WHERE DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET THOSE CARDS FOR UNDER £30.00 PLEASE TELL US MANY THANKS

 

[Toxcity]

Im wondering if the poor performance of your new gpu is down to your power supply , can you list the specs or at least the model and make so it can be looked into

Also there could be an issue with the chipset on that board with newer cards if i remember rightly but ill have to look into it , my memory is shocking nowadays

Nah, the 6200s are utter BS.

 

[nepas]

werent the 62's the turbocache ones?

 

[The Computer Council]

WHERE DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET THOSE CARDS FOR UNDER £30.00 PLEASE TELL US MANY THANKS

Here

 

[da2ca]

The op has the AGP slot.

Here

 

[The Computer Council]

Apologies there - overlooked that. Still, £41 for the AGP version isn't too bad.

 

[jamesjohnson88]

I'd be looking at a new rig if I were you. I recently switched from a 3.2ghz p4, 2gb or RAM and an X800XT-PE and its so much better. Albeit my set-up cost £1000 but thats only because I splashed out a bit on the GPU, RAM, Vista, etc.

You could easily get a huge improvement on your current system for a relatively small amount.

If not, then go with one of the ATI cards, they perform very well.

 

[Ham]

Didn't they decide to male a HD3850 in AGP flavour?