Vid card Selection

[michaelmichael]

Some info please

thinking of upgradind vid card but uncertain as to type and value

this is what i have now Geforce Mx 4000 cfs2 gets me 35-60 fps depending where and how i fly. settings aax2, anitropic x2
resolution 1074x764

pc 1.6
ram pc133 512mgs
exp home sp2

here is what i am looking at
BFG Geforce 6600Gt OC 128MB  AGP/PCI           $275 Canadian
3D Fuzion Geforce FX5500      256MB AGP/PCI    $100 Canadian
3D Fuzion Geforce 6200          128MB AGP         $115 Canadian    350 coreclock
ATI Radeon 9550                   256MB AGP          $150 Canadian

i would think that the BFG card is likely the best  but what about the others.

any help in choosing my next card would be appreciated

michaelmichael  

[candle_86]

Ok this is gonna hurt ya, but the best usable card for you is more like the FX5600/Radeon 9550. Anything more and you wont really be using it. Most ppl i wouldn't recomend this to, but the SD is really a bottleneck, I suggest a new mother board, ram, and cpu. IF you want to get video cheap get the intergrate 6150 from nvidia, it will hold ya over unless ya can afford a stand alone card. Now if your just doing a video card get the 9550 the 5500 is slower than an MX4000 the 5500 is actully a 5200 overclocked. But id recomend if you can aford it to just replace the main parts.

[ctjoyce]

The first time I ever agree with Candel. Yes your system is too underpowered to really put any card of use in it.

Cheers
Cameron

[4_Series_Scania]

I'm with what they said.....

[Si_Combat]

[michaelmichael]

Thanks guys for all your help. ya looks like iy will hurt a bit. i can live with the present system for CFS2 because i get 30 to 60 Fps but virtually all other games are a stuttering and often freezing the system as well as the grasphics being less than optimal

thanks again guys

michaelmichae