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Hi Guys
Here I am again ive seen a 512MB BFG 7600GS OC nvidia Geforce AGP PC Video Card on e-bay for about

7600GS will be a big improvement over 9600XT. However,

Thanks for the info and link cheesegrater does it matter about the one in the link being 256mb to the one on e-bay a 512mb.
cheers flyingbartdude

More memory does not necessarily make a card faster. The 7800GS has 256 MB, and it is WAYY faster. The core, memory, clock/memory speeds, number of pipelines, etc. is what determines speed. Both of those 7600GS are almost the same in those respects. I think the extra memory is marketing more than anything else.

Thanks Cheesegrater I think after christmas I could afford the 7800GS but my dilema is if Im willing to pay

Save longer and buy bigger. These little stepping stone upgrades that I see many people doing are pointless because the newer card or processer you are putting in will only achieve so much.

Personally I would save until your summer holiday and then buy a new rig for those short months where you can waste away infront of a screen in a dark room.

Cheers
Cameron

lol nice one cameron yeah i see what you mean its a nightmare i can keep upgrading on and on wasting money . I think after christmas i could possibly scrape together about

Hey Cameron, your Sheila's whtsit is going far too fast to be read. What did you put up her pants, red peppers and she is doing half a crown sixspence?

Slow her down to read her specs.

lol  ;Dlol  ;Dlol nice one luke i wondered who was going to say something about camerons wotsit

Stepping stone upgrades can be a waste of money. For example if you buy a weak video card for $100, and then spend $200 on an upgrade 6 months later. You could have bought that $200 card to begin with and saved $100.

I like window shopping, so I checked what it would take to build a good system on a budget.

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Hey Cameron, your Sheila's whtsit is going far too fast to be read. What did you put up her pants, red peppers and she is doing half a crown sixspence?

Slow her down to read her specs.

[Whispers to Ctjoyce] I think he's coming on to you.[/whisper]

NICE ONE CHEESEGRATER HAD SOME GOOD OLD MAGNERS(CIDER)TONIGHT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME MATE LOOKS LIKE I AWT 2 SAVE N BUY A NEW SYSTEM WERES THAT CAMERON WHEN YA NEED IM. ANYWAY SEEN THE NEW RADEON X1950PRO AGP ON SALE N OUR LASS SAYS I CAN AV IT 4 CRIMBO THANX GUYS 4 AOLL YOUR INPUT MERRY XMAS
FLYINGBARTDUE.

Ahhh all the upper case, it burns!

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ctjoyce/Cameron has suggested I build a computer but as someone new to computing I don't know what to buy.    You've put a system together, cheesegrater, from a UK source, so if I ask nicely (please) will you suggest components that I might buy, for say,