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Sword Liger · May 13, 2007, 04:49 PM // 16:49

suggestions of a card? (pref made by ATI and isnt going to put me in debt lol)

cebalrai · May 14, 2007, 11:01 AM // 11:01

Not sure what your budget is. Newegg.com is selling GeForce 7600GS cards for only $90 these days. This card has gotten very high reviews and for $90 it's a complete steal. You'll be able to run GW with all settings maxed-out with a smooth 50 FPS+.

iridescentfyre · May 15, 2007, 07:36 PM // 19:36

What are your options for interface? If you're using a 92xx-series, I doubt you're using PCI-Express. You'll probably need an AGP card, which will narrow the list down quite a bit nowadays

I don't know a ton about ATI products (I use a BFG 7800 GS and would certainly recommend it), but a quick browse of Newegg shows a lot of Radeon x1300, x1600, and x1900 AGP 8x cards in the range of $100-200. All of which are well-known, battle-tested GPUs with plenty of power.

Sword Liger · May 15, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Radeon™ 9200 series is the first mainstream graphics solution to combine Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 support with AGP 8X. Twice the bandwidth of other graphics processors provides substantial horsepower for the most demanding desktop 3D applications. Add SMARTSHADER™ technology and watch Radeon 9250 handle the 3D experience with ease.

more info on: http://www.connect3d.com/products/agp_9250.htm

So this card is rather out of date with todays standard requirments?

Raging Ember · May 15, 2007, 10:51 PM // 22:51

ATI x1950xt

www.cclonline.com

find it on there, its powerfull and cheap :P

Dex · May 15, 2007, 11:20 PM // 23:20

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Originally Posted by Sword Liger

Radeon™ 9200 series is the first mainstream graphics solution to combine Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 support with AGP 8X. Twice the bandwidth of other graphics processors provides substantial horsepower for the most demanding desktop 3D applications. Add SMARTSHADER™ technology and watch Radeon 9250 handle the 3D experience with ease.

more info on: http://www.connect3d.com/products/agp_9250.htm

So this card is rather out of date with todays standard requirments?

Yes, it's quite out of date. In fact, it wouldn't have even been considered a particularly powerful gaming card when it was a new GPU years ago.

To the poster that suggested the x1950xt, that's a great GPU (the best in its pricerange), but it's PCI-Express. It looks like the OP needs an AGP card. How much are you looking to spend on a card, Liger?

Sword Liger · May 16, 2007, 05:37 PM // 17:37

erm no more than £200 pounds really, The 9800 lasted me about 3 years and I loved it, I was thinking of uprading to the 9800 xt (256mb version). Any ideas? dont forget it has to run with my existing specifications, I dont want to be forking out for more cash and a mundo power supply. As long as it runs games like GW and Counter-Strike and TF2 when it comes out on max settings and smoothly I dont mind.

Dex · May 16, 2007, 08:05 PM // 20:05

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Originally Posted by Sword Liger

erm no more than £200 pounds really, The 9800 lasted me about 3 years and I loved it, I was thinking of uprading to the 9800 xt (256mb version). Any ideas? dont forget it has to run with my existing specifications, I dont want to be forking out for more cash and a mundo power supply. As long as it runs games like GW and Counter-Strike and TF2 when it comes out on max settings and smoothly I dont mind.

Erm....the 9800xt is barely an upgrade from your 9800. It's not going to run any of the new graphically intense games at max settings and smoothly. You do realize that the 9800 is an old GPU, right? I'd suggest something a bit more up-to-date. The 7600GS is decent and the 7600GT is better. If you prefer to go with ATI the x1650 Pro would be a good choice as well. Those should all be within your price range and should be ok with your current power supply.