I am looking for a budget Graphics Card

dmbjohn

dmbjohn

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I am looking for a budget Graphics Card for a PCI express x16 slot

i would like to improve from what i have now on this older set up
it is an AGP ATI radeon 9600 atlantis 256 ram on card
GPU Frequency : 2400 MHz
Memory Frequency GPU : 1450 MHz

I will be updating my motherboard and CPU so i will be looking for a PCI express card

any suggestions
 
Ok. in that sort of range you want a geforce 7600GS from xfx, asus, evga, bfg... any well know brand.

but you cant expect too much from it. (expecting oblivion to run outdoors on decent settigs would be expecting too much)


It may be worth considering these

7600GT

they will blow the GS version away and theyre not that much more
 
thanks matt the 7600 series looks about like what i am after
any info on ATI

my initial thought was to upgrade my motherboard which forces me to change ram and graphics but I do not have a huge amount to spend
so i am looking for a card thats faily inexpensive yet preforms well


the games i usualy play are star trek legacy, star trek armada 2, age of empires 3
 
I concidered that card actualy but i think i will get an XFX instead
Newegg.com - XFX GeForce 7600GT PVT73GUGF3 Video Card - Retail
because i can get to all the ram chips I have a pack of ram heatsinks that stick on that evga looks really nice except i can not get at two of the chips because of its cooler

thank you very much for that comparison link it had the ati card on ti i wondered about also x1600xt which i decided against because i have an ATI card now and do not like it that much however i have always liked nvidia
 
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