Graphics Card upgrade advice please

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Lord Anubis

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Hi All

I need some help please. I have an circa 2005 p4 pc and want to upgrade the graphics card. The mother board is an Asrock 775S61 and the current gpu is a geforce 6600gt. I bought the new star wars unleashed pc game but my card is to slow :(

Is there a better card for that mbo.

Would a geforce 9600gt work?

I buy on line and before I do I want you guys advice.

I don't want to buy a card that is not compatible with the board.

Upgrading the mbo is not an option atm

Thanks in advance

L.A
 
You are in a bit of a difficult position if you want to play games with that setup. AGP cards are expensive and you'll only be spending good money on bad hardware. I would advise against that route.
 
You will have to buy a new PC. I'm sorry there isn't a single magic bullet component upgrade path. Everything will bottleneck something. It's dangerous to game on an old weak PSU. A modest complete PC upgrade will cost you around 2k 2ndhand if you play it wisely.
 
I have a 500W psu and 3.0 cpu ..is there any card that will work better on my mbo, that will allow better game play . Will a Geforce 8 series work?
 
try an AGP 3850 but they're very rare and expensive esp for the performance you get.
 
Yep - get a cheap motherboard & dual-core CPU - I've got an ATI 4850 which I am trying to sell FYI.
 
That would be fine - sure why not. That's a decent option. Then you could save for a dual core cpu. Yeah good point.
 
kelevra said:
cerebus,don't you think he can use his CPU on a G31 mobo coupled with 2 x 1gig ddr2 800mhz sticks?will it bottleneck?
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I think that's a good suggestion for the OP.

G31 mobo - R500
2 x 1Gb DDR2 RAM - R300?
Decent PCI-Express GPU - R800

That's R1600, still cheaper than buying a brand new better specc'ed AGP GPU from the prices I've seen. He could possibly sell his current mobo and RAM to reduce his overall cost.
 
rsifan said:
I think that's a good suggestion for the OP.

G31 mobo - R500
2 x 1Gb DDR2 RAM - R300?
Decent PCI-Express GPU - R800

That's R1600, still cheaper than buying a brand new better specc'ed AGP GPU from the prices I've seen. He could possibly sell his current mobo and RAM to reduce his overall cost.
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+1
 
Thanks seems my trusty old pc is ready for the bin then. I was hoping some gpu was out there that would work. So basically even a geforce 8 is out of the question then :(
 
Lord Anubis said:
I have a 500W psu and 3.0 cpu ..is there any card that will work better on my mbo, that will allow better game play . Will a Geforce 8 series work?
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To answer your query simply, no the 8 series will not work. The last AGP range was the 7 series.
 
Man...what people have shown you is an affordable upgrade path. Sell the current mobo/ram for say r300, plump out an extra 200 for a board, get some ram and a PCI-E card and you're set. It is definitely not worth it to buy a new AGP card.
 
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