I owned an XFX Geforce 6800 GT and i was quite satisfied with it, but it started crashing about 2 months ago. So I sended it to the shop since it was in warranty, and they have just given me a ticked of the card value to buy whatever i want. So there starts my dilema, which graphic card should I pick? Here are my system specs:
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
AMD Athlon64 3400+ (real clock is 2.4 GHz)
2GB - DDR400 CL3
free AGP slot <--- Here goes my new graphics card
Creative Audigy 2
2 x 160 GB SATA hdds on RAID 0 (performance)
480W power supply (from Thermaltek)
Installed OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista x64, Ubuntu
So what should i go for? I was thinking on a 7600 GT since i saw it is a bit more powerful than my old 6800 GT. But i just saw that XFX has a 7950GT for AGP. So now i wonder: is it worth buying a 7950gt for this system, or i am just going to give away my money?
Another good question is: will the AGP version of the 7950GT work as good as the PCI-E one? I personally think it should be pretty close, but i'm not 100% sure. My belief is it could work almost as good with an old PCI tbh. Those cards should be able to handle it all alone without needing any help from the cpu or the main memory. Am i right on this?
Oh and btw, if you hadn't guessed it, I'm quite a hardcore gamer.
Thanks for your help in advance
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
AMD Athlon64 3400+ (real clock is 2.4 GHz)
2GB - DDR400 CL3
free AGP slot <--- Here goes my new graphics card
Creative Audigy 2
2 x 160 GB SATA hdds on RAID 0 (performance)
480W power supply (from Thermaltek)
Installed OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista x64, Ubuntu
So what should i go for? I was thinking on a 7600 GT since i saw it is a bit more powerful than my old 6800 GT. But i just saw that XFX has a 7950GT for AGP. So now i wonder: is it worth buying a 7950gt for this system, or i am just going to give away my money?
Another good question is: will the AGP version of the 7950GT work as good as the PCI-E one? I personally think it should be pretty close, but i'm not 100% sure. My belief is it could work almost as good with an old PCI tbh. Those cards should be able to handle it all alone without needing any help from the cpu or the main memory. Am i right on this?
Oh and btw, if you hadn't guessed it, I'm quite a hardcore gamer.
Thanks for your help in advance