Upgrading from my NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

[Stup1dg33kz]

I'm looking to beef up an older PC. It's stuck on DDR specs (Motherboard only recognizes DDR) and besides more RAM, I'm looking for a newer video card.

Speccy stuff, because why not?

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Model GeForce 7600 GT
GPU G73
Device ID 10DE-02E0
Revision A3
Subvendor XFX Pine Group (1682)
Series GeForce 7
Current Performance Level Level 0
Voltage 1.300 V
Die Size 125 mm²
Transistors 177 M
Release Date 2006
DirectX Support 9.0c
DirectX Shader Model 3.0
OpenGL Support 2.0
Bus Interface AGP
AGP Aperture 128 MB
AGP Rate 8x
Temperature 48 °C
GPU Clock 580 MHz
Memory Clock 750 MHz
Driver version 6.14.13.783
BIOS Version 5.73.22.25.75
ROPs 8
Shaders Vertex 12/Pixel 125
Memory Type GDDR3
Memory 256 MB
Bus Width 64x2 (128 bit)
Pixel Fillrate 4.6 GPixels/s
Texture Fillrate 7.0 GTexels/s
Anti Aliasing Modes 1x2OGSS, 2x2OGSS, 4x4OGSS, 2xRGMS, 2xRGMS+5, 4xS, 6xS, 6x, 2x1OGSS, Gamma, 4xRGMS, new2 8xS, 16xS, 4xOGSS, Trans MS, Trans SS
Filtering Modes Bilinear, Trilinear, 16x Anisotropic
Noise Level Quiet
Max Power Draw 65 Watts
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 1
GPU Clock 580 MHz
Memory Clock 750 MHz

Thanks in advance.

 

[rolli59]

If the system is only DDR then there might not be a reason to upgrade the GPU, since there are issues with newer cards in many older boards. Best recommendation I can give is to save your money towards a modern system.

 

[Stup1dg33kz]

If the system is only DDR then there might not be a reason to upgrade the GPU, since there are issues with newer cards in many older boards. Best recommendation I can give is to save your money towards a modern system.

Can you give me some suggestions anyway?

 

[rolli59]

What CPU and motherboard do you have?
I was thinking something along the lines of a good used card GTS 250-450 max.

 

[Stup1dg33kz]

What CPU and motherboard do you have?
I was thinking something along the lines of a good used card GTS 250-450 max.

CPU
Intel Pentium 4
Cores 1
Threads 2
Name Intel Pentium 4
Code Name Northwood
Package Socket 478 mPGA
Technology 0.13um
Specification Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHz
Family F
Extended Family F
Model 2
Extended Model 2
Stepping 9
Revision D1
Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2
Virtualization Not supported
Hyperthreading Supported, Enabled
Fan Speed 2678 RPM
Bus Speed 201.0 MHz
Rated Bus Speed 803.9 MHz
Stock Core Speed 3200 MHz
Stock Bus Speed 200 MHz
Caches
L1 Data Cache Size 8 KBytes
L1 trace cache 12 Kµops
L2 Unified Cache Size 512 KBytes
Core 0
Core Speed 3215.5 MHz
Multiplier x 16.0
Bus Speed 201.0 MHz
Rated Bus Speed 803.9 MHz
Thread 1
APIC ID 0
Thread 2
APIC ID 1

Motherboard
Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model 8IPE1000-G (Socket 478)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model i865P/PE/G/i848P
Chipset Revision A2
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801EB (ICH5)
Southbridge Revision 02
System Temperature 25 °C
BIOS
Brand Award Software International, Inc.
Version F3
Date 3/16/2004
Voltage
CPU CORE 1.552 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 2.576 V
+3.3V 3.264 V
+5V 4.193 V
+12V 12.096 V
-12V (5.952) V
-5V (5.056) V
+5V HIGH THRESHOLD 4.812 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage In Use
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 3
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 4
Slot AGP
Slot Type AGP
Slot Usage In Use
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation AGP
Characteristics 5V
Slot Number 5

 

[rolli59]

Another problem! Your board only has an AGP slot no PCIe and your 7600GT is among the highest performing AGP cards produced with ATI HD3850 as the best AGP card.

 

[Stup1dg33kz]

Another problem! Your board only has an AGP slot no PCIe and your 7600GT is among the highest performing AGP cards produced with ATI HD3850 as the best AGP card.

Well crap. Thanks anyway.

 

[rolli59]

Another problem! Your board only has an AGP slot no PCIe and your 7600GT is among the highest performing AGP cards produced with ATI HD3850 as the best AGP card.

Well crap. Thanks anyway.

A modern AMD APU system would outperform that easy for not that much money.

 

[Stup1dg33kz]

Another problem! Your board only has an AGP slot no PCIe and your 7600GT is among the highest performing AGP cards produced with ATI HD3850 as the best AGP card.

Well crap. Thanks anyway.

A modern AMD APU system would outperform that easy for not that much money.

Would that be compatable with my system? What exactly is an APU?

 

[rolli59]

APU is an AMD CPU with integrated graphics here is a couple of examples http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1433571
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1433574
Both are a good start to a modern budget system