sterns

Ive just got Far Cry ,wow.
Fantastic game.

Whats bothering me is my graphics arent up to scratch really, and im only running low to medium in the settings and id love to max and reap the benefits.

The spec of my machine is as follows:

Asus A7NX8 Deluxe
AMD 3200+(@2.2ghz)
1024MB Ram(23% utilized)
120GB Hard Drive 7200rpm (partitioned 80/40)
Geforce 4200Ti 8x agp
Aluminium case (so its a bit noisy)

I guess my board and chip are up for the job but my graphics card is a bit lame.
What would anyone recommend me do and change?
I dont mind buying a new board and chip but if i dont need it?
I was about to get another gig of ram too.
As you can guess im not that up on keeping upto date so any help would be fantastic
One thing i forgot to mention, ive got a 15" Advent TFT but ive got no driver for it so its only being seen as a plug and play monitor, this matter?

many, many thanks
Tony

JayPSC

Your motherboard & chip are perfectly fine, just spend £150ish on a Radeon 9800pro & all will be lovely

lightning101

I would agree with 9800 PRO or XT if you want anti-aliasing and high res.

fitzscoob

cracking game, had this running on my machine using 9800xt all settings were in very high (i think), very very good game

sterns

got the game installed yesterday, stunning game, played it non stop.
No idea how far im through it. But i dont care.
cos of my card, it auto detected and running it betwen low and medium.
Contacting my shop today and gona sort out a 9800.

thanks for the help people

~Bulletooth~ Tony

sterns

just spoke to them.
they recommended the 9800xt at £299
or the pro at £160.
seems a bit steep really. Id love the XT, but for the price, i dont want to pay that much and not really need it?
But he mentioned the pro might become discontinued soon.
hmmmm, choices.
anyone?

ChrisB

The next generation of ATi cards (Radeon X800) is due for it's official launch early May, so yes the 9800 series will start to disappear as they ship in quantity.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=2018
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15377

If you want to buy now, go for the Pro (IMHO).

Chris.

swaussie

The XT is basically an overclocked version of the Pro. In the next few weeks ATI and Nvidia will be releasing their new cards but they will cost an arm and a leg for sure. A 9800pro will play farcry without a problem and should be good enough for another year I imagine.

JayPSC

Yup 100% go for the pro, you wont notice any diff with the XT

sterns

i think thats swung it,lol
I take it its the 9800pro 128 version or 256?
is the all in wonder package good?

thanks guys

lightning101

Sapphire Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB DDR 8x AGP DVI & TV-Out

£124.85


http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=61544