P1Fanatic

Currently have a 9600pro but needs an overhaul. Mobo only running AGP 4x - I assume 8x cards will run fine on this?

Cant afford to upgrade PC at the moment but want to buy a graphics card with a future PC upgrade in mind.

The 9800 pro is a solid performer and can get for under £140 now. However the 6600 GT at around £158 is a more modern card and I think I am edging towards this.

Any input guys?

Cheers,
Simon.

Steve Perriam

why does it need an overhaul ?

wots it not running properly ?

P1Fanatic

Half Life 2 - and more importantly Counterstrike: Source.

Simon.

GCollier

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...119/index.html

I'd go for the 6600GT.

I have one in one of my machines. Works a treat.

jase555

can you not try and get a 6800le

i got one of the gainward ones and it fully unlocks

MJW

Hmm might not be the graphics card causing the problem, as I run CS:S and HL2 on a 9600 Pro (slightly OC'd at 398mhz core, 297mhz memory) at 1024*768*32 with no problems and all the details ramped up. (512mb PC2700, Northwood 2.4Ghz) It manages about 59fps on the stress test. What CPU/memory are you running ?

P1Fanatic

I get 57.83 fps on the stress test with athlon Xp running at 1800mhz / 768mb pc2100 ddr / 9600 pro 128mb.

The fact you have the same gfx card and get a similar test result but have a better cpu & memory, suggests it is the gfx card holding things back.

Simon.

Steve Perriam

i've just bought a new machine this week with a PCI-E 6600GT. Cost is about £123 + vat.

seems to be running things so far pretty well.

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

9800 pro is getting a little outdated speed wise with new boards considering i have one ive got to get an agp board next time but imsure the new boards and GPU's offer superior speed and quality