Upgrade question

Scholar

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With the holidays coming up, I may have the opportunity to upgrade my computer slightly for WoW and I want to be sure get the most for the money.
My current specs are:

AMD Sempron 2800+ (2.00 GHz)
1.25 GB RAM
Radeon 9250 AGP 256MB [Motherboard only supports AGP =\]
80 GB Hard drive
1024x768 resolution btw

If there is anything else you think might be important to list, just ask. =)

If I am correct in assuming the video card would be the best upgrade, would this card be good?
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X

Edited, Dec 3rd 2006 8:38pm by LeBaron

Edited, Dec 3rd 2006 10:19pm by LeBaron

#2 Dec 03 2006 at 5:40 PM Rating: Decent

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Scholar

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That graphic card should run wow fine on medium - high settings. It really isn't a very graphic stressful game.

#3 Dec 03 2006 at 6:21 PM Rating: Decent

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Sage

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should treat you pretty well, and give a good boost over the current card.

#4 Dec 03 2006 at 7:16 PM Rating: Decent

Scholar

70 posts

Okay thank you both =)

#5 Dec 03 2006 at 7:35 PM Rating: Decent

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Scholar

4,297 posts

good call on catching the vid card bottleneck.

here are your proposed card's specs:
Chipset
Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA
GPU GeForce 7600GS
Core clock 400MHz
PixelPipelines 12
Memory
Memory Clock 540MHz(effective)
Memory Size 512MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Type GDDR2

look around and see if you can find a 256/256/gddr3 card for the bolded specs, while retaining 12+ pipelines. chances are that the core clock will be better than 400 MHz as well.

#6 Dec 03 2006 at 8:09 PM Rating: Good

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axhed the Flatulent wrote:

good call on catching the vid card bottleneck.

here are your proposed card's specs:
Chipset
Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA
GPU GeForce 7600GS
Core clock 400MHz
PixelPipelines 12
Memory
Memory Clock 540MHz(effective)
Memory Size 512MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Type GDDR2

look around and see if you can find a 256/256/gddr3 card for the bolded specs, while retaining 12+ pipelines. chances are that the core clock will be better than 400 MHz as well.

Also, don't be limited to just nVidia when comparing the cards... for example something like this from ati is slightly more (only about 30ish bucks) but has better stats running at a 600 core clock and 800 memory clock. Or here is one for the same price as the orriginal (7600) but 500 clock and 780 mem.

#7 Dec 04 2006 at 2:31 PM Rating: Decent

Scholar

70 posts

Okay, I will definitely take those cards into consideration. =)
I just don't want to get a card that will be wasted on my budget system.

#8 Dec 04 2006 at 4:24 PM Rating: Good

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Scholar

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Also, if you buy the nvidia card, make sure to clean out all drivers for your ATI radeon gfx card before you install the new driver for nvidia card. Use a utility program such as Drivercleaner Pro to make sure there will be no conflicting issues. Graphic cards are my favorite thing to upgrade in the computer. With either card, you will probably see a big improvement on your FPS and the quality.

#9 Dec 04 2006 at 7:22 PM Rating: Decent

Scholar

70 posts

Thanks for the advice =)