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I'm assuming since you have a 6600 you're still looking at AGP.

NV 7600GS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814143069

Last edited by 462nd NSP653 (2006-11-05 20:25:58)

-101-InvaderZim wrote:

........yeah...... umm GR34 the 6600 is BETTER than a FX5500

I Was thinking the same thing.  Funny how people will reply without reading.

Most Bang under $200 would probably be this MSI NX7900GS 256


Best Value in the price range would be the 6800XT.  $135.63 out the door, and then you get $20.00 back
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … pr1c3watch 
Depending on what kind of 6600 you have, you could see a vast performance increase, or very little.  If you don't have a 6600GT you will see a notable difference.

You can also get an ATI RX800 Pro for just over $200. for example this one.
http://www.pcprogress.com/product.asp?m … PRO256VIVO
Personally I don't think it's worth the extra money, and I favor Nvidia.  But that would be about the most performance you can get in your range.  I would recommend saving the extra money for maybe ram, or something.  (or a G5 Laser Mouse that thing is fricken sweet.)

Just my $0.02

Last edited by Shadovve (2006-11-05 20:44:29)

ToXiC888 wrote:

Im looking for a new graphics card.  The first time I bought one I was only focused on price, not necessarily performance, so that's basicly all I looked for.  But now that I have some extra $ to spend, I wanna try and strike a balance between cost and performance.  I currently have an Nvidia GeForce 6600, and I wanna get something that will give me a pretty noticable difference and FPS increase.  I'm looking at the 100-200 price range.

Alright toxic, I'm going to be honest. If you currently have an AGP setup, your 6600 is just fine. Any AGP card over $125 would just be a plain old ripoff at this point. Since you have some extra money now, I advise that you save it and include it in an investment into another computer next year. I put mine together in late 2004, with a BFG 6800 Ultra AGP. It has lasted fine up till now, but games are beginning to come out that are putting stress on it...and when Crysis is released, it will be completely outdated.

I can't even say that an investment in RAM would be a good idea, but if you have two 512MB sticks and room for another two, try to match that pair for 2GB total. 2GB over 1GB will give you a better BF2 performance boost than going from a 6600 to a 7600.

GR34 wrote:

A Fx5500 will be good and cheap 55$ but 7600GS or x1600 would be best 4 your buck

This post has already been slammed for recommending a 5500 over a 6600, but let me say that the 7600GS would be immensely better than the X1600. Even an X850 Pro would be better than the X1600.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-11-05 21:26:49)

I dunno Shadovve - the MX518 has 2 rather handy side buttons. The extra side button has been taken off the G5,
and a few users have complained about it........

As for an AGP video card - try the 7600GT for the low price of AUD$299

Last edited by -101-InvaderZim (2006-11-06 02:06:04)

7900GTO is the best bang for buck.

misconfiguration wrote:

7900GTO is the best bang for buck.

Too bad that they are all sold out now and he is looking for AGP.

Nice try though.