new gfx card..

higgledyhiggles · Feb 26, 2008, 07:34 AM

looking to upgrade X800 to maybe X1650. (cheapy budget upgrade,
want to play hellgate london.!!)

I`ve got a Athlon XP3000, 2 gig ram.

Is this much of a step up??
or is my machine too old now ?

cheers,
higgles

**temeteus82** · Feb 26, 2008, 08:20 AM

To be honest with you I would just start saving for better CPU, RAM, mobo and PCI-E GFX card

I think that there isn't much difference between X800 and the X1650 series GPU's in terms of performance.

higgledyhiggles · Feb 26, 2008, 09:31 AM

nuts, it was only 30 quid. maybe that explains it..
darn.

kn00tcn · Feb 27, 2008, 11:37 PM

& you'd start to be cpu limited (unless you're 1280x1024 or larger rez)

the game is shader3 only?

FlyByU · Feb 28, 2008, 04:53 AM

Dont buy any ATI AGP cards or you might not be able to play at all. ATI drivers are all screwed up for AGP users. All they are doing now is supporting Vista DX10 all else is out. If you do get an older card make sure you get or have the old drivers as the new ones wont work with anything AGP.

retard · Mar 4, 2008, 08:42 PM

I might be wrong since im refering to a comparison on 2 different rigs (one with x700 and one with x1650) but x1650 in terms of performance is more like x700 so that would be a downgrade in performance but an upgrade in shader model.

kn00tcn · Mar 4, 2008, 09:18 PM

ok so the requirements say shader2... x800 is pretty decent so i dont think you'll have much trouble unless you're doing high rez

& it matches the cpu pretty well

Feb 26, 2008, 07:34 AM	#1
higgledyhiggles DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 117 Rep Power: 0	new gfx card.. looking to upgrade X800 to maybe X1650. (cheapy budget upgrade, want to play hellgate london.!!) I`ve got a Athlon XP3000, 2 gig ram. Is this much of a step up?? or is my machine too old now ? cheers, higgles

Feb 27, 2008, 11:37 PM	#4
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	& you'd start to be cpu limited (unless you're 1280x1024 or larger rez) the game is shader3 only? __________________ PM me if i dissappear from helping you in a thread XP - Athlon XP-M (Barton @ 2.4ghz) \| 2x1024 Mushkin ddr400 DC \| x800XT-PE + Zalman VF700-CU \| Abit AN7 \| Seasonic S12 E+ 550w 2K - Pentium4 (Northwood @ 2.3ghz) \| 2x512 OCZ \| 9800pro + Iceberq5 \| Asus P4S333-VM \| 300w (~20A) generic

Mar 4, 2008, 08:42 PM	#6
retard DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I might be wrong since im refering to a comparison on 2 different rigs (one with x700 and one with x1650) but x1650 in terms of performance is more like x700 so that would be a downgrade in performance but an upgrade in shader model. __________________ When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

Mar 4, 2008, 09:18 PM	#7
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	ok so the requirements say shader2... x800 is pretty decent so i dont think you'll have much trouble unless you're doing high rez & it matches the cpu pretty well __________________ PM me if i dissappear from helping you in a thread XP - Athlon XP-M (Barton @ 2.4ghz) \| 2x1024 Mushkin ddr400 DC \| x800XT-PE + Zalman VF700-CU \| Abit AN7 \| Seasonic S12 E+ 550w 2K - Pentium4 (Northwood @ 2.3ghz) \| 2x512 OCZ \| 9800pro + Iceberq5 \| Asus P4S333-VM \| 300w (~20A) generic

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Feb 26, 2008, 09:31 AM	#3
higgledyhiggles DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 117 Rep Power: 0	nuts, it was only 30 quid. maybe that explains it.. darn.

Feb 28, 2008, 04:53 AM	#5
FlyByU DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana, U.S.A. Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	Dont buy any ATI AGP cards or you might not be able to play at all. ATI drivers are all screwed up for AGP users. All they are doing now is supporting Vista DX10 all else is out. If you do get an older card make sure you get or have the old drivers as the new ones wont work with anything AGP.