AGP 7600GS Max Expectations?

[vizx]

I just purchased a Sony SDMP-234b 23'' monitor, and before I upgrade my entire system to PCIe/Dual Core in January, I put an eVGA 256mb 7600GS in my old AGP system (p4 3.2, 1 gig of ram)...

I'm running at 1920x1200 through DVI and have noticed that images, internet and various documents look quite a bit better through DVI (ran the monitor for a week or so through VGA from an old nvidia FX5200 card)...

My question is what can I expect from games with this set-up? The only game I presently have installed is FIFA 2007, and after just installing the card I tried it at 1600x1200 with details set to "High" and it was OK but a bit choppy in some parts...at 1024x768 with details set to "Medium" it was a bit smoother obviously...

For an old AGP system and this card, is this what I can expect? I don't do FPS gaming really, more RTS and some sports games...What settings should I play with, if any? What's the max I can really expect interms of performance from this card/mobo set-up?

 

[Tzzird]

As long as you're not running that 23 inche's native resolution, you'll be fine on non-fps games. My rig is similar to yours with a slightly faster card and I run 1280 x 1024 fine on most every game with details down a bit.

 

[Domini]

the max settings is whatever your comfortable with. if you like low fps, then jack the settings up.