I've been playing TES4: Oblivion and have been less than impressed with the performance of my 9800 Pro 128MB card. I have an A64 3000+ 754 with 1GB memory. I want to spend between $120-$140 for a new card, and here are the graphics chipsets I've narrowed it down to:
GeForce 6600GT 128MB
ATI X1600Pro 256MB
Both are roughly the same price for AGP models at the egg. Will either of these cards boost my performance? I'm running it currently at 800x600 with medium settings and I'm getting a bit of lag during multiple-NPC scenes and busy landscapes. And does shadermodel3, and opengl 1.5 vs 3, and the 128mb to 256mb memory difference make a big diffrence? Any comments will help. Other suggestions are welcome, as well, as long as it's in the price range.
GeForce 6600GT 128MB
ATI X1600Pro 256MB
Both are roughly the same price for AGP models at the egg. Will either of these cards boost my performance? I'm running it currently at 800x600 with medium settings and I'm getting a bit of lag during multiple-NPC scenes and busy landscapes. And does shadermodel3, and opengl 1.5 vs 3, and the 128mb to 256mb memory difference make a big diffrence? Any comments will help. Other suggestions are welcome, as well, as long as it's in the price range.