Cheap and simple upgrade (need advice)

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lawndart

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Ok,

I am looking to upgrade my video card.

system specs

Asus P4P800
1 gig kingston ram
p4 2.2 gig
Radeon 9200

Anyways want to do a cheap upgrade but get the best bang for my buck. This motherboard is agp. I have around $300 CDN to blow on a card, this is to hold me over for another 5 months till I can afford a great system. I was looking at the Nvidia 7600 but it doesn't seem to have an agp version... so yeah, any suggestions would be great.
 
If you spend a tiny bit more you could probably get a 7800GS, which is the only of the GeForce 7 series in AGP form. However, it'd probably just be worth it saving up for that new rig.
 
I would upgrade that cpu first, anything above a 9800 series is gonna be bottlenecked real bad. That mobo you have has plenty of upgrade room cpu wise look for a p4 3 gig and then a 7800gs to go with it.
 
rcf1987 said:
I would upgrade that cpu first, anything above a 9800 series is gonna be bottlenecked real bad. That mobo you have has plenty of upgrade room cpu wise look for a p4 3 gig and then a 7800gs to go with it.
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for $300 CDN?
 
well I have more money then that... but i am on a bit of a budget.. I looked into it and i can upgrade to p4 3.0 gig and get a x-1600 pro for 400 bucks.
 
lawndart said:
well I have more money then that... but i am on a bit of a budget.. I looked into it and i can upgrade to p4 3.0 gig and get a x-1600 pro for 400 bucks.
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That would be way better than what you have now tho I would get a 6600gt over a x1600pro its much faster
 
I'd get either a 9800Pro or a 6600GT depending on what you can find. They can be found used for under $100USD.
 
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