Need Advice

[TOYS]

I purchased UT3. The minium specs are :
windows xp sp2 ( I have )
2.4 + ghz single core processor ( i have amd 64 bit 3000+ )
1 gig of memory ( I have 2 gig )
NVIDA 7800GTX ( i have NVIDA GeForce 6200 )

My question is how high of a VIDEO card can i goto before it is a waste of money? I need a AGP card. Any help or comments would be helpful.
THANKS !

 

[horrorshow]

get the ati x1950pro (AGP)

or wait just a little longer for the new ati 3850s to become available....

 

[nissanztt90]

The amount of memory really depends on your resolution but given your system specs, i would say no more than 512mb before its a waste for you...

The best thing for you to do would be to upgrade to a PCIe system and get a ATI 3870/ nVidia 8800GT, and get a better CPU while your at it, like a cheap Core 2 Duo.

 

[hossdaddy]

honestly agp is 2 steps away from being dead. I say that because there are so few cards available compared to pci-express. You could get an x1950 pro for the better part of $200 and maybe get another year out of that system but the diminishing returns are ridiculous.

Heres what teh basic upgrade would look like

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz $85
BIOSTAR NF520-A2 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 520 $49
A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $28 after mir
EVGA 256-P2-N758-TR GeForce 8600GT SSC 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 $90 after mir
(you could get a HD3850 for about $155 after mir which would smoke this card but the 8600gt is still a solid card)

Total: $252.

Pretty much the better way to spend your money.