Upgrading card for oblivion, help?

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Morazl

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Currently my rig is in my sig, I want to upgrade my card to play oblivion (not flawlessly) but my budget is around 150$ give or take, My current board only supports AGP so that narrows it down.. I was looking at some 6600GT's but wasn't sure...

If anyone could point me in the right direction, It would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading/replying.
 
6600GT or maybe a used 6800nu. My backup machine plays Oblivion fairly well. It has a 6200 agp with all 8 pipes unlocked. Gotta lower the res and tweak the .ini a little, but it plays acceptably.
 
Morazl said:
Currently my rig is in my sig, I want to upgrade my card to play oblivion (not flawlessly) but my budget is around 150$ give or take, My current board only supports AGP so that narrows it down.. I was looking at some 6600GT's but wasn't sure...

If anyone could point me in the right direction, It would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading/replying.
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If you up it to about $170ish, you can pick up a used 6800GT that destroys a 6600GT.
 
I have seen some people gaming on their 6600GT's in Oblivion with 1024x768 and semi-decent settings.

They'd run you a good 20-30 dollars under your budget, and for another $40 you could grab a 6800GS:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1782292&CatId=935

Which would give you considerably more performance for the $40. If you can't break the budget, a 6600GT will play the game much better than your current card. There are a few 256MB versions of the 6600GT flying around for around ~150 too, but I don't know if the card can really take advantage of it or not, or how much better it may be than a normal 128MB card.
 
I started a thread just like this 2 weeks ago. I had a 9800Pro and people said a 6600GT wouldn't boost my performance by much. They also said a 6800NU may or may not have issues unlocking so I didn't want to take the chance. So I went with a 256MB 6800GT AGP card from the sale forum for $150, used, which is exactly what you're looking for.
 
I only have one computer left with a agp motherboard and it has a leadtek 6800nu unlocked and overclocked that card is outstanding and priced right!

looks like someone else thinks so as well it is sold now.
 
Morazl said:
Currently my rig is in my sig, I want to upgrade my card to play oblivion (not flawlessly) but my budget is around 150$ give or take, My current board only supports AGP so that narrows it down.. I was looking at some 6600GT's but wasn't sure...

If anyone could point me in the right direction, It would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading/replying.
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http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/oblivion_mainstream_performance/

\I would get a 6800gs shrug

too bad your agp only that 7600gt looks killer

Shitty
 
It's pretty much the best AGP offering available currently. The only thing above it is the Gainward 7800GS which is actually a bridged 7800GT.

You could save a lot of cash and get the normal CO edition, though. You could most likely overclock it to superclock speeds.
 
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