Graphics Card

aardvaak

I have a ATI Radion X550 graphics card on my desktop running XP Pro, as this is now a couple of years old I was wondering if someone could please suggest what card I should upgrade to?

Halfmad

It's best if you post your PC make/model or spec's of your PC if it's a custom build mate.

epz_2

whats your budget and what do you need it for, if games which ones?

aardvaak

Halfmad wrote: »

It's best if you post your PC make/model or spec's of your PC if it's a custom build mate.

Custom Build Spect taken from System Info:-

System Information report written at: 04/05/09 18:13:04
[System Summary]
Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-7369
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~3084 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V2.6, 11/03/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.5

Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.29 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.34 GB

epz_2

solid box, an amd64 x2 if google is correct, should do well with a decent gpu.

you still need to tell us what your budget and what you want to do.

graphics cards can get very expensive and we need to know if you want to play crysis or solitare

deanos

If your current card does everything ok then its a waste of money upgrading.

Are you into the top games that run intensive graphics ?

aardvaak

deanos wrote: »

If your current card does everything ok then its a waste of money upgrading.

Are you into the top games that run intensive graphics ?

Yes it does ok I just thought as it is 2+ years old there might be a newer inprovement - I mainly use for flight sim

aardvaak

epz wrote: »

whats your budget and what do you need it for, if games which ones?

I hav;nt a budget in mind just thought to update

deanos

aardvaak wrote: »

Yes it does ok I just thought as it is 2+ years old there might be a newer inprovement - I mainly use for flight sim

Might be a waste of money then IMO, but if you have money and you can afford it then thats up to you

epz_2

aardvaak wrote: »

Yes it does ok I just thought as it is 2+ years old there might be a newer inprovement - I mainly use for flight sim

bingo, flight sims are some of the most gpu intense games out.

put simply if you think of a grahics card as a cpu you current card has 4 piplines aka 4 cores, more is better.

at the £200 range the new nvidia gtx275 cards have 240 piplines and will run faster

Livingthedream

What size monitor do you use? if its smaller or equal to 19" (1280×1024) then a £200 Nvdia gtx275 will be overkill. For gaming below 19" then a Nvidia 9600GT or ATI 4830 is all you need and at around £100 cheaper.