recomend me an upgrade/ graphics card

[Teaman]

due to money constraints, buying a new pc is out of the question, the board wont take anything bigger than a 3400

I think I did fairly well at futureproofing to an extent when I bought the bits and stuck them together, The plan wass to upgrade to win xp 64 but as 64 is still rubbish and vista not much better it left me with linux as thats 64, trouble is nothing runs on that so I kept xp pro


hes snippits of my dx diag.

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1536MB RAM
Page File: 654MB used, 2777MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINNT
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON 9800 XT
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4E4A)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E4A&SUBSYS_00021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: SyncMaster 225BW, SyncMaster CX223BW(Digital)
Monitor Max Res: 1680,1050
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6719 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail

the board is a neo platinum 754 nforce 3 (manuals in the loft somewhere)

if I have to fork out for a massive upgrade I will be heading towards a barebone system inc tower so be nice.

basicly this plays doom 3 perfectly well, slows on clutter in call of duty when theres lots going off, I'd like something that runs smooth, if a graphics upgrade is a good intrim thing to do could you just recomend me a simple one thats not going to cost the earth yet is better than mine.

big upgrade will be pci express but as my board doesnt support it afaik I would have to go balls out.




Thanks,,
Stu


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[JonT]

X1950pro AGP if you absolutely must upgrade the system rather then getting something newer.

[Cannon]

I just upgrades from a 9800xt when it died. I chose a Nvidia 7800gs AGP card which was about £100

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-016-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

Thats the one.
I wouldn't say it made a huge difference to how games looked but I can run Counter Strike Source at over 100 FPS on 2 displays with most settings fairly high which suits me down to the ground, and certainly higher than the old card.
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