good deal or not?

Hi i know i shouldnt post on here about graphic card upgrades but ...... I have a AGP Radeon 9800pro at moment and have been thinking about upgrading whole system to PCIExp but my local shop is selling AGP ASUS GeForce 6800 for � 120 ,will i notice much gain in performance over my old card or shall i go PCI exp for �600.( Motherboard etc). Andy

Hi i know i shouldnt post on here about graphic card upgrades but ...... I have a AGP Radeon 9800pro at moment and have been thinking about upgrading whole system to PCIExp but my local shop is selling AGP ASUS GeForce 6800 for � 120 ,will i notice much gain in performance over my old card or shall i go PCI exp for �600.( Motherboard etc). Andy

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> Hi i know i shouldnt post on here about graphic card upgrades but ...... > I have a AGP Radeon 9800pro at moment and have been thinking about > upgrading whole system to PCIExp > but my local shop is selling AGP ASUS GeForce 6800 for � 120 ,will i > notice much gain in performance over my old card or shall i go PCI exp for > �600.( Motherboard etc). > Andy

A lot depends on the rest of your system, but all things equal, you should see some increase in performance. Ed >

Depends on your processor. If your processor is getting flogged, a better video card won't help. Do you mean GeForce 6800 or GeForce 6800GT ? If it is the GT, then I can tell you that you will pick up some performance over the 9800, and get rid of a few ATI driver issues as well :) Staggering? No. Improvement? Yes. Again, it's dependent on your CPU. -Larry "Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:43e24682$[email hidden]...

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> Hi i know i shouldnt post on here about graphic card upgrades but ...... > I have a AGP Radeon 9800pro at moment and have been thinking about > upgrading whole system to PCIExp > but my local shop is selling AGP ASUS GeForce 6800 for � 120 ,will i > notice much gain in performance over my old card or shall i go PCI exp for > �600.( Motherboard etc). > Andy >

While adding an entirely new set of issues with the GF ;) "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ZPsEf.150055$oG.104004@dukeread02... and get rid of a few ATI driver issues as well :)

I've had a HELL of a lot less with nVidia. -Larry "Mitch_A" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5ftEf.24607$[email hidden]...

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> While adding an entirely new set of issues with the GF ;) > > "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ZPsEf.150055$oG.104004@dukeread02... > and get rid of a few ATI driver issues as well :) > >

"Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:43e24561$[email hidden]...

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> Hi i know i shouldnt post on here about graphic card upgrades but ...... > I have a AGP Radeon 9800pro at moment and have been thinking about > upgrading whole system to PCIExp > but my local shop is selling AGP ASUS GeForce 6800 for � 120 ,will i > notice much gain in performance over my old card or shall i go PCI exp for > �600.( Motherboard etc). > Andy

Nvidia is supposed to be releasing AGP versions of 7800 GS soon.I have a 9700 and might try to hang out until they drop in price.Not ready for PCI E yet -- SteveH Abit AV8 Third Eye v1.1, A64 3200+ at 2430(9x270),1.575V CPU DIY watercool Radeon Sapphire 9700