looking for an upgrade from the shitty ati agp 256 9950 i have now. crashes all the time and well, its doing my head in! so time for a change.

any recommendations please, circa £100-150 new or used not fussed

 

Might be time to go PCI express. Get your wallet out

Failing that I'm not sure. There's a few to go at here

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...x1y0z1p0s0n0m0

 

will a pci express card fit/ run ok. its a reasonable spec pc (i think!)
packard bell ixtreme 1907 3,4ghz p4 2gb ram etc.

 

Don't think it will mate. It does seem like a reasonable spec PC though

 

just check the m/b specs and its agp only!
Is there any issues with buying used cards? or should i just stick to new

 

If it were me I would probably go new unless there was some comeback.

 

A few to choose from here:

256MB XFX nVidia 6800XT (8 pipes, 350/1000) = (link)
512MB XFX nVidia 7600GS (12 pipes, 400/533) = (link)

I've never used ATI cards (I prefer nVidia, as above), but this is in the price-range you wanted if you'd prefer to stick with ATI:

512MB Sapphire Radeon X1600Pro (12 pipes, 500/800) = (link)

 

cheers for the help, dan which would you say was better, the 512 ati or nvidia card? price is the same roughly so either will do

 

Mate, if your motherboard has AGP slots then thats all it will take, end of. Unless you get a whole new motherboard with pci express slots.

As for the card id go for the nvidia, i used to have a 256mb ati radoen x1300pro and i swapped it for an nvidia geforce 7600GT and its miles better even though its still 256mb

Heres some in-game screen shot from my pc

 

Between the two 512MB cards, I'd go for the nVidia, but again, that's down to my personal preference between ATI and nVidia cards...

ATI have come a long way since I last used one of their cards (a Rage, many years ago), back then their drivers were abysmal. But, it was a lasting impression, and I've used nVidia cards ever since.

 

whats that racing game? it looks good

 

i think its
GTR: FIA GT Racing

not 100% sure tho

 

GTR2