I need a quick not to expensive upgrade to my current Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB AGP, mainly to improve the performance of 'Rome: Total War', that doesn't involve changing the motherboard, so I've been looking into a Radeon X1600 Pro 256MB AGP, and have seen one for about £70.00. Would this be a good buy?

A more affordable one would be a Radeon 9600PRO/XT. It would be a large improvement over the card u have now. I think it should be available for around 35 pounds or so.

Answering your question, that would be a good buy. A X1600PRO is better than a 9600XT, and way better than your current card.

Regards

Yeah but just to improve the performance of one game, it's not worth spending 70 pounds on a new graphics card. Both cards are much, much better than his Radeon 9000PRO so I don't see any justification that way. Unless u want to play graphic-intensive games like GRAW or BF2, I wouldn't recommend the X1600PRO.

Good point mate

I guess that depends on the games he wants to play.

Regards :wave:

I need this answered ASAP!!!!!!! 3 hours until i leave for the comp fair..

What if i cant find the 6800GS by Palit? do I find it by another brand? cause Palit over clock theirs what do I do!!!

You can get another brand mate. You can always overclock your card, so you probably don't need a factory overclocked one... But at least, factory overclocked cards come with warranty. And if you overclock a normal card, say good bye to it....

Yeah u can. Most brands that sell the card are reliable. I would recommend looking for ones from eVGA, BFG or XFX, since they are ones who provide factory OC'd cards and especially eVGA offers nice rebates and other stuff. My bro has a BFG 7800GS and he got 5 full games on a disk with the card and 3 codes to unlock any 3 games.

Well it is, because Shogun: Total War, Medieval: Total War, and Rome: Total War are the only games I actually play. I don't play any other games at all. The graphics are not so vital, but on the 9000 PRO RTW has a severe case of the judders (poor framerate) even on the lowest detail levels, with AA and AF turned off, so it would be worthwhile.

I'm liking the idea of a 9600XT "for around 35 pounds", if it's a "large improvement", and runs RTW at an acceptable framerate. I'll have to look into that some more.

Thanks for the replies.

Yeah, a 9600XT is way more powerful than a 9000 card. Also, is pretty cheap, and doesn't require a powerful PSU.

In that case, a 9600XT would be perfect for u.