madman_ncfc
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Hi guys i'm looking for some advice today to help me get my current system to be good for gaming on vista.
The system is
Windows Vista 64bit Ultimate Edition
ASUS A8N-SLI SE
AMD Athlon 3500 64bit Processor(single)
3GB RAM mixed 2x1GB 2x512MB
GeForce 7300GT (to be upgraded)
160GB IDE Hard Drive
my problem is that when i upgraded my computer to windows vista i found that it ran OK maybe a little slow and i was happy with it running.
the problems began when i tried to play FIFA 07 as you might expect it used to run max res max detail with no lag and work fine.
Now i am on vista it doesn't and is very laggy.
BF2142 used to run on the highest with only very minimal lag but now i have had to reduce the resolution to 1024x768 ands the detail to medium to get it to run with no lag.
Anyway i though the problem was ram so i upgraded but there hasn't been an improvement in anything really so that obviously wasnt the reason for the poor performance.
So what i was wondering is what good graphics cards are there for gaming on vista my budget is about £150-£200 but i would prefer it to be closer to the £150 mark.
Also i would prefer the card to be by NVidia because my board doesnt support dual PCI with ATi cards
Another question would be is that the thing that would improve performance or is it something else.
Any help greatly Appreciated
Chris
The system is
Windows Vista 64bit Ultimate Edition
ASUS A8N-SLI SE
AMD Athlon 3500 64bit Processor(single)
3GB RAM mixed 2x1GB 2x512MB
GeForce 7300GT (to be upgraded)
160GB IDE Hard Drive
my problem is that when i upgraded my computer to windows vista i found that it ran OK maybe a little slow and i was happy with it running.
the problems began when i tried to play FIFA 07 as you might expect it used to run max res max detail with no lag and work fine.
Now i am on vista it doesn't and is very laggy.
BF2142 used to run on the highest with only very minimal lag but now i have had to reduce the resolution to 1024x768 ands the detail to medium to get it to run with no lag.
Anyway i though the problem was ram so i upgraded but there hasn't been an improvement in anything really so that obviously wasnt the reason for the poor performance.
So what i was wondering is what good graphics cards are there for gaming on vista my budget is about £150-£200 but i would prefer it to be closer to the £150 mark.
Also i would prefer the card to be by NVidia because my board doesnt support dual PCI with ATi cards
Another question would be is that the thing that would improve performance or is it something else.
Any help greatly Appreciated
Chris