I want to buy a new Graphics Card, but need advice..help?

@torrenter, get an X1950XT instead and save yourself the trouble. The difference between it and the X1950XTX is negligible. Here is a link. It's cheap at £104.99 inc VAT and shipping is free. You can also OC it to XTX speeds anyways, so no problems there.

Hi Rage, long time no speak. Here's what I got as a hand-me-down from my Dad, while he got a 8600 GTX (I think) - nVidia 7600 GT!

Just to remind, I've got a XP system with Pentium 4 (3.4GHz) processor and 2GB RAM. Would it be fine to run Medieval Total War 2 (and it's Expansion pack)?? All I get on System Requirements is "Must have Direct X 9.0c compliant, 128MB card" That's not enough info

if you have all the hardware installed then go to System Requirements Lab and try their test, it'll look at your pc and tell you if it'll run it or not

they have a massive list of games so it should be there

So, I have a result a little higher than Recommended Specs Still does not go into clock speeds and would be great if it gave an idea where my GPU stands in the market, in terms of clock speeds et al. But cool enough site Thanks Dave.

your posts were so long ago it would be nice to know exactly what upgrades u made from your original computer before someone could really answer that. feel free to post your upgraded computer specs and ill get back to you.

no problem mate

the 7600 is pretty much the middle of the 7 series range, and the 7 series is still pretty good even with the 8 series out now

there are some 7600gt specs here, but it lists everything but clock speed really do you know what make it is? e.g. evga, xfx, bfg etc

Swen, was your post to me? I don't understand it. I've got a 7600GT anyway, and it works fine with my 300W factory PSU, when gaming It's strange. I was being told I needed huge wattage for more powerful cards and my games work fine

To Daveskater, my 7600GT card given my Dad was BFG, as far as I remember.

@ rage..

plz can u too suggest something on my prob...

link to the post:
http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?p=549986#post549986

cheers...

oops, just noticed i forgot to put the link in my last post

Here's a link to the 7600 GT's specs on the BFG site. You have to click on Detailed specs to get the specs up, though.

The 7600GT is still a pretty good card so you'll be alright with it for a while

Thanks for the link Dave, should have thought of the manufacturer's site The card's been great aswell.

Hey Daveskater, it turns out I made a mistake in mentioning the make of my current GPU. I thought it was BFG, as I was given a BFG Drivers CD by my Dad incorrectly. The card's actually made by PNY Technologies, but I'm sure the differences are minimal. Great card none the less