milespower
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Hi there!
I'm about to upgrade a somewhat old machine that I used to game a lot, it had an HD2600XT card on and it had good performance but it broke, so I want another card. Budgets aside (since prices on SHM vary by country) I have a choice of four graphic cards:
Do I choose better performance and DX9.0c or DX10 but rather average-to-low performance?
The computer specs are as follows:
I know that if I choose anything other than the HD3650 these games are out: NFS:HP, Mafia II, and Worms Ultimate Mayhem, and any that requires a DX10 card (obviously -.-). But for the remaining games (the majority really) the performance gain would be such a treat.
Keep in mind that in a year's time, give or take, I'll lay my hands on a new computer, so this is just the workaround to keep playing.
What do you think? If you feel like you need more information I can give it to you.
EDIT: Now some people say the HD3650 is faster than the 6800GS. The benchmarks say otherwise (I used Game-Debate and Passmark for benchmarks). I'm confused...
Best wishes!
I'm about to upgrade a somewhat old machine that I used to game a lot, it had an HD2600XT card on and it had good performance but it broke, so I want another card. Budgets aside (since prices on SHM vary by country) I have a choice of four graphic cards:
- nVidia Geforce 6800GS 256MB
- nVidia Geforce 7600GS 256MB
- ATI Radeon HD3650 512MB
- ATI Radeon X1600Pro 256MB
Do I choose better performance and DX9.0c or DX10 but rather average-to-low performance?
The computer specs are as follows:
- CPU: Pentium D 3.46 Ghz
- RAM: 2 GB
- VGA: Onboard
- PSU: 450W with 18A on the +12V rail (all the above work with this PSU, even the 6800GS)
- MB: Asrock 775VM800 (LGA775 Non-Core, AGP 8X, DDR400
I know that if I choose anything other than the HD3650 these games are out: NFS:HP, Mafia II, and Worms Ultimate Mayhem, and any that requires a DX10 card (obviously -.-). But for the remaining games (the majority really) the performance gain would be such a treat.
Keep in mind that in a year's time, give or take, I'll lay my hands on a new computer, so this is just the workaround to keep playing.
What do you think? If you feel like you need more information I can give it to you.
EDIT: Now some people say the HD3650 is faster than the 6800GS. The benchmarks say otherwise (I used Game-Debate and Passmark for benchmarks). I'm confused...
Best wishes!