Graphic Cards Needed some advice

[abhaybhegde]

Hello friends .
I recently joined this forum and i found this one to be pretty intresting .
I leave in Manipal and i am doing my engineering. I am a hardcore gamer. i right know have ATI 9200SE (128MB& it is AGP). I would like to upgrade my card to another AGP.My budget is around RS 5000

My questions are:

1) Which card should i purchase nearly to the above budget so that i can play all the recent games of Direct-X9 such as STALKER ,FEAR,etc..... atleast in medium settings ?
2) where can i get a card in bangalore ?
3) will online trading be a good option since there are no Graphics Card dealers near my place.

please reply to this . Thanks in advance

 

[memnom]

hey man

sure a lot of TE gurus will be ansering this but heres my sugestion.

there is no point in buying a brand new agp card as the agp segment is phased out and with the arrival of PCI-e 2 the AGP will be antique(just like the Pci now)

so its better to get a good second hand one from our TE members or some one u know.

if u still insist then go for a 7600gs agp wich sells for 6k.

do post us your PC config. cuz anything over this your processor might be a bottle neck.

a 6600gt is enough to play FEAR at 800*600 with medium settings w/o AA and HDR.(personal experience m8)

so its better to get a nice secondhand one from our own TE members and be happy with it.

P.S your are YET to be a hardcore gamer,not one already (9200SE!!!)

 

[iosoft]

hey man

sure a lot of TE gurus will be ansering this but heres my sugestion.
there is no point in buying a brand new agp card as the agp segment is phased out and with the arrival of PCI-e 2 the AGP will be antique(just like the Pci now)
so its better to get a good second hand one from our TE members or some one u know.

if u still insist then go for a 7600gs agp wich sells for 6k.

do post us your PC config. cuz anything over this your processor might be a bottle neck.

a 6600gt is enough to play FEAR at 800*600 with medium settings w/o AA and HDR.(personal experience m8)

so its better to get a nice secondhand one from our own TE members and be happy with it.

P.S your are YET to be a hardcore gamer,not one already (9200SE!!!)

AGREE

Just adding, to play FEAR smoothly you also need bigger RAM like 1GB.

 

[abhaybhegde]

Hello friends .
I recently joined this forum and i found this one to be pretty intresting .
I leave in Manipal and i am doing my engineering. I am a hardcore gamer. i right know have ATI 9200SE (128MB& it is AGP). I would like to upgrade my card to another AGP.My budget is around RS 5000

My questions are:

1) Which card should i purchase nearly to the above budget so that i can play all the recent games of Direct-X9 such as STALKER ,FEAR,etc..... atleast in medium settings ?
2) where can i get a card in bangalore ?
3) will online trading be a good option since there are no Graphics Card dealers near my place.

please reply to this . Thanks in advance

You are very much right memnon. getting an AGP card woud be useless.

But i am in a such a situation where i dont have any other choice.

I have an elder brother who stays in Germany. He will be coming home in Feb 2008. I am thinking of asking all the required components with my brother

Untill then i think i must be satisfied with AGP
And regarding " Hardcore Gamer " ....i am a really a game lover (PC, PS..)...but i am confined to my constraint .... i have lots of plan of playing games in the way it should be played once i get a decent job after my graduation

My PC config : 256MB RAM ( DDR)

Asrock motherboard (around 3 years old)

Athlon xp 2400+

ATI Radeon 9200SE

I am also planning of upgrading my RAM to 1 GB DDR.. THANKS....

 

[prash]

abhay , i think you better go for a second hand agp card rather than a new one. buy it from someone who has good rep here in TE so that you will have better assurance in getting a good card.