GPU Upgrade - Help please :(

**Reidy** · August 15, 2006, 01:28 PM

It would appear that my video card (Nvidia Geforce FX 5200) is in need of an upgrade, due to the fact that Oblivion is consistently giving me single-digit FPS.

What would the best replacement be for under £100? (thats about US$180)

So far I've found:

ATI X1600 Pro
ATI X800 RX
Geforce 6800 XT

Which of those is best?

**Arakorn** · August 15, 2006, 01:33 PM

The 1600 Pro I think. But I'm sure that you can get better GPU's for that price.

**CaptainCernick** · August 15, 2006, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Reidy

It would appear that my video card (Nvidia Geforce FX 5200) is in need of an upgrade, due to the fact that Oblivion is consistently giving me single-digit FPS.

What would the best replacement be for under £100? (thats about US$180)

So far I've found:

ATI X1600 Pro
ATI X800 RX
Geforce 6800 XT

Which of those is best?

My advise would be to wait for DirectX 10 and then get a new card. Sit out the bad graphics for a time and wait untill you can get a real good one.

**Arakorn** · August 15, 2006, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by CaptainCernick

My advise would be to wait for DirectX 10 and then get a new card. Sit out the bad graphics for a time and wait untill you can get a real good one.

Yeah, that seems good too. If you can manage to wait for M2TW with that rig, that is... :hmmm:

**Shaun** · August 15, 2006, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Reidy

It would appear that my video card (Nvidia Geforce FX 5200) is in need of an upgrade, due to the fact that Oblivion is consistently giving me single-digit FPS.

What would the best replacement be for under £100? (thats about US$180)

So far I've found:

ATI X1600 Pro
ATI X800 RX
Geforce 6800 XT

Which of those is best?

They all suck.
Extend your bidget by about £30 and buy this, its really far better and for the extra money its well worth it. Unlike the other cards you listed, this wil play modern games at a good resolution.

**Reidy** · August 15, 2006, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Shaun

They all suck.
Extend your bidget by about £30 and buy this, its really far better and for the extra money its well worth it. Unlike the other cards you listed, this wil play modern games at a good resolution.

Thats PCI-e, which won't work on my computer.

My other system stats are Pentium 4 2.66Gz processor and 1.0gb RAM.

**Shaun** · August 15, 2006, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Reidy

Thats PCI-e, which won't work on my computer.

My other system stats are Pentium 4 2.66Gz processor and 1.0gb RAM.

OK sorry, try this then.

**Reidy** · August 15, 2006, 02:26 PM

That's also a PCI-e.

**Freddie** · August 15, 2006, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by Shaun

OK sorry, try this then.

The Scottish sense of humour.

You can probably get a second hand Geforce 6800 GT on ebay for your budget. That should give you reasonable preformance. Personally if I were you I would save up £600 and buy/build a whole new rig.

**PyrrhusIV** · August 15, 2006, 07:11 PM

Get the 6800, it will run most modern games on medium to High settings. I think they make a AGP version of the X800 radeon card, if you can, get that. I do, and I run oblivion flawlessly...

**Barbarian-Bob** · August 15, 2006, 01:59 PM

Well, I'm assuming you have an old processor too since you own a FX 5200. If that is the case, don't bother buying a DX10 card (or even a high end card). Your CPU will just bottleneck your machine (if nothing else will). If you're gonna upgrade, you should do it properly, ie. buying several components.