Your computer is 3 years old and AGP is now dead. You can pickup a 256MB BFG
GeForce 7800 GS for £154.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=411
But I think that is overkill considering the age of your computer. I would
put the money towards a new system altogether, but if you are content with
the system you have I would recommend the 7600 GS...since it doesn't make
much sense to soup up obsolete hardware.
-Rob
On 11/15/06, Stuart Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- Stuart Buchanan wrote:
> So, it looks like I need to replace the graphics card. Alternatively I
> could replace the entire computer, but that is probably going to be a
> bit
> excessive, though not out of the question if it is likely that other
> components are about to fail.
>
> So, what recommendations do people have?
Thanks to Didier and Martin for the recommendations.
In the end, my choices were quite limited as I had an AGP 8X rather than
PCI-E slot. I ended up buying an MSI GeForce 7600GS with 512MB of RAM for
£103 (~ 150 euros).
I've still to fine-tune performance, but I'm getting a solid 35fps around
KSFO with the c172p on the current OSG FG and high levels of AA and AS
filtering at 1280x1024. It isn't possible for me to do a direct comparison
with my now-dead ATI card, but that represents a decent improvement. I've
also noticed that the frame-rate is staying pretty constant, which is also
very good and probably due to OSG rather than plib. Thanks Mathias!
-Stuart
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