I have two Videocards: Nvidia 6600 GT and an ATI 9600 Pro,\nboth are on AGP 8x and have 128 Mb RAM.\nWhich one of the two is better in Your experience?
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Nvidia and ATI are both very good cards. But out of the two, the ATI is faster.
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The 64 MB is better.\n\nIf you ask me though, they're both horrible cards. I hope you don't plan on using it for gaming.
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radeon 9550 with 2.4 pentium runs battlefield but i had to put in audio card the sound in that game is hard for a lower quality pc\ncard is worth 100 new or less  worth its money .\n\nand i have a 3.4 pen with a 6600 gt which cost 250 australian\nruns all games good.\nboth pcs i turn my games graphics to the lowest .\n\nbeware of 6600 there power hogs and i have to turn the card down 100 herts in order for it to run with no power warnings\nor it lessens your graphics\nhave a friend with the 256 6600 card and he curses the day he got it.\nmine is ok  ime still happy with it even after all its weaknesses.\ngood luck
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Definitely, go for the gold GeForce 7950 GX2 would work great on your pc, even some of the newer ATI cards like the X1900 Crossfire edition.  And no you don't have to upgrade your RAM, you have 2GBs already which is great, but you know if you have the money to blow, why the hell not max it out!!  Oh yeah, these components will mean more heat, so you might want to think about a few memory heatsinks and maybe upgrade your cooling components.
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For gaming, the most important component in your system will be the video card, so that's where you'll want to bust the budget.  You'll get a greater performance boost by spending an extra $150 on the video card instead of processor in most cases. However, I would recommend at least another 512mb of RAM (preferably add 1 gb) since the newest fps games and online mmorpgs are quite ram-hungy.  Half-life:2 / Lost coast required 1gb to play, and that's about a year old now...\n\nThe 6600 is ok, but far from great. On the Nvidia side, upgrading to a 7600- or even better a 7900GT, will make you MUCH happier.  If you prefer ATI cards, get at least an X1800 series... I upgraded from a 6800 to a 7900GT and it's light-years better.  \n\nIf money is no object, then something like a 7950GTX or the brand-new 8800 series is absolutely amazing, but I personally can't afford $500 video cards, I need something closer to half that price :)\n\nYou can compare any two video cards at  www.gpureview.com, I suggest you take a look there.  Here's a comparison of your 6600GT to the 7800GT (an older card)\n\nhttp://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=187&card2=313\n\nFinally, check out this video card thread; it was started before the introduction of some newer cards, but gives you a great breakdown of which cards fall into which categories, and if you scroll through to the later entries on pages 13-15,  there is discussion of the newest stuff, too.
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the 6600 is FAR superior.  It will be able to handle much much more than the 5500.  In this case amount of RAM isnt really a deciding factor, the chipset is.  A 5500 with 8 gig of ram will still choke on new games.
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its a better.\nGeForce FX5200 AGP8X 128MB DDR DVI+DB15+TV-Out Retail \nbut for only gaming this one \nXFX GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR
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From my personal experience I can say that PCI-E is better than AGP. But if you want to learn more about these types of video cards you can look through this article: http://www.directron.com/expressguide.html
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Just to point out, you do not need a video card with 512MB of ram on it.  All of these cards are not powerful enough for the largest textures.  You can save yourself some money and get a better card.  What is your budget?\n\nEdited to clear up.\n\nYou can get one if you want, but it will not benefit you at all.  You need at least a 7900 or a 1900 card to benefit from 512MB of ram.\n\nCard Suggestion.\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102606\n\nUnless you save up for the Ati 1950, AGP card.  They are supposed to release at around $200.  The card I linked is better than any you listed.
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Eeeeesh.  You mean you are limited to a PCI slot.  Well, in that case it would be the Radeon 9600 BUT let's take a look at some other options.  Note that none of the PCI graphics cards are going to be powerhouses but if it's the best you can do... it's the best you can do...\n\nThe best you can do in a PCI graphics card is probably at Radeon X1300 for $115, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814129062\n\nAs I said, it's not powerhouse but is far superior to either the 9250 or 9600.  If you have really reserved yourself to the 9250 or 9600 keep in mind that not all Radeon 9250 cards support DirectX 9, most only support DirectX 8 (that's bad...) so go with the 9600 if those are really your only two choices.\n\nI was also unable to locate a PCI version of the Radeon 9600 from Newegg (though other stores may have it), I will only shop and buy from them.  The final word is, neither model you have picked is that great and if you really must go with PCI the the Radeon X1300 is the way to go.
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The best PCI video card on the market right now is Radeon X1300 256MB GDDR2 PCI. Much better than FX5200 in every way .. except price :)
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I had an ati 9100, wicked card but upgraded to a geforce 5200- plays some game brilliantly, others slowly. The thing with Oblivion though is that its the processor speed that really matters not just the vid card. Whats ur processor speed? \n\nYou should probably stick to your ati card at the end of the day.
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1x Geforce 7950GX2.\n\nIn numerous benchmarks out there, both perform pretty much on par with each other.  The hardware is essentially the same with just one specific difference; the 7950 GX2 doesn't have to go through another PCIe bus to access the second GPU.  \n\nThe speed difference is, for the most part, negligible though.  Keep in mind that the 7950 GX2 is really two GTX GPUs that are underclocked to help keep control of heat.  Depending on which vendor you buy your 7950 GX2 from, they might be attaching a heftier cooling solution and overclocking the card yet again.\n\nHope this helps!
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If you're wanting to play games, then you should upgrade.  Since your motherboard has the ATI Express 200 graphics onboard, there's an extremely good chance that it has a PCI-E graphics slot.  For ~$100, you'd probably be happy with an X1600 Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067918889&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48  an A1600XT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067918888&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48 an X1650 Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067923258&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48 or a 7600GS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520548+106790717+1067920619&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48\n\nBTW, ATI video cards have had the best performance since the debut of their 9700 Pro, about 4 years ago.
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IF you're a gamer, then there are better cards out in the same price range as an nVidia 6600GT.  Here are a few: the non-GT version of the 6800: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1067909573+1069609639&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice= or the X1600Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1067918889+1069609639&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=  \n\nEither of these cards will outperform a 6600GT.  The 6800 has twice the pixel pipelines (which is more important than core or memory speeds), and the X1600Pro has 3x the pipelines.  I've seen benchmarks, and in very few games does the 6600GT even come close to those two cards.\n\nedit: the 6600GT's aren't $100, they are $140-150: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1067910550+1069609639&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=
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for AGP and pci-express slots (2 versions): Ati x1600 pro goes slightly over the $100, but is a significant boost from the $100 x1300 pro.\n\nfor pci-express slots: nvidia 7600gs
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Since it is an 8X AGP interface, you have many many models and prices to choose from. Nvidia just released a bunch of cards in AGP - which was in planned obselecence until they realized there was too many people with AGP boards.\nFor a little over $200 you could get something with the Nvidia 6800GS Series which is a good performance mid-priced card.\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143045