How much speed increase would you get if you changed your video card from a GForce 5600 to a GForce 7900?
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Mmm, don't really have enough information to tell you exactly how big of a difference. For example: some of the geforce 7900 cards are 256mb, some are 512mb. Either way, you're likely at least doubling your video memory, and going from agp to pci-ex, correct? It would make a huge difference, but Oblivion is a resource hog. It would be much smoother, but it wouldn't be perfect.
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if you are upgrading your graphics card you should wait till the card that support direct x 10 show up that way you will not have to upgrade again in the near future
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Yes.  If you are looking for performace, go with a standalone gpu, that way you aren't bottlenecking your speed.
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probably the best out there would be the Nvidia 7900GTX, but they are about $600 a piece, and if you want SLI then of course you will need two. The 7900GT is $400, and the 7800 is pretty close in capability, although I'm not sure of the cost (probably around $300). Even the 6800 series is still damn good, and more affordable, at around $200-$250. Make sure you have PCI-Express slots available, though. (if your computer is new you should be fine) You could even run quad SLI with four cards if you can afford it, but I don't think it's worth losing the extra slots. Btw, Nvidia cards and Athlon processors are a good combo for gaming these days.
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Nvidia 7800 GTX   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130237\n\nIf you want to save a tad you could always go with the new 7900 series..it should do everything you need.\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150144
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if u wanna get the pci-e which is better u have to change ur motherboard\nif u want an AMD one then u must get nForce4 one\nif u want an Intel one u must get a motherboard with at least 915 chip-set or better\nnote:i think u need to change ur processor as well if u want to get the benefits of the geforce 7 card u wanna get
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buy a new graphics card and install it.
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Depends on what "Type" of Graphics card it is...You see there are different kinds...Is it PCI?, PCIe? AGP? SLI?...\nPci is the slowest, this is old technology...PCIe  is faster, AGP is the fastest...Advanced Graphics Port...this means that only the graphics card uses this ports so it doesn't have to share it with other stuff...\nSLI is for the rich that can afford to run 2 of the same grapics cards side by side for the ultimate power!!!!\nLike 2 Nvidia 7800GTX in SLI...
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Go with ATI. its cheaper and my 512 MB card plays EVERYTHING on full graphics. Whether you have pcix, pci, or agp, there isnt much difference because the true speed is determined by your motherboard. If you have an old motherboard, dont waste your money on an expensive video card.
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no, u r in dire need of up grading. no it is honestly less to buy a new 'puter than 2 upgrade. your video card is good, its what ive got but your total mem sux. plus get 512 ram and a 1 gig slave drive. ooh im still impressed with mine and it was only  $350 new. from wally-world, i mean wal- mar, u know.
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i dont think there is anyway to increase your video memory without changing your video card and with your current mother board i dont think you can keep a video card of higher memory say a  128mb geforce 6600
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not much in it really card for card. radeon bring one out and geforce responds with a similar or better one and vice versa. as for games written for specific card.... well that's a new one on me, after all the game companies would lose millions if that were the case surely??
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You could, however, the speed difference would be negligable...you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. You'd be better off getting a new computer.
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I almost entirely agree with the previous answer.\nThe only possible thing to watch out for is the next version of Windows, dubbed Windows Vista.\nThis OS is going to come packaged with a new drawing API that uses the capabilities of your 3D card.\nThe quality of what your OS displays is going to be correlated to the specs of your 3d card.\nNvidia keeps a list of GPUs expected to work to some extent with Vista. Obviously, the more recent chips are likely to yield better rendering quality.\n\nIf you don't feel the need to always run the latest software, you don't need to worry about it.\nOtherwise, you may want to plan for the future.
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Video Card is the first thing you want to upgrade.
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Supposedly it is because the theory is that games were not written to go on dual-core processors so the fastest single core one is the best,,therefore the AMD FX. The best video card to go with it IMHO is the Nvidia 7800GTX. If you have enough $$,then two of these in SLI will blow away anything. The 512MB Version of this card is over $700, so it all depends on how much money you have.
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Yea, it will un it, considering you have a great video card\n\nI bought a computer a week ago wth those stats exactly \n-1 gb ram ;(\n\nand it works great\n\nSLI is for dual cards, meaning buy 2 of the same video card, and you can use them both in conjunction\n\nif you not gonna use to video cards then get the A8N, that's what I bought (make sure it has PCI express \n\nagp is out\n\nI would get the harddriv with more room, rpm is not as important as transfer rate (SATA 3.0 gb/s, 1.5, etc