01-14-2006, 05:01 AM
gekko,Jan 14 2006, 12:30 AM Wrote:I'm in a similar position, with an Athlon 1800+ and an FX 5200 128 mb video card.
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I was gonna say "I feel your pain" until I realised that your 1800+ and FX5200 are better than my 1700+ and 9200SE :angry:
gekko,Jan 14 2006, 12:30 AM Wrote:I would suggest not upgrading. Any new computer you do purchase in the next few years will definitely not support AGP, meaning you will absolutely need to upgrade your card at that point (note: if you are willing to buy used computer parts, this may not be true. Used AGP motherboards and accompanying processors should be quite inexpensive in another year or two, meaning you could indeed hang on to whatever graphics card you pick up - though obviously in 2 years the graphics cards you mentioned will all be due for upgrading, as well).
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The next computer I buy will likely support AGP, because I make it a habit to buy computer stuff that is obsolete and cheap :)