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Old May 23rd, 2009, 03:52 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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worth upgrading video card?

/I have a Q6700 core 2 quad processor @2.66ghz, 4 gigs ram, and an ati hd2600xt (pretty sure 256mg)

would this card (BFG GeForce 9800 GT Video Card):
BFG GeForce 9800 GT Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, HDTV, VGA Support BFGE98512GTE in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

make my gaming experience better enough to justify the purchase? or any other card...

im pretty sure its just the video card that is holding it back, is that correct?
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Old May 24th, 2009, 04:23 AM     #2 (permalink)
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I much prefer these Charts, benchmarks Gaming Graphics Charts Q3/2008, 3DMark06 v1.1.0 3DMark Score

Well anyway the difference from 256mb to 512mb of video memory will be a noticable improvement in game performance is you run higher resolutions and I do believe that the 9800 is the better card
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The 9800 is a much better card, although I would consider looking at a 250 which is a rebadged 9800GTX

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-1150-TR GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

All depends on your budget really..... (and screen resolution)
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