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Recommend me an AGP card for C&C3

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MrPonx

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My rig is:

-A64 3200+
-2GB XMS Corsair
-9800pro

the game ran very well on medium/low settings, so I think I only need to upgrade the graphics card, I will buy a whole new PC at teh end of this year, so I don't want to waste lots of money on this, but again I want to enjoy the game as much as possible

so which is better ATi or nVidia? and which models?


your help is much appreciated :)
 
Are you sure you want to spend ~$100-150 if it already runs pretty well? Might as well buy your new system right now or wait until the end of the year before any upgrades.
 
Mr. Pointy said:
I think you can get the Geforce 7800GS in AGP. It's a very good card and will run C&C3 well.
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Yeah, thatÂ’s exactly the card I have and C&C 3 runs like a dream. Even Oblivion runs pretty well on high + HDR.

Adding to that, OP has a better CPU and more RAM than I have, so the performance increases should be even more meaningful.
 
7800GS is rather expensive for someone planning on upgrading later this year. Some 6800 model would be a better choice.
 
Choabac said:
Yeah, thatÂ’s exactly the card I have and C&C 3 runs like a dream. Even Oblivion runs pretty well on high + HDR.

Adding to that, OP has a better CPU and more RAM than I have, so the performance increases should be even more meaningful.
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what's your PC specs? and on what settings you run the game? oh and how's the fps?
 
"7800GS is rather expensive for someone planning on upgrading later this year. Some 6800 model would be a better choice."

Maybe a 7600 or even 7300.

It really doesn't require much (C&C3).
 
MrPonx said:
what's your PC specs? and on what settings you run the game? oh and how's the fps?
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AMD Athlon 2800+, 1GB of RAM.

For C&C 3 the demo automatically adjusted just about everything to high at the resolution of 1024x768. The AA was auto set to the first bar. I didn't check what the fps was, but I assume since that was the default settings for my system, and the game is capped at 30fps, that it would be a solid 30 fps throughout.

For Oblivion, I set HDR on, set most settings to High, the game ran fine (once again, did not check the fps), but did encounter some slow down if a lot of enemies were on screen at once and they were hurling magic around the place.
 
I use a 6600GT. I can put all the settings on max and still get a good framerate. However, if you want to play other games in the future, I'd go with a 7800GS.

EDIT: Actually, yeah that's a great deal for a 7600GT. Go with that.
 
If you upgrade your graphics card using AGP it will severely limit how good of a motherboard and (thereby limit the) processor you will be able to get later, most AGP motherboards are slow and only support old processor architectue
 
ElectricBlue187 said:
If you upgrade your graphics card using AGP it will severely limit how good of a motherboard and (thereby limit the) processor you will be able to get later, most AGP motherboards are slow and only support old processor architectue
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I agree with this man, but since you're getting a new PC at the end of the year you could always flog the old one on ebay if it's fully upgraded.
 
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