I basically use my computer for gaming...I usually play Hellgate London, Gears Of War, Guild Wars, and Shadowrun....i'll get more Vista games eventually but I wanted to know if it's worth the upgrade?
eMachine T5226
Vista Home Premium
2 Gigs of RAM
NVidia Geforce 7600 PCI Express (currently)
2007-12-19 07:13:35 · 6 answers · asked by finalhack13 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Seems like overkill to me. The 7600's still a good mid range card with plenty of headroom for newer games as they come out. The 8800GT's a top of the line card that won't give you any noticeable performance gains at this time. If your upgrading to a DirectX 10 card I'd go with a 8600GT. It'll give you the same DirectX support and most of the same performance gains for $150-200 less (Depending on where you were going to get the 8800GT). You'll want to be sure to get a card with GDDR3 instead of the crippled GDDR2, but I just bought one and it's working great for me. A quick look found me the XFX PVT84JUAL3 GeForce 8600GT, which is running for $99.99 on Newegg ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150265 ). After that I'd upgrade the processor on your system, because it looks like that's going to be your next performance bottleneck.
2007-12-19 07:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by Draco_Red 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big concern here is your Power supply, the 8800 takes alot more power than the 7600 does. Make sure you have a 550W or better power supply.
But its a very nice card and is DX10 compatitble. Ive got a 8800 GTX and love it too bitsies. Nothing has bogged it down yet, i stress yet
2007-12-19 15:19:59 · answer #2 · answered by coolair74 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should definitely upgrade, the 8800 GT provides the best performance for the price
2007-12-19 15:46:47 · answer #3 · answered by Felix_Da_Cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the 8800 GT is a super hot card with low power requirements. I recommend it highly. Although, I just read that ATI is coming out with the first multi-GPU card in January.
2007-12-19 15:16:51 · answer #4 · answered by Steve C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it doesn't leave your cpu outstripped, go for it. That's a nice fat jump up! Go with evga brand though, they're unbeatable, lifetime warranty, great customer service.
2007-12-19 15:17:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would upgrade ur computer before your graphics card Emachines Bite!
2007-12-19 15:17:35 · answer #6 · answered by ben b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋