Is it worth it? (1 Viewer)

[pierremenard]

At the moment I have the onboard intel 82865G graphic card. AFAIK, it does not fully support the dx9.
My MB is very compact, and it does not support agp bus (MSI HETIS 865). I'm wondering if buying a nvidia geforce fx 5200 pci 128 will significantly improve performances.

Thanx!

F.

p.s. the other option in changing processor from celeron 2ghz to p4 2.8 ghz (not graphic & processor, I would buy a new system instead, but in a year). What would you choose?

 

[onkl]

At the moment I have the onboard intel 82865G graphic card. AFAIK, it does not fully support the dx9.
My MB is very compact, and it does not support agp bus (MSI HETIS 865). I'm wondering if buying a nvidia geforce fx 5200 pci 128 will significantly improve performances.

Thanx!

F.

p.s. the other option in changing processor from celeron 2ghz to p4 2.8 ghz (not graphic & processor, I would buy a new system instead, but in a year). What would you choose?

I think you can best wait for a year and buy a complete new set (MB, CPU,GPU). Anything not PCI-E is imho a waste of money, not because PCI-E is an sich better, but because the upgradability of all other busses is slowly tending towards zero. (This goes for the GPU connection, not for tuners etc., mind you). That's the item with barebones, and in a lesser degree PC's overall: Once it's time to upgrade a part, it bus type is in general outdated, creating a wicked problem.

 

[Tech Geek]

Anything PCI isn't going to help much speed wise but it will run the application.
PCIe tops out at 4GB/sec, AGP 8x 2GB/sec and PCI around 250MB/sec.
If you aren't doing any video it will probably be ok but otherwise I'd plan on a motherboard upgrade.

 

[Tech Geek]

Anything PCI isn't going to help much speed wise but it will run the application.
PCIe tops out at 4GB/sec, AGP 8x 2GB/sec and PCI around 250MB/sec.
If you aren't doing any video it will probably be ok but otherwise I'd plan on a motherboard upgrade.

I goofed. AGP 1x is 250MB/sec. PCI is apperently half that or 125MB/sec according to something I just read.

Don't waste your money.

 

[pierremenard]

Thank you!

F.