GPU Question

[Mujuro]

First off, I have an AMD Athlon XP 1800+, GeForce FX 5200, and 512MB (recognized as 480MB, though). I just picked up a new motherboard that has an AGP slot, and I was wondering, what graphics card should I purchase that will not be bottlenecked by my processor, thus obtaining maximum performance in terms of graphical performance?

 

[Lonewolf5460]

i do not know about your graphics but your ram should show up as 512 it does not have a formatted cappacity like hard drives.

 

[Nubius]

uhhh pretty much any new and half way decent graphics card is going to be bottlenecked by the rest of your system.......and going to a lower end card that technically matches the 'era' in which your computer is from doesn't 'maximize graphical performance'

You simply gotta get a good card and play "catch up" with the rest of your system......or do the system first then the card

 

[GrimReaper23]

uhhh pretty much any new and half way decent graphics card is going to be bottlenecked by the rest of your system.......and going to a lower end card that technically matches the 'era' in which your computer is from doesn't 'maximize graphical performance'

You simply gotta get a good card and play "catch up" with the rest of your system......or do the system first then the card

corect beat me to it.

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

5200 is a good match for that system

 

[SHAWN]

Turn off onboard video. Then you will get the full 512. Look in the bios.

I jsut got my video card but now i need a motherboard. My agp slot is only 4x and the card can use 8x. Your always catching up with something.

 

[pc_boy]

you could try overclock your card a little, otherwise just keep it how it is...

if you can save up some money, like $500 or something, we could help you build a nice computer... not 6800GT or something, but you could play Doom 3 on it at 0k quality...