How big of a difference will i get?

[Salvatore55]

My current graphics card is a Radeon x300/x550.. (yes i know.. lol) I'm going to upgrade to a Radeon X1900GT 256MB in the next month or so.. My question is how much of a difference will i get out of this new card compared to my old one? As in graphical and performance difference.

 

[brinks]

You'll see a 1000% performance increase....

 

[bum]

Night and day. You'll be able to play 'real' games.

 

[Salvatore55]

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Shopping/ShoppingCart.asp?submit=ChangeItem

Seems like a good price ehh? Don't know if i should wait until DX10 Cards come out so this will be cheaper or buy it now.

 

[brinks]

Can't see in your shopping cart.

DX10 card are out already:
GeForce 8800GTX
GeForce 8800GTS

 

[Salvatore55]

Dang! Really? Thought they were not going to be out until like Jan, oh well the price for the card is $169.99 with tax + shipping it = $188

SAPPHIRE Radeon X1900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card

I heard Sapphire wasn't too good. Should i get it ?

 

[brinks]

I don't see any problems with it, that card looks good.

If you don't like that card you can try this one.
evga GeForce 7900GS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130056

Also you can look at some comparisons here
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html

 

[maroon1]

7900GS is the best choice for you

It is cheaper and better than X1900GT

 

[Apokalipse]

Dang! Really? Thought they were not going to be out until like Jan, oh well the price for the card is $169.99 with tax + shipping it = $188

SAPPHIRE Radeon X1900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card

I heard Sapphire wasn't too good. Should i get it ?

actually, Sapphire is one of the best vendors of ATI cards.

I think Sapphire is ATI's leading card vendor; i.e. Sapphire is the first to get stuff from ATI

 

[ricanflow]

You will see a big difference in performance, although i would go with nvidia myself because the catalyst drivers are horrible.