For SH3 you really want an ATI card of the X1000-family. Their filtering is markedly better than nvidias and it really shows in this game with very sharp angles to textures and huge distances. If you play lots of other games however, I'd recommend the 7600 series without hesitation. Its cheap and quite good.

You will find that the 7300GT actually runs a little faster than the 7600GS and is also cheaper :). Im currently using the following 7300GT myself.

http://www.hardwarezone.com.au/revie...70&cid=3&pg=10

I was just about to upgrade this card to a 7900GT last week but have been told that 7950 GT's by all manufactures will be availble soon. This is the 7950 single GPU BTW and not to be confused with the dual 7950's :).

I was holding off to buy a 7950 but after doing more reasearch and reading about the ATI Radeon 1900XT I am thinking I will get one of these now. As not even the 7900, or the 7950 can come anywhere near it. It even beats the 7900GTX in some games and is also alot cheaper than a 7900GTX :o .

Either way you make up your own mind and compare video cards here :)..

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=547&chart=198

I have the X1900XT and am rather happy with it. It is superior for SH3 but alas it comes with quite a noisy fan. I would suggest people skip this model for the X1950XT if they want an ATI card or go for the X1600 or so. ATI cards of this generation runs hot, and only the X1950XT has a proper fan that cools and isnt completely awful noisewise.

I am single and play with my phones on so the noise is never a problem. But my ex would most definitely have objected to the din of the X1900, so if you play in audible distance of your significant other, or with normal speakers, I would at least make sure to have the option of returning the card again :)

Have you plugged in the power cable to the graphics card? Many forget that these cards require more power.

Unless you need dual card capability, I would go with an single Nvidia GT or GTX card. If you need dual cards goe with the ATI crossfire series.

Yea. I plugged in the 12v molex connector at the back of the
card, even bought a new 500w PS too..I can always sell the
7600gt and break even on it as newegg does not sell them
anymore, I got one of the last ones. Maybe time for a OS re-
install, Haven't tried that yet...

I'm looking to replace my FX5600Ultra 256 agp with the X1600Pro 512 agp card. I've read that it actually is better than the 7900s in some aspects, and costs much less too.

You might want to read this http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2812
it reviews the current crop of mid-range GPU's...

:up: Great post. Gave tons of info for my next vid upgrade currently running NiVidia 5600 Thanks :up:

I'd love an X1900 or even an X1800 but I haven't seen them as AGP cards. I think they only come in one flavor, as PCI-e cards. Yeah I know... I'm going to have to upgrade one of these days to PCI-e.

I still like my 5600Ultra tho.

I hope you dont do this, as many say this card is "fake". It does not have the capabilties to use all that memory, and besides, its a slow kind of memory.

Running this:

ATI Radeon X1950 XTX, 512Mb, GDDR4

It's great!


:rock:

Well I found the solution to my problem, I re-installed the game
and let it detect my new Vid card and now it runs great! Overall
though I feel ATI cards make this game look better but as some-
one else said there not putting a lot of the newer chips in AGP
format these days. My card has a special " bridge" chip that lets
it work on AGP since it's really a PCI-E part...

That's cool. Never heard of that. My comp. can only take AGP cards. it's an old Dell Dimension 8200 and it's original card was "Nvidia GF 4(!!!!)".....eeeh....that card suck....:lol:

So I got the Nvidia GF 5700FX.

DO NOT BUY THE NVIDIA GF 5700FX!!!!!!!

It broke down after 2 years, and I heard that it happens to alot of people, so be aware that this card is unstable!!!!1

IMO anything from the 5000 series is a stinking pile of horse manure. What ever happened at Nvidia back then is a mystery to me, but it wasn't making good graphics cards. Now the 6000-series that was some nice cards! I know several who still runs happily on their 6800s