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

I have run nothing but NVida cards and not had any issues at all with them. I have used the 5200, 5500 and now the 6200 OC 256MB. These cards have performed well for me. I have not gone much higher in the cards because it requires a larger power supply and I'm not willing to part with my money for that card/power supply combo. I will when absolutely necessary. :rock:

Everyone should check their virtual memory. SH3 is a memory hog and does not hesitate to start swapping between the hard drive. I do not care what video card you have...if the game is swapping and looking for memory off the hard driver, your game will not run well:nope:

I have an eGeForce 7600GS 256MB PCI-E I bought back in June. It works wonderfully and was the best bang for the buck at the time.:up:

I had tried an ATI card before then and was reminded why I always had Nvidia. Screen flicker on startup was one of my main qualms.

Anyway, SHIII runs perfectly on my card.

Can you elaborate on this? I found SH3 benefited from turning AA and AF on but that should be true regardless of the card's manufacturer, so I'm not sure what you're describing.