[Geo]

Hi to everyone reading this...

I have been into the gaming scene for about 1 year now (mainly HL2, TF2). I now realize that if I want to enjoy more of the gaming experience, and to help my game improve (that's the deal!), I need to upgrade my graphics card.

My existing machine carried an OEM nvidia Geforce 6700 XL, I have just upgraded this to another OEM Geforce 7500LE. Having carried out an FPS test on game the results gave apprximately 20 FPS (boy it's that bad!!)

Biting the bullet I have decided to go for the 8600 GTS (about £140) but would really like the 8800GTS 320MB (roughly £179). Having investigated and reading your forum, I am left with a few questions, such as PSU capability and Processor power.
If I give you my machine and monitor spec, could you give me advice which system would be optimum?

Medion Titanium MD 8800
Pentium D 3.00 ghz proc
2 Gbyte RAM

Iiyama 19" LCD Prolite E435S monitor (DVI connection)

If anyone has any suggestions/recommendations I would be eternally thankful!!

[Carbon]

CPU isn't so great, but you could still get better performance out of it.

You should be fine but I dunno about the PSU. You haven't said the wattage.

If you can't afford a 8800GT get the GTS, definitely.

[Geo]

Originally Posted by Carbon You should be fine but I dunno about the PSU. You haven't said the wattage. If you can't afford a 8800GT get the GTS, definitely.

Thanks for your advice Carbon. My PSU is 400W. I am using XP OS

I can afford the 8800GT but don't want to buy it if it isn't compatible with my PC. Am I right in saying that you would recommend the 8600GT otherwise?

Cheers

[Carbon]

Both require at minimum 400W. So you're fine for the 8800GT. If that's too pricey, go with the (old 65nm) 8800GTS. The 8600GT is a pretty terrible card for the money.

I would suggest a PSU upgrade though..