Nearest appreciable upgrade?

[Dorkenstein]

I have a Sapphire Radeon GTO2 that I modded to 16 pipelines. What card in the ATI family is the nearest good upgrade without going for bleeding edge and spending a fortune? Thanks.

 

[40sTheme]

How much are you willing to spend? Also, what are your PCs specs? AGP or PCIe? Give us some info, or we won't be able to answer.

 

[Dorkenstein]

pci-express, about to upgrade to a new cpu and motherboard but right now I am on a socket 754 A64 3700+ with 2gb of ram. As for spending limit I won't set a max, but the cheaper the better at this point.

 

[40sTheme]

Well, when you upgrade... hmm.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...ubmit=ENE&Description=X1900+XT&Ntk=all
That in your budget?

 

[Dorkenstein]

Yeah that's pretty good. Thanks.

EDIT: Any brand stand out above the rest?

 

[40sTheme]

Well, ATi really is better right now. Nvidia's current cards are good cards; don't get me wrong, it's just that for the price/quality/performance, ATi is the better deal.
I would get an X1900XT, but I can't use dual slot cooling...
DAMN DELL
You should be able to, though. What mobo are you planning on getting?

 

[Dorkenstein]

An ASROCK VSTA...

 

[40sTheme]

Yep, should work. I'd def go with that card, great value+performance.