Upgrading my X700pro 256 GDDR3 to a ......??

[Maxspeed996]

I'm playing shooters like Doom3 , Quake4. And the "Ultra" Setting on Doom3 requires at least 500 megs of texture memory. I've heard people saying still the that X800 is the way to go , but still with 256 megs of memory , I won't be able to run ultra quality right? Anyone help point an AGP'er in the right direction? I've got the X1600 in my cart and ready to hit the buy button here.....HELP!!!

 

[Bull Dog]

Forget 512MB of memory on a lower end card. Its WORTHLESS. And besides that there is virtually no IQ difference between High and Ultra (its like JPEG vs BMP; no real difference other than size). 256MB is still PERFECTLY sufficient to run todays modern games. With that in mind I'd recommend a X800 GTO in AGP if you can find it. Or get a nVidia product thats in your price range.

 

[Maxspeed996]

They have an X800 on the shelf at the Best Buy here in town....although I plan on doing some snooping around NewEgg , and the net first.
That card does have a slower core and memory speed , but will the 256 meg run Doom3 in Ultra? I guess that it my real question here.

 

[Bull Dog]

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