Video Card Upgrade?

My specs: Sempron3000+ 2 GHz, 1GB DDR400 ram, EVGA FX5500 AGP. I want to upgrade video card. I see some reviews in the 7600GS "If u dont have at least DDR2 sys. ram and 2.33Ghz of cpu you won't get the max out of this card." Is this true? So if I get a 7600GT AGP or 7800GS AGP I *wont* see a difference with having to upgrade to a 7600GS AGP? I can go for any card.|||It is not ddr RAM that would bottleneck the fast graphics card, it is your PROCESSOR. The 7600GS AGP is not really a fast mainstream card. Just overclock your Sempron to 2.4ghz and you could max out the performance of the 7600GS. 7600 GT, 7800GS and higher cards would be bottlenecked by your Sempron even if overclocked. Better upgrade your processor if you want to get your money's worth on the 7800 or higher cards.|||if you've got enough cash to upgrade your motherboard to PCIe, then i'd suggest you do so instead of trying to buy an AGP video card. Since most manufacturers are trying to phase out their AGP cards. if you check the net, prices for lower quality AGP cards are nearly the same as the high end PCIe cards. you can keep your RAM card if it's DDR2 or higher and your hard drive if it is also SATA compatible|||7600GS isn't exactly a killer videocard, it could fare well on a DDR1 system. If you had an Athlon 64 or so, 2GHz is pretty fine too since AMD processor doesn't require high frequency as compared to Intel P4.



But anyway, your sempron processor is a budget processor, so its performance is lower as compare to athlon or Pentiums.



You will see a difference, but you may not be utilizing your graphic card.



GeForce 6600GT was a pretty good graphic card, if only you can still finds one. Otherwise, 7600GS will do just fine. Don't waste your money on 7600GT.|||You will see a big difference by getting the 7600 GT.

and even bigger if you get the 7800GS.



Numbers:

FX 5500 --> 128bit bus = Worse

ROPs/Pixel/Vertex Shaders

4/4/2



7600 GT --> 128bit bus = way better

ROPs/Pixel/Vertex Shaders

8/12/5



7800 GS --> 256bit bus = Best

ROPs/Pixel/Vertex Shaders

8/16/6