New graphics card for sisters computer

[JDowdall]

As the name suggests my sis wants a new graphics card 4 her comp basically all she plays is sims and had a go on my computer and wanted the same graphics card i have she has an aldi medion pc with an agp slot and will only spend about £60 on a graphics card to basically play the sims, i was inclined to go for a 7600gs agp in that price bracket anyone agree or disagree?

Edit: Maybe a ati x1650 pro?

[Taxation]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics/ ... &chart=318 (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=735&model2=717&chart=318)
seems the 1650 is better

[JDowdall]

yeh i've found the x1650pro agp for the same price as the 7600gs on play.com so i will get that im just prayinn the psu will hold up

[JDowdall]

just need your opinion guys i dont think my sister even needs a 7600gs/x1650 pro? all she plays is the sims so could someone reccomend a lower down card? sorry i would do it myself but im confused by allt he low end cards, it needs to b better than intergrated but not so brilliant

[Taxation]

who is paying for it??
you or her??
if her, go for the 1650pro
if you, a 7300gs would probably be good enough
which sims is it by the way??

[JDowdall]

urrr all of them lol :D and its her birthday in about a week so my dad will b paying

[Taxation]

get the best then :wink:

[teknokid]

yep, although i reckon a 7300gt would do, but then you may aswell get the 7600!
what about an 8800gtx? ;P

[JDowdall]

shh nvidia fanboy im either goin 4 the 7300gt of the x1650 pro and what part of A G P dont u understand it wud bottleneck anyways

[Taxation]

go for the 1650pro, or wait a couple of months for ATI's new dx 10 compat stuff comes out

[teknokid]

what tax said :)

[Nox]

I was under the impression generally ATI had better performance/price ratios in the lower end. But if you are talking the sims, I doubt it will matter much tbh.

Nox

[JDowdall]

ordered the x1650pro off ebay so its all good the 512mb model aswell :D

[teknokid]

kool, if ure like me u wldnt allow a faster pc in the house?

[Taxation]

i would, but mine is the best in my house. And out of all my mates comps.
I guess if i were tekno then i would be proud of myself.

[teknokid]

what you mean? my fav part is research nd buildin the pc.

[JDowdall]

my comp still is the best comp in the house lol :D she has a x1650 pro i have the x1950 pro and she has a **** intel dual core 820 of sum sort lol

[teknokid]

hhaha, pent D's werent all that bad...
actually, they sucked, amd ftw!

[Taxation]

they could overclock pretty well though

[teknokid]

yup, but it was hard too with the amount of heat.

[JDowdall]

lol she had the 820 not the ocing god that was the 805 lol and 4 a aldi pc it actually came with a 120mm non stock cooler master cpu fan :S

[Taxation]

hey, any cpu can overclock well.
take my x2 3800 939 skt, when watercooled i got it to 3ghz, so :D
took it down to about 2.5ghz, that was the sweet spot

[JDowdall]

yh but i thort the 805 was lyk the overclockin god b4 the c2d came out