Hi allI'd like your opinion on the following upgrade:present card: Sapphire X800XT PE with 256mb RAMI'd like to replace it with a Sapphire X1950 Pro with 512mb RAM The rest of my system:Asus A8V deluxe moboAMD64 Venice 3800 @ 2600Hz (recognised as an AMD 4100 in Everest!)2 Gb Corair XMS running in dual-channel mode550W power supplyThe question is: is this upgrade worth the money? (

Just noticed that my system specs are in my profile anyway, sorry for the double info :-)BestGrahame

I suppose from my standpoint it depends on how much 199 Euro is to you.FS (any version) is cpu-bound so there is a limited amount of improvement the upgrade you contemplate will make. The more important consideration is, when are you going to change out the rest of your system? At that point you would want to go with a DX10 video card.If it were me I would probably not do it because cpu is king, not video card. I would save for a DX10 card to get with a new system. But that's just me. RhettAMD 3700+ (@2310 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 2.5-3-3-8 (1T), WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian case

Hi Grahame,Previous to my present build, I had the same MB/GPU with an AMD X2 4800+. I went and bought the X1950 Pro when it was first released thinking that the improvement would be worth the cost.I saw no improvement at all and returned the card. Your mileage, as they say, may vary.As Rhett said, and if it were me, I'd save for an appropriate system once the DX10 patch is released.Regards,Jim KarnNOTHING is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

Thanks for the replies guys, I kinda suspected that'd be the case. I guess i just wanted a second opinion. BTW, for my birthday on April 7, I got a gift voucher from my wife and daughters for a 22" wide-screen monitor (Samsung 226BW), so I guess I should be happy with what I've got :-)BestGrahame

Grahame I would try and hang on with your present card to see what the Directx 10 delivers, if you are based in Germany "Gainward" might be a good choice in graphics cards?http://www.technic3d.com/index.php?site=ar...n=article&a=439http://www.gainward.com/en/index.htmlBest and Warm Regards Hals und BienbruchAdrian Wainer