Upgrade to X600 Pro?

[runbird05]

I just got a new Dell about a month ago, and the card it came with is a radeon X300 SE. I'm by no means a hard core gamer, but I do enjoy playing some shooters on the computer, like Far Cry for example.

While the X300 can handle demanding games, as I have 1 GB RAM backing it up, it certainly isn't cutting edge, so I've been thinking about picking up an X600 Pro to get a performance boost. So, I guess I was just wondering if anybody has any experience with an X600 and could tell me what kind of performance increase to expect.

 

[Cromewell]

Unless the x600 is considerably cheaper than a PCIe Geforce 6600, you should get the 6600. Even the non GT version is better than the x600

 

[Praetor]

Or even consider the X700Pro or 9800Pro (of course considering the 9800Pro would put you in the ballpark of the 6600s)

 

[Cromewell]

uh...the 9800 doesn't come in PCIe

 

[Praetor]

I knew that.