I can't give you exact numbers, but I used to have an FX5500 and now I have a 6800XT, and in games that use DirectX 9.0 the performance increase is exponential. Where you were getting 10, you'll get 50...it's that big of a difference, owing mostly because of the poor DirectX 9 support the FX series had. And that's upgrading only one generation. The 7600GT is considerably more powerful than the 6800 I have. Even on non-DX9 games, the difference you will see will be night and day, assuming your processor and RAM are up to snuff.theragu40

yea all of my computer is good except for the gpu thats why im upgrading and just by what you said i am basicly now dying to get the card (still gotta wait a week)

that is true

i dont get any games with the fx with 25 fps or lower but the question was just hypothetical

lets just say i get 10fps on half life 2 on everything maxed out 1280 res what would the fps be if i got the 7600gt with the same settings im just curious how big of an impact the card will be if you dont know then make a guess

an 7600gt agp is how much times better then a fx 5500 agp? and if i were to get only 10 fps in a game with the fx what would be the fps with a 7600?

is the geforce xfx 7950 agp 8x a good card for my system or will it be held back

amd athlon 64 3000+

2.0ghz 1024 ram

current card fx 5500

whats the best clocking speed for the 7600gt witha 450w psu 1024ram and a amd 64 3000+ processor?