AGP Graphics Card - help

[Oldjim]

I have ordered a nice new 22" Cibox widescreen monitors (if you believe City Link they are going to deliver it a day early ) and now I am beginning to wonder whether it would be worth changing my graphics card.
My present system is a socket AMD Athlon 64 socket 746 running at 2000MHz with 1GB ram and a 9800pro 128MB graphics card and everything seems OK at 1024 x 768 resolution in games.
Short of rebuilding the whole system would there be any real benefit in upgrading the graphics card to a 512MB X1950pro or X1650pro. I assume the extra memory on the graphics card would help in running the higher resolution.

[vinnyT]

If you are happy with the performance you have now, then I would not bother upgrading anything.

Unless you plan on using this pc for 3-4yrs, anything you upgrade on this pc will not be compatable with a new build, just save your money, and treat yourself to a new rig next year.

[Lucio]

To be honest, anything you were planning on spending on a GFx card would be better spent either saving for a whole new system or simply adding some more RAM to your current one.

A 2GB kit (bringing you to 3GB total) would make a better investment to general system performance

[Oldjim]

Just got it installed and I am very impressed except that I get tearing in Half Life 2 Episode 1 if "wait for vertical synch isn't enabled" and blurring if it is.
Looks as though I will need to turn down the detail until I sort something out

[Odc]

Vsynch isn't enabled.

[trusz]

i might have an AGP x1950 512mb to get rif of in the next week if you're interested. I upgraded to it from a 9800XT and the difference in games was a lot! With the new monitor you'll probably want to run at a higher resolution too.