Difference in Video Card performance to run Crysis game?

I have Core2duo 1.86ghz, 1gb DDR3ram, Palit video card 7100GS. At the moment my system is super slow running Crysis in medium res. It will only run the game decently in low res. I've read in many articles that changing video card to 8800GT 512ddr3 256bit will improve performance. Question 1 - So will it really improve the performance on my system to warrant an upgrade?



I saw in articles that I should buy EVGA brand unfortunately it's not available in our local shop. They only have - Inno3D, MSI and ECS all have 8800GT 512mb ddr3 256bit. Question 2 - Will buying any of these work? Which is best among the 3?



I'm hoping to be able to run the game ideally in high resolution or at least medium res.



Any inputs or suggestions welcome. Thanks.|||Your CPU is a little slow(a faster cpu can have a good impact in games) and you could do with another gigabyte of ram but they're current specs shouldn't cause too many problems in crysis, the majority of your performance issues are with the 7100gs.



The 7100gs would be the low end card of the geforce 7 series cards, it would have a much worse performance in games than the high end card of the geforce 6 series cards(eg 6800 ultra), so if you got a 8800 gt you would see an excellent performance increase.



An 8800gt 512mb ddr3 card isn't too expensive though depending on where/who you buy it from and given the performance boost you will gain, it is worth it. In Crysis, you'll see much better framerates at medium settings and you should even get playable framerates at high settings.(though its best to go for a custumized setting to balance it all out for your own performance, graphics and playability tastes.)



You want an EVGA branded card but your local doesn't have any so you should try to buy one online(its often cheaper than buying them from a shop) or if you cant, find an EVGA card online that you like and ask your local shop to get one in for you.



I hope this helps you out and best of luck to you.|||Yes, by god it will improve your performance. Looking at benchmarks recently done comparing your card to an 8800gt, you'll probably see close to 10 times the framerate you're seeing now. Pop another gig of ram in there (make sure you match the ram you have as far as ram speed goes) and you'll really start to see an increase. As far as brands of video cards go there IS a difference, just not a huge difference. The EVGA cards run at a core clock speed of 675mhz with a memory clock of 2000mhz. They, as far as I know, are the fastest you can get. Next in line would be the MSI card which runs at 660 and 1900mhz respectively. If you can't get the EVGA get the MSI. Get the ram too if possible. It should be well under $50, and if you don't pick up another gig of RAM you'll be bottlenecking your system and won't get the most out of your new video card. Hope this helps.|||They are all the same card, but sold by differant SUB retailers



its all still Nivida