Best AGP card left on the market?

[Johnny5]

Whats the best AGP currently on the market? I want to upgrade my 9800pro 256 but i want to upgrade to a card that will show a visable difference.

 

[niko084]

Erm what are the rest of your system specs... You might just end up with little to no upgrade simply because of a slow processor or ram at that point.

 

[Johnny5]

its kinda old but still do-able. 3.0p4 1024mb ddr2 corsair 9800pro 256

 

[niko084]

Well if you wanted an upgrade I wouldn't settle for anything less than a x1650xt, but honestly I would save the extra few bucks and just get a pci-e card and a new mobo, then your ready for a conroe also...

Thats what I ended up doing after months and months of pondering... AGP just isn't fast enough... I went from a Intel 915 2.8 1024 ddr400 x1300pro agp to same chip 1024 ddr2 675 and a x1300xt pci-e and my performance just exploded. My next step is another gig of ram and a x1950pro.

I don't know a lot about the 9800pro 256mb, but my idea is its far from a slow card, and would probably beat my old 1300pro

 

[Johnny5]

9800pro is pretty slow with only a 392/352 core speeds. I dont really want to upgrade the whole computer since ill have to get top of the line everything and that will cost money. Just something to hold me over for another year or two.

 

[DR.Death]

the best card out for agp right now is the 1950 agp but by the sounds of it u will need to upgrade your psu also to suport this card . du u kbow all your system specs like motherboard, cpu, psu ,ram, videocard

 

[EviLZeD]

i think x1650xt agp would be good for your system

 

[DR.Death]

or you could try the 7800gs

 

[Lozza]

Gainward Bliss 7800GS+ = 7900GT gpu on a 7800gs PCB.
Gainward Bliss 7800GS = 7800GT gpu on a 7800gs PCB.
Normal 7800GS = 7800GT gpu with 4 pipelines disabled.
ATI X1950pro = X1950pro, no difference.

Any of those would be a great upgrade.

I would get the ATI.

 

[Zubasa]

Gainward Bliss 7800GS+ = 7900GT gpu on a 7800gs PCB.
Gainward Bliss 7800GS = 7800GT gpu on a 7800gs PCB.
Normal 7800GS = 7800GT gpu with 4 pipelines disabled.
ATI X1950pro = X1950pro, no difference.

Any of those would be a great upgrade.

I would get the ATI.

That 7800GS+ is more than likely to be dead
WTF?
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/details.php?id=166

 

[Johnny5]

system specs: Alienware(bought before i knew how to build computers)
3.0ghz P4 512k L2 cache 800mhz FSB
INTEL D875PBZ motherboard
1024mb DDR(thought is was DDR2) pc3200
ATI 9800pro 256
PSU 420watts

 

[tofu]

You will not see much of an improvement if you went for the slower X1600 or 7600 series cards.

The best buy for your system would be 7600GT AGP, ot X1650XT AGP.


On an aside, how much did you pay for that Alienware?

 

[Scavar]

You wouldn't have to buy top of the line everything to upgrade your entire computer. You could build a much better computer then what you have now with like 700$. Assuming you didn't need a bunch of new addons.

 

[lemonadesoda]

x1950 pro

You will see a major improvement over your existing setup.

The x1950 will also last you... you can upgrade to an ASROCK board that will use the x1950 AGP, with DDR1, and still let you install a Core 2 Quad.

 

[niko084]

You will not see much of an improvement if you went for the slower X1600 or 7600 series cards.

The best buy for your system would be 7600GT AGP, ot X1650XT AGP.


On an aside, how much did you pay for that Alienware?

x1650xt eats up a 7600gt and looks better doing it.
But it does generally cost $20-$30 more.

 

[sbg1973]

Cheers,

considering the current market situation from an cost/effort point of view ill recommend to grap the x1950.
blowing all other agp cards available on an € 200 basis, i do not see an alternative. in 2007, after laughing on vista rollout and dx10 hype, prices are expected to fall for graphics related hardware.

finally it depends on you. intensive gaming or office environment, its up to you.

Steffen.

 

[eta24]

Radeon X850 PRO
Codename: R530, 90-nanometer technology 12 Pixel Shaders, six Vertex Shaders, 12 Texture Units, 12 Raster Operations Processors 256-bit memory bus 520-MHz core, 540-MHz DDR (1400-MHz effective) Memory

The old X850 PRO has resurfaced in AGP circles, and delivers very, very respectable performance for the older interface. The 7600 GS and X1650 PRO cannot really compete with the raw power of the X850 PRO.
Flash the bios to x850xt pe.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/12...or_the_money/page3.html#best_agp_card_for_140

 

[sbg1973]

i just upgraded from an x800xt platinum edition, which is definitely leaving the x850 pro behind, 520/560 to 540/590 carrying the same gpu as a x850xt pe, the performance increase is considerable, even with one level increased quality settings, theres a gain of around 10fps on average.

the choice is yours.

 

[Johnny5]

thanks for the imput. the x1950pro is def going to get looked into. I really want to upgrade my whole system to one of the new dual processors but this should hold me over for a while.

 

[C.Ash]

x1650xt eats up a 7600gt and looks better doing it.
But it does generally cost $20-$30 more.

Actually the X1650XT and the 7600 GT are pretty much equal in peformance.
ATI finally managed to put out a card to rival the 7600 GT directly.

 

[dolf]

If you can find cheap X800PRO VIVO AGP or X850PRO VIVO AGP (but not Connect3D) take one of them. If it unlocks to 16 pipes you will have doubled performance compared with 9800PRO.

 

[niko084]

Actually the X1650XT and the 7600 GT are pretty much equal in peformance.
ATI finally managed to put out a card to rival the 7600 GT directly.

Not according to the reviews on them... The x1650xt was faster by 10-15% pretty much across the board.

But ya if a single x1650xt or 7600gt wont put out what you need, a set of x1650xt's overclocked still wont really keep up with a single x1950, I read a test on that too.