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My mobo only have AGP capabilities. What is the best agp based graphix card at the moment out there?? I have the 128 Radeon 9800 pro and it's starting to show its age.
Hell no!
It's probably not worth the investment. The 9800 Pro has a lot of live left in it yet & chances are, your next rig will use PCI-express video
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I agree with jam. I'm still running a 9800 pro, and although it's not top notch, it can still handle new games at decent settings. Just wait for your next motherboard upgrade, and stick a PCIe video card on there.
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thermaltake va3000 tsunami
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I concure with the above two, your rig will do you fine until you eventually have to upgrade to a PCI-Ex borad (in which case your new 9800pro replacement card won't migrate to) Kind of self defeating if you ask me.
jam, don't you just love the edit button?
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"jam, don't you just love the edit button?"
LOOL...I mean, lol
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Might get a little bit more live at of your card if you try Oc'ing it, but it wont be a substational insrease. Also, consider using trird party drivers, in particular "Omega's Drivers". And keep ATI's AI enabled (optimizations without noticeable image degradation).
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Best AGP video card is the Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition. It can nearly be overclocked to the speed of the GeForce 7800GT with the stock cooler, provided that the case has enough ventilation and the PSU enough wattage.
Is that 3200 an A-XP, P4, or A64? If it's a P4 or A64, the video card could be worth upgrading. A video card like the 6800GT AGP or X800XL AGP is roughly twice as fast as a 9800 Pro; the X850XT (PE) even faster.FX-57 @ 3.1ghz
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"A video card like the 6800GT AGP or X800XL AGP is roughly twice as fast as a 9800 Pro; the X850XT (PE) even faster."
Not on a system based on a 3200 CPU, no matter if it's P4 or Athlon 64. It will be faster probably, but I don't see it being worth the price.
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He has a great card now...it's not like he's running a GF2. The 9800 Pro rates right up there. The X800XL & X850XT cost over $300!
http://www.digital-daily.com/video/vga-roundup/
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/vga-charts-pcie-05.html
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Athlon XP 1800+
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1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2
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Jam, you just value your money too much! :-P
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newegg.com
The gigabyte X800XL is $250.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125186If you're daring, you could get a refurbished Asus X800XL off of newegg for only $219. X800 video cards are getting cheaper now that the new X1800s are out.
And a 3.2ghz/3200+ is easily fast enough to reap the benefits of a good performance-mainstream card such as the X800XL.
"...That [money] could then be put towards a faster GPU, which will have a far greater impact on games than a 200 or even 400 MHz CPU upgrade."
-anandtech.
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2548
FX-57 @ 3.1ghz
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"And a 3.2ghz/3200+ is easily fast enough to reap the benefits of a good performance-mainstream card such as the X800XL."
Didn't deny that. I just said with his CPU, I don't see the point in spending $250 on a graphics card when his card already performs pretty well.
Anandtech is pointing out GPU is better price performance often times over a CPU when building a new system. When I built my Athlon 64 3000 system, I certainly got a better video card than a 9800 pro equivalent. You're missing one key point here...
He already has a 9800 pro.
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Some people work for their money...others have money handed to them by people for work for their money. I'm not a young kid & my parents are long gone, but my dad worked his ass off to make sure we all had what we needed...one thing he instilled in me (& my brother & sisters) is to make the most of what you have. Maybe I take that too much to heart sometimes....
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WinME/WinXP Pro SP2
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And that is my point exactly...
"He already has a 9800 pro"
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1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
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WinME/WinXP Pro SP2
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Here's my thing...
There's so much in this world you can spend your money on that you don't need to put it all on your computer. Of course, there's always my problem - having too many expensive hobbies...like Home Theater equipment...music...a wife. ;-)
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lol heropsycho , a wife. Lmao, I'm glad that i'm still young. ^_^
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Yep, she puts the Psycho in HeroPsycho. :-)
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