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yugiohmaster
August 14th, 2008, 17:08
whats the best agp card so far ?
ulaoulao
August 14th, 2008, 17:25
whats the best agp card so far ? - an absent one replaced by an e-pci slot ;)

Well that depends on the use, but for power and memory.. Radeon X 1650 Pro or X1950 for ati.. For nVidia go with GeForce 6800 Ultra , unless you can get your hands on a 6600GT

Radeon X1950 XT sucks for gaming for right now on vista. ( drivers ).
Jale
August 14th, 2008, 18:54
Radeon X1950
yugiohmaster
August 16th, 2008, 22:04
Thanks guys i already had in mind the 2 envidias mentioned but never thought of the 1950 -: after all ati is a far superior brand
onewecallgod
August 17th, 2008, 10:10
The ATi HD3850 is available on AGP. Whether or not it will bottleneck the AGP 8x interface and your CPU is an entirely different issue.

And no, ATi is not the far superior brand. They only recently came back on top with the 4*** series, but it still depends on what games you play.
yugiohmaster
August 19th, 2008, 15:21
how much better is the 3850 compared to the other vid card cuz i found a deal on the 3850 being cheaper than 1950
ulaoulao
August 19th, 2008, 15:49
Dont confuse 1950XTX with 1950. Different animal.

1950XTX is better then 3850 but 3850 is better then 1950. Some say the 3850 can beet the 1950XTX sometimes.

taken from http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/246236-33-3850-1950


if you have the money, go for the HD 3850. The firingsquad review has the X1950 pro in it and as you can see, it's no contest. The 3850 wins at every game and while sometimes it's not by much, othertimes it's twice as fast. If $100 is about your limit, the $105 X1950 pro on newegg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newegg is as good as you'll get.


Hell, the 3850 will even beat the X1950 XT in most cases.

The X1950 PRO is far behind the 3850.
yugiohmaster
August 19th, 2008, 16:31
im going to stick with the 3850 hd cuz all i have right now is a 9250 and even so i can run games at decent speeds . way better than the 400 x i had
Jale
August 20th, 2008, 00:52
I think the HD 3850 has a lower memory clock speed than the 9250XTX.
ulaoulao
August 20th, 2008, 12:22
I think the HD 3850 has a lower memory clock speed than the 9250XTX. - Yes , number wise the XTX is better.
yugiohmaster
August 21st, 2008, 03:01
- Yes , number wise the XTX is better.

what youre trying to say is 1950xtx right not 9250xtx
ulaoulao
August 21st, 2008, 12:28
what youre trying to say is 1950xtx right not 9250xtx yes