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Best AGP Card
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Yeah the 3850 is the fastest, and better performance if im not mistaken. 
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It's one of the last (and fastest) AGP cards around so for people without PCIE mobo's it's the best they can go for without changing everything.
I read online that the 3850 is CPU limited on a lot of AGP systems. I decided the best bang for the buck was the 3650 on my old Athlon 64 3200+ system and went for that.
Depends what you have though really Over a ton from overclockers for an 3850 AGP card just doesn't quite do it for me.
Depends what you have though really
Over a ton from overclockers for an 3850 AGP card just doesn't quite do it for me.I'd really be inclined to sell your mobo (at least) and put some money towards a new platform, esp if this is a main machine. I would definitely not buy an AGP card new now, it's just not worth it. There is a good second hand market for this age of kit, you may be able to get a good price.
Yeah I'm a bit dubious about spunking a ton on a gfx card.
Just can't afford a new rig at them moment, credit crunch an all that
I'm running an Athlon 64 X2 5200+
well I know (because i own them) that an x1950 is bottlenecked to about 70 - 80% of its performance by my Athlon64 3500+ (overclocked to 3.5ghz) so I would say anything thats around the performance of an x1950, would not be bottlenecked by an X2 5200+
Aye, running at 2.61 ghz and 3 gig of ram cant remember what the ram is tbh :/
This rig has been faultless up until now and has handled everything great apart for a cheeky power cut that killed my gfx card
Socket 939 duel cores are worth a bomb right now you could get £100 for it sell the rest & do a nice budget build.
You will spend the same but get a much faster more upgradeable rig.
A basic build eg
e5200 £70
4gb of ddr2 £40
Decent mobo £90
4670/ 8800 gt £70
£270
If you go for a second hand mobo & gfx you could get it under £200 easy
the only worry would be your psu.
Consider this!
You will spend the same but get a much faster more upgradeable rig.
A basic build eg
e5200 £70
4gb of ddr2 £40
Decent mobo £90
4670/ 8800 gt £70
£270
If you go for a second hand mobo & gfx you could get it under £200 easy
the only worry would be your psu.
Consider this!
but you could have if you sold your old bits
Tht would mean being without a rig for a while and I don't have a lappy at the moment :/