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AGP Graphics card for pro Cad applications and light gaming.

Uriel

Uriel

Uriel

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My brother in law wants to use some 3d CAD programs and has found his PC a bit slow for them. It's a Sempron 2800 (barton based) with 1GB RAM and AGP FX5700

He'd still like to do a bit of light gaming (mainly BF1942 and occasionally Far Cry) but have the CAD speeded up. Would a FireGL x1 128mb card do? I think it's about equivalent of a Radeon 9700. Might be able to get one at a price that's not too horrendous.

I don't think he'll want a full rig upgrade but I'm concerned that the CPU isn't going to help things much.
 
Don't think he'll be going for a new rig any time soon.

Maybe for a freebie - is there a Quadro model that the FX5700 can be flashed or softmodded to?
 
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Well he's not bothered about improving things in game really. He just doesn't want it to get any worse.

The main thing is CAD so Pro openGL performance is really the only thing that'll make a significant difference. Most gaming cards are crippled for it, despite being based on pretty much the same hardware as the pro cards.
 
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