AGP Graphics Card Upgrade

[IanB001]

Hello

I have a PC that's a couple of years old now that has an AGP XFX GeForce 6800GT 256MB DDR3 DUAL DVI and TV OUT graphics card.

Would I get any significant performance improvement by upgrading to the AGP EVGA GeForce 7800 GS OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (256-A8-E506-AX)?

Thank you.

Ian.

 

[Quixote]

The agp 7800's were a fair bit slower than the 7800's on pci-e - basically different cards. The only exception being the Gainward 7800 cards, which were pci-e chips with a bridge, there were 2, being based on a 7800 gt & 7900 gt respectively. They'll be very hard to find now. The radeon 1950pro agp is much more poweful than a standard 7800gs, so that's the one to go for if you can afford it.

 

[IanB001]

The agp 7800's were a fair bit slower than the 7800's on pci-e - basically different cards. The only exception being the Gainward 7800 cards, which were pci-e chips with a bridge, there were 2, being based on a 7800 gt & 7900 gt respectively. They'll be very hard to find now. The radeon 1950pro agp is much more poweful than a standard 7800gs, so that's the one to go for if you can afford it.

I've looked around for a 1950Pro, and there's very little difference in cost between that and the GF 7800GS so I guess it's going to be the 1950Pro.

Thank you for the information.

Ian.

 

[Artic7]

I bought the BFG 7800 gs from o`cers last year and it has a been fantastic card,i still can play the latest games at decent settings.
Steve

 

[Quixote]

I bought the BFG 7800 gs from o`cers last year and it has a been fantastic card,i still can play the latest games at decent settings.
Steve

Was it factory over-clocked ? Or perhaps the drivers improved performance over time ? I remember from reviews at the initial release that the 7800gs was reckoned to be little faster than the 6800gt.

 

[decto]

both the 6800gt and the 7800gs are 16 pipeline cards. The 7800GT was 20 and the GTX 24.

7800gs performance is a little better than the 6800GT due to faster clocks but it's not ground breaking.

The Ati 1950 is hard to beat

 

[Hamoodii]

I would go for the X1950 AGP over the 7800

 

[Artic7]

Was it factory over-clocked ? Or perhaps the drivers improved performance over time ? I remember from reviews at the initial release that the 7800gs was reckoned to be little faster than the 6800gt.

Yeah it was factory overclocked version ran at 425/1250 i think,i`ve now got up to 449/1338,using the latest nvidia drivers.
Just out of interest,will a older driver be more suitable for higher clock speeds for overclocking.
Thanks
Steve