Best AGP card - mid-high end pricing

[james73]

As per title, what's the best mid range - high end AGP card available right
now and what should I be looking at?



James H

 

[Minstadave]

As per title, what's the best mid range - high end AGP card available right
now and what should I be looking at?

James H

You may find a PCI-E mobo and GFX card works out a better upgrade than paying the premium for a high end AGP card.

Whats the rest of your system specs?

 

[danceMB]

If you do not wish to venture away from AGP and you wish to keep your high-end system, then the most highest rated AGP card is the Gainward 7800GS+

It is mainly a PCI-e 7900GT in an AGP wrapper, but if your looking for fastest you wont be able to go any higher than that one.

As above though, depends what the rest of your system specs are as to whether this would be worth purchasing in the 1st place

 

[RobertN]

Gainward BLISS GeForce 7800 GS SILENT 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-032-GW)


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Nvidia_AGP_Graphics_Cards.html
(near the middle

is the fastest agp card available pricey but as said you could get a pcie gfx card eg radeon 1800xt and a new mobo for that sort of dough

 

[james73]

Sorry, specs are:

AMD XP3200+
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe M'board
1Gb DDR400 (2 x 512Mb)
ATi 9800 Pro (seems to be giving me the main problems just now)
Creative Audigy 2 Soundcard
3 HDD (1 SATA, 2 IDE)
250Gb external USB HDD
****** wireless router


I wasn't really planning on a new mobo/CPU shake up for about another year,
that's why I enquired about a new graphics card.



James H

 

[james73]

If you do not wish to venture away from AGP and you wish to keep your high-end system, then the most highest rated AGP card is the Gainward 7800GS+

It is mainly a PCI-e 7900GT in an AGP wrapper, but if your looking for fastest you wont be able to go any higher than that one.

As above though, depends what the rest of your system specs are as to whether this would be worth purchasing in the 1st place

Forgive my ignorance (I used to keep up with PC gear, honest!) but are there
many PCI-e cards that can run in an AGP socket? This has obvious attractions
for me, in that I could use such a card when it's time for a new PCI-e enabled mobo.



James H

 

[pastymuncher]

Sorry but it does'nt work that way. They basically take a pci-e only chip and put it on a agp interface card using a pci-e to agp bridge. In doing so this also cripples the card somewhat. A graphics card done this way will never be as fast as it's pci-e counterpart.

You can't get cards that will fit in agp and pci-e slots. The card and mobo manufacturers would lose money that way.

 

[james73]

Sorry but it does'nt work that way. They basically take a pci-e only chip and put it on a agp interface card using a pci-e to agp bridge. In doing so this also cripples the card somewhat. A graphics card done this way will never be as fast as it's pci-e counterpart.

You can't get cards that will fit in agp and pci-e slots. The card and mobo manufacturers would lose money that way.

Ah right, so when someone said earlier "It is mainly a PCI-e 7900GT in an AGP
wrapper" they were only talking metaphorically?

Damn!


James H

 

[Lanz]

James, look for a 2nd hand 6800GT, X800Pro or something, that should last you until you get a whole new pc, would be MUCH faster than your 9800Pro.

 

[marc2003]

James, look for a 2nd hand 6800GT, X800Pro or something, that should last you until you get a whole new pc, would be MUCH faster than your 9800Pro.

agreed. just picked myself up an x800pro unlocked to x800xt pe for 90 notes. flippin' bargain if you ask me.

 

[james73]

Currently veering towards a 6800GT (or GS) - had GeForce cards before and
never had a problem with them. Actually, never had a problem with ATi cards
either, TBH.

Is it worth bothering with a 7800GS? They seem to be awfully expensive.



James H

 

[Lanz]

I wouldnt bother with a 7800GS, your system would be a bottleneck. A 6800GT or X800Pro would be ideal.

 

[Sean_UK]

Yep the 6800GT would be spot on for your system + why not go for extra 1Gb DDR400? Would see a huge performance diff in games like BF2 or Dawn of War etc, little bro has very similar set up and put another 1gb in and saw a very nice performance increase..