Fastest AGP Shuttle set-up

darkgen · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:58

As the topic suggests, colleague of mine is practically giving away some kit (SN85G4 with a Athlon64-3000) and it's made me wonder if I should, for a short outlay, stick myself into the 64bit market.

Autosig has my current spec.

Whats the current fastest AGP chipset with support for a 64bit chip, whether Athlon or Sempron (Will these potentially clock better) and will it give an signifcant increase in perfomance with my current kit.

Cheers, Paul

cokecan · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:56

SN95G5 is probs the best one to go for as its AGP, NF3 ultra and socket 939, though the SN85G4V3 isnt far off, AGP, NF3 250, socket 754.

even though the 754 hasnt got dual channel ram support, with a cpu thats got a 1meg cache i reckon benchmarks would be about the same. real world performance wouldnt differ at all tbh. either one would be great

ive got an SN85G4V3 my self and its very quick when compared to my old SN45G i had before it with an overclocked mobile chip (2.6ghz), though i have now got a raptor and 3400+clawhammer, an extra gig of ram and a better g-card in my 85G so i guess its to be expected. eitherway a lot quicker

darkgen · 31 Mar 2006 at 15:21

My only issue with the SN85G or any 754 socket base, is processor availability seems to be very slim, a quick scan of some sites produced only the 3000+ being available.

Hmm, going for a SN95 has interested me though, but then I'm sure the costs won't

Edit, Although I can't seem to find any of those either! ho ho.

Cheers, Paul.

cokecan · 31 Mar 2006 at 15:25

lol yeah the 95G is gettin a bit rare like the 754 cpu's. i think i saw a place the other day online that had them in stock, just tryin to load the site now but its takin the piddle

ill have another look later for ya

EDIT: found it, its the SN95G5V2 and is at £219.98 inc VAT

darkgen · 2 Apr 2006 at 11:09

Yeah, managed to find the SN95G5V3 for around the 200 quid mark.
the V2 does seem to be more pricey mind, Have to look into the specs to see what's the real difference.

But yes, I think I'll go the SN95, which means processor check, looking at compatability listings, they reckon the V3 can happily cope with a X2 chips. Since I'm mainly a gamer, would I reall see any difference with an X2? (I do the occasional video de/encoding but never at the same time as gaming).

Edit, with the above in mind, I have been checking out the X2 3800+, with this,the SN95V3 and 2GB of mem, is there a recommended set of DDR3200/4000 for the aboive setup with a mind to tentively OC it.

Anyways, Cheers, Paul.