looking to replace X800 Agp which card?

[Slinky]

After some advice, currently running an X800pro which has served me well since its release. I dont want to upgrade to pci-e so want to stick to AGP, I was think of a HD3850 or 3450 ATI card.
Running an AM2 3800+ dual core cpu (not exactly sure which) and 4gig ram.
One of the reasons i want to change is the x800pro shader model version and a lot of games dont work. Also running XP pro.
Obviously the 3450 is some what attractive because of the price but i would like to see some improvement in frame rates, just not sure what to expect.

 

[redballoon]

The 3450 isn't a card for gaming. It's weaker than your current card apart from the DX10 and Shader 3.0 support.

 

[errata]

some very cheap x1950 pros out there at the moment, great card ofr xp pro
3000+ series more about im0plmenting DX10 and vista, skip to the 4000 series if you can

Budget?

 

[Slinky]

Cheers for info on 3450 your right it is not very good

Budget is less than £100 and must be agp so that rules out 4000 series i think.

 

[mame]

Since you already have a dual core processor and 4gig RAM then I'd say get the 3850pro AGP. You have the system that card is made for.

 

[PwnDirect]

Since you already have a dual core processor and 4gig RAM then I'd say get the 3850pro AGP. You have the system that card is made for.

+1

 

[Slinky]

I was slowly coming to the same conclusion, think I just needed my arm twisting in the right direction.

Thanks Guys

 

[AtaRo]

another vote for the 3850 and if you shop around you can get it for £94.94 inc. shipping.

 

[Duke]

Personally I would get a new motherboard (£40-50) and a 4830 (£99), which is going to be quicker than a 3850 and not much more.

 

[ACESHIGH]

another vote for the 3850

Yep, with that system i would go for the 3850. Be a very nice improvement.

 

[HangTime]

3850pro is the obvious choice although personally I would be looking to move away from the AGP platform.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

got an x1950pro agp with athlon [email protected], ati+agp = headache. either way if you need an agp card, 3850 is you best bet, i dont its gonna be limited by the cpu, if you slap on a tiny bit of AA the 38 series runs real slow.

 

[Tute]

Personally I would get a new motherboard (£40-50) and a 4830 (£99), which is going to be quicker than a 3850 and not much more.

This. What with you already being on AM2 you may as well move to a PCIe board.

 

[Slinky]

got a 3850 AGP, took 10 mins to swap cards (including dropping pc on floor) then removed old software, installed new and jobs a good un.

I appreciate what people say about getting new mobo but I just couldn't bring myself to go through installing the OS again.