Need a good replacement card for games

mobkon · 04-09-2007, 07:28 PM

I have had an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP card in my computer for the last 3+ years. Its now just starting to go bad, along with not being able to handle max graphics on the newest games. since my mobo can only take AGP video cards, whats a good new card thats out there that I can run max graphics, or real close to max graphics without any slowdowns? It needs to be AGP. Thanks!

augest · 04-09-2007, 07:36 PM

The 7950 GT from NVidia is a nice card or so I've heard. It's a 512 Card on a 4/8 base. 550 Core / 1200 Mem.

Runs around 200$.

I ran a 9800 Pro for along time. Nice card. Then went to a X850 XT PE. Now I'm only Nvidia.

augest · 04-09-2007, 07:39 PM

If you wanna stay with ATI, They make the X1650 Pro which is a 512 card as well. 4/8 Based with a core speed of 590 / 1380? Mem.

But only 12 pipelines, As the 7950GT has 24.

WorldIndustries · 04-09-2007, 07:42 PM

You can get a PCI-E board for relatively cheap, and then all PCI-e cards are cheaper than their AGP counterparts. Just something for you to consider. AGP cards are starting to get really expensive when you look at high-end cards.

Phantom118 · 04-09-2007, 07:52 PM

I switched from AGP only about a month ago...
two good reasons to do that..

1. Cheaper
2. Better Preformance.

The best agp video card out now IMO is probably the X1950 Pro

augest · 04-09-2007, 08:10 PM

AGP is a dieing breed.

gurusan · 04-09-2007, 08:24 PM

if you must stay AGP here's another vote for the X1950pro

Ridlyn · 04-09-2007, 09:37 PM

X1950Pro

TheEnd187 · 04-09-2007, 10:58 PM

the new king of agp is the gecube x1950xt, next to that is the x1950pro, followed by gainward7900gs+ GLH

personally i'd take the xt since its cheaper than the x1950 but the gecube is only 256 whereas the x1950 has 512/256.

techsquad · 04-09-2007, 11:00 PM

if you wanna get a card i would recomend you get more than 512 mbs of video card ram if your planning on keeping this for a while, New technology, more power...

04-09-2007, 07:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
mobkon Junior Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 67	Need a good replacement card for games I have had an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP card in my computer for the last 3+ years. Its now just starting to go bad, along with not being able to handle max graphics on the newest games. since my mobo can only take AGP video cards, whats a good new card thats out there that I can run max graphics, or real close to max graphics without any slowdowns? It needs to be AGP. Thanks!

04-09-2007, 07:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
augest Super Techie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 312	Re: Need a good replacement card for games The 7950 GT from NVidia is a nice card or so I've heard. It's a 512 Card on a 4/8 base. 550 Core / 1200 Mem. Runs around 200$. I ran a 9800 Pro for along time. Nice card. Then went to a X850 XT PE. Now I'm only Nvidia.

04-09-2007, 07:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
augest Super Techie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 312	Re: Need a good replacement card for games If you wanna stay with ATI, They make the X1650 Pro which is a 512 card as well. 4/8 Based with a core speed of 590 / 1380? Mem. But only 12 pipelines, As the 7950GT has 24.

04-09-2007, 07:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
WorldIndustries Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,215	Re: Need a good replacement card for games You can get a PCI-E board for relatively cheap, and then all PCI-e cards are cheaper than their AGP counterparts. Just something for you to consider. AGP cards are starting to get really expensive when you look at high-end cards. __________________ A64 3500+ (@2.2GHz) 1GB OCZ Plat DDR600 DFI Lanparty NF4-D XFX GeForce 8600GT Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Samsung Spinpoint 120GB IDE Toshiba Satellite A-200 C2D T5250 @1.5GHz 2GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA Drive ATI Radeon HD 2400

04-09-2007, 07:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Phantom118 Ultra Techie Join Date: May 2006 Location: AB, Canada Posts: 691	Re: Need a good replacement card for games I switched from AGP only about a month ago... two good reasons to do that.. 1. Cheaper 2. Better Preformance. The best agp video card out now IMO is probably the X1950 Pro __________________

04-09-2007, 08:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
augest Super Techie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 312	Re: Need a good replacement card for games AGP is a dieing breed.

04-09-2007, 08:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
gurusan Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 4,754	Re: Need a good replacement card for games if you must stay AGP here's another vote for the X1950pro __________________ :: Antec P182 :: Asus P5Q Deluxe :: Intel Q6600 @ 3696mHz :: :: Thermaltake Toughpower 750w :: HD4850 512mb 820/1125 :: :: 4gb OCZ @ 1155mhz 5,5,5,15 :: 120.3+D4+XSPC Edge+Maze4 ::

04-09-2007, 10:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
TheEnd187 Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,756	Re: Need a good replacement card for games the new king of agp is the gecube x1950xt, next to that is the x1950pro, followed by gainward7900gs+ GLH personally i'd take the xt since its cheaper than the x1950 but the gecube is only 256 whereas the x1950 has 512/256.

04-09-2007, 11:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
techsquad Junior Techie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 72	Re: Need a good replacement card for games if you wanna get a card i would recomend you get more than 512 mbs of video card ram if your planning on keeping this for a while, New technology, more power... __________________ "Some People Are Only Alive Cause Its Illegal To Shoot Them,"

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