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09-02-2008, 04:24 AM
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Techalicious Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 1,573
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Yep it would, in fact that is the best AGP card you can get.
You should be able to play most games High.
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09-10-2008, 12:09 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United States, Arkansas Posts: 1,832
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I hate to be that one guy.. but..
I would strongly suggest you buy a new cheap mobo ($50) that will support PCI-Express and spend $100 on a GPU. Because thats way too expensive for the 3850 (because its AGP, and they make money off people who are stuck with AGP)
so, buy a mobo based on the CPU you have
and buy a 9600gt or equivalent
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09-10-2008, 02:37 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 5,466
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Originally Posted by alexsabree  I hate to be that one guy.. but..
I would strongly suggest you buy a new cheap mobo ($50) that will support PCI-Express and spend $100 on a GPU. Because thats way too expensive for the 3850 (because its AGP, and they make money off people who are stuck with AGP)
so, buy a mobo based on the CPU you have
and buy a 9600gt or equivalent | It would be the cheaper choice but not the easier. You have to look at it in both lights. Whichever he prefers is the way he should go. | 
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09-10-2008, 03:21 AM
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Hard Gay Nahalem! Fooo! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bellflower, CA Posts: 10,114
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he'd also have to buy new ram...
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09-10-2008, 03:37 AM
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Techalicious Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 1,573
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In the end it would cost him more.
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09-10-2008, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The South Posts: 19,907
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Grab the 3850. I'm running one... sweet card.
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09-10-2008, 10:41 AM
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The Bulldog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In an empty Ramen packet Posts: 4,370
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If you plan on just upgrading your current system then the 3850 is a good bet. If you want to build a whole new computer then you should get new parts. Also make sure your psu is up to running that 3850 before you install it. If it isn't then you will have some serious system stability issues.
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09-10-2008, 11:42 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United States, Arkansas Posts: 1,832
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Originally Posted by NosBoost300 he'd also have to buy new ram... | Forgot that around the time AGP died.. DDR died as well. :rolleyes:
Yeah, it would be a lot cheaper to just go with the 3850
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09-11-2008, 06:55 AM
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Master Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 2,834
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