Need Good AGP Card For Gaming?

[jjryan]

My card is having issues I believe or died. It gets in an infinite driver loop. The problem is explained more here: http://www.christopherjason.co...vidia-nv4disp-problem/

The fix didn't work, however, though so I'm debating just buying a new one. Any recommendations. What's the best AGP card out there?

 

[gorbs]

you should be able to pick up another g-6 or g-7 series pretty cheap. don't know about ATI cards as i have never used them. i believe ATI has got a new AGP geforce killer out now though.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130274

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150210

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814122009

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814161064

these are about what you limited to with AGP, they all have gddr3 and 256 memory on board. the last one is the only ATI i thought was worthy. i could be wrong though. one of these days i am going to have to upgrade to pci-e myself and join the rest of the gaming population lol. have a good 4th!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stay away from the 7800GS anymore. It's prob not even as good as a 7600GT which owns a 6800 Ultra unlike the 7800GS that barely edges ahead of the 6800 Ultra.

But for the same cash just get this X1950GT and call it a day as it spanks all those 128 bit mem cards for the same or less $.

 

[jjryan]

Amazing to see prices this high on AGP cards still with PCI-E being so the norm now-days

 

[imported_flounder]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...6&name=Radeon+X1950PRO

It makes sense that the prices of these cards are high. They produce less of them

 

[evolucion8]

The fastest AGP card currently is the GeCube Radeon X1950XT

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814241049

The second fastest AGP card is between the X1950PRO and the GeForce 7950GT giving the edge depending on which type of games you play.

Various Radeon X1950PRO cards http://www.newegg.com/Product/...6&name=Radeon+X1950PRO

GeForce 7950GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150223

The third fastest AGP videocard is the GeForce 7900GS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...20&name=GeForce+7900GS

 

[Chadder007]

Also if you get the x1950 line, you would most likely need a new power supply. With just about every other video card your power supply would be just fine though.

 

[Matt2]

FYI the X1950GT is slower than the X1900GT.

What PSU do u have?

 

[Compton]

Just FYI: XFX GeForce 7900GS 256MB AGP 8x Video Card
$139 AR (free shipping, two $20 rebates)

http://www.buy.com/prod/xfx-ge...loc/101/204332849.html

As far as a google product search reveals, this might be one of the better "deals" out there right now. I tempted to buy it right now, but I can't find review that compares it to the x1950 AGP cards.

edit: Does anyone have a link to a review comparing this card to any of the recent ATI cards?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

X1950GT spanks 7900GS

X1950GT vs X1900GT And I doubt theres a single X1950GT out there that won't OC an extra 75mhz on the GPU to match the X1900GT .

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: jjryan
My card is having issues I believe or died. It gets in an infinite driver loop. The problem is explained more here: http://www.christopherjason.co...vidia-nv4disp-problem/

The fix didn't work, however, though so I'm debating just buying a new one. Any recommendations. What's the best AGP card out there?

I have bad news....
Anything more than a 7800gs will bottleneck your system severely.
I know I have one.

 

[f4phantom2500]

i also think you should just get the x1950gt; awesome deal for an agp card, especially since itll almost certainly oc to x1950 pro levels.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102093

 

[happy medium]

To give you a proper answer,we need more info.

1. what resolution do you game at? (anything 1280x1024 or lower grab a 7600gt with a 2.8 pent 4)

2.We need to know more about your power supply. (how many watts?,how many amps on 12v+ rail?, is it a name brand?

3.what games do you play? wanna play future games?

4. can you overclock your cpu? wanna learn?


I would just grab a used cheap 6800gt and rebuild my whole system. The next wave of games will require duel core cpu's and 7900/1900 series cards to run PROPERLY. I say save your money!

 

[Compton]

Originally posted by: Dazed and Confused
X1950GT spanks 7900GS

X1950GT vs X1900GT And I doubt theres a single X1950GT out there that won't OC an extra 75mhz on the GPU to match the X1900GT .

Well that answers my question about performance. What about the power requirements? Is the X1950GT as picky about power supplies as some of the X1950PRO cards were initially reported to be?

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: Compton
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Dazed and Confused
X1950GT spanks 7900GS

X1950GT vs X1900GT And I doubt theres a single X1950GT out there that won't OC an extra 75mhz on the GPU to match the X1900GT .</end quote></div>

Well that answers my question about performance. What about the power requirements? Is the X1950GT as picky about power supplies as some of the X1950PRO cards were initially reported to be?

some info

http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=2&c=7&t=9354

 

[Compton]

Originally posted by: happy medium
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Compton
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Dazed and Confused
X1950GT spanks 7900GS

X1950GT vs X1900GT And I doubt theres a single X1950GT out there that won't OC an extra 75mhz on the GPU to match the X1900GT .</end quote></div>

Well that answers my question about performance. What about the power requirements? Is the X1950GT as picky about power supplies as some of the X1950PRO cards were initially reported to be?</end quote></div>

some info

http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=2&c=7&t=9354

thanks! :beer: