Upgraqding AGP card for Quake 4

[Veech]

Current system:

Asus P4C800-E board
P4 3.0
2 x 1G PC3200 RAM
ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
Dell 2005FPW

I plan eventually to upgrade this system but for now I want to just upgrade the video card in order to play Quake 4 with some goodies enabled! Right now the default settings are the lowest quality. Boosting the settings in the game causes some stuttering.

I'm looking for a quick & dirty fix without a whole system upgrade, so what AGP card would you folks recommend in order to play Quake 4 on higher settings? Budget is $150 or so...

thanks

 

[Powermoloch]

I'm sure this 6800 will do the job.


Apollo 6800 128-RD Geforce 6800 128MB 256-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Retail 149.00 - 10 AR + cost of shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814140067

be aware though...read the reviews

or you can grab a x800GTO for 11 more bucks

 

[solofly]

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[Veech]

yep, looking for AGP...

It'll be a temp fix card, I'll end up tossing it when I upgrade later this year, when the physX card situation gets clearer..

 

[impemonk]

Go with the 6800nu as mentioned above. SM3, decent core & mem speeds, it'll last you till you upgrade later in the year. I got a 6800 and unlocked the extra 4 pipes and pixel shader and it increased my framerates marginally.

 

[BassBomb]

at least 6600GT

 

[Munky]

A 6800 would offer a decent improvement and it costs about $150.

 

[Fern]

Go over to the FS/FT section and pick up a used 6800GT

Fern

 

[Veech]

I see that NewEgg has the eVGA 7800GS CO on sale for $269 after rebate. I know this is way over what i psoted as a budget, but I'm thinking it owuld buy me up to another year in decent performance on the newer games. I have a 431W Enermax PS, hoping that will be enough. Is this card a single slot card?

So I'm slightly changing my request here, instead of "throwing away" $150 or so, I'll double my buidget with the idea of buying 9 to 12 months before I do a full upgrade..

thoughts?

 

[MechaSheeba]

Does that Apollo 6800 actually come with only 8 pipes enabled? Or is that a typo? For Q4 you're definitely gonna want an NV card. You really can't go wrong with anything from the 6600gt up, just depends on how much eye candy you want.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

For crying out loud, I play Q4 on a Radeon 9600 Pro and it still looks great... what are you, upgrade whores or what?

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
For crying out loud, I play Q4 on a Radeon 9600 Pro and it still looks great... what are you, upgrade whores or what?

My brother tried Quake 4 on a 9600 also....game would start...go so slow...he uninstalled it. BTW....im a upgrade whore

 

[TheRyuu]

6800nu/6800GS and maby unlock them?

 

[Veech]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
For crying out loud, I play Q4 on a Radeon 9600 Pro and it still looks great... what are you, upgrade whores or what?

yeah. *heh*

I got my 20.1" LCD two weeks ago. I was at the end of Serious Sam 2, basically only had 3 levels left, but WOW did it look amazing on this thing. But SS2 let me have a bunch of eye candy on, whereas Quake 4 defaults to the lowest settings. And, turns out I like Q4 a lot more thani expected, I really enjoy the buddy system in the first few levels, I hope it continues that way. Anyway, I want some eye candy like I had in SS2 without the 15FPS rate. Since I'm not ready to plop 2 large on a full upgrade just yet, I want a temporary fix.

So I'm looking to replace the 9800Pro with a 7800GS, assuming it's a single-slot card...

 

[nycdude]

why not try a x850xt. I see them very cheap here in the f/s forums. Mi ati card looks nice in Q4 at 1680x1050.

 

[RussianSensation]

X800GTO for $150 is the best value in AGP.