AGP Cards

[TheCommander]

I'm looking to upgrade my vid card one last time before I switch over to PCI express which won't be happening for a while. My current card is a 9800XT. I have no preference when it comes to Nvidia or ATI either - I am looking for something that will hold me for a while. So what is the best AGP card out there and also which AGP card offers the best "bang for the buck."

 

[sabregen]

best bang for the buck...? any $1 or less card. the best performance? a x1950pro 512MB version.

 

[rawd]

Wait for the ATI 2000 AGP series to come out, or the Nvidia G8x AGP series

 

[Waveforme]

Best performance is the X1950XT agp, but it ain't cheap.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814241049

Second place would be the X1950Pro agp.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102071

Best bang for the buck IMHO X1950GT agp.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102093

If you're an Nvidia guy there's the 7950GT.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150223

And the the 7900GS.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150174

The Nvidia cards are a bit more expensive than their ATI counterparts and some people just prefer one gpu brand over another.

I recently stuffed an X1950PRO 256 meg agp into my old soocket A rig with a 2500+ Barton @2.03 Ghz. I scored almost 7,200 on 3dmark '05 ( up from 4,900 with an X800XL ). Ymmv.

 

[digital_exhaust]

My wife just picked up a X1950GT and it's a damn nice card for the money... the difference between her card and my X1950pro is negligible at best...

Definitely worth looking into...

 

[Sagan]

Go with what they've advised.

I'm surprised how far AGP has lived up.

 

[TheCommander]

Best performance is the X1950XT agp, but it ain't cheap.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814241049

Second place would be the X1950Pro agp.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102071

Best bang for the buck IMHO X1950GT agp.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102093

If you're an Nvidia guy there's the 7950GT.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150223

And the the 7900GS.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150174

The Nvidia cards are a bit more expensive than their ATI counterparts and some people just prefer one gpu brand over another.

I recently stuffed an X1950PRO 256 meg agp into my old soocket A rig with a 2500+ Barton @2.03 Ghz. I scored almost 7,200 on 3dmark '05 ( up from 4,900 with an X800XL ). Ymmv.

I see some of those are 256mb and 512mb. Is there any big difference between the 256 and 512 version?