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SO my friends GPU died and he refuses to upgrade his PC to modern day. He needs a new AGP card and I'm clueless as to what would be good for gaming. I know a few but i can't find them online... Help he wants to find it tonight and order it. This is for gaming
 
The best AGP gaming card is the 3850, you can find that online at newegg for 115ish.

As you said, the best thing to do is upgrade the rig
 
3850

aboot 110 after rebate, make but you might want to get his powersupply info before getting the card though.
 
the ATi x1950 is another good option. What processor does he have?
 
Best AGP cards are going to be very slow compared to modern day cards. For 150$ and a PCI-E you could snag a GTX 260 on sale and be at least 5 times faster if not more.

If he really wants a AGP card, you might suggest he try the FS/FT forums to see if he can pick one up used.
 
Back to where he said he doesn't want to upgrade his computer...

3850 is the best bet.
 
he grabbed the 3850 from egg. Hope he was listening when i told em about a PSU.
 
It's like suping up a v6 camaro..you can only make it go so fast...pouring 3k for a supercharger, etc...

When you can trade the sucker in for a Z28, then supe that up...

I did the same thing, I had a 478 board, so I bought the 3.4EE and the x1950, thinking it would make a world of difference. It really doesn't. You just have to take the plunge and buy the new mobo, proc, memory.
 
Rydawg5143 said:
i tried to tell em. Not everyone has the money
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I understand that, and that's fine. Then buy a 10$ used card and don't game. Because spending 100+$ on a AGP graphics card is throwing your money in the trash. Your not going to be doing any modern gaming on a 3850 at any reasonable resolution.
 
vengence said:
I understand that, and that's fine. Then buy a 10$ used card and don't game. Because spending 100+$ on a AGP graphics card is throwing your money in the trash. Your not going to be doing any modern gaming on a 3850 at any reasonable resolution.
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well he could.. i mean hes using a system that still has agp.. odds are hes still running a 15 inch monitor.. which the 3850 can do..

though i would of just gone with something like the x1650 and told him to deal with it..x1950 suffers from the bridge used to convert it from a pci-e card to an agp card so its performance is about the same as the x1650..(i have an x1650pro.. use to have a x1950 pro so i know).. they fixed the issue with the 3850 AGP card though..
 
vengence said:
I understand that, and that's fine. Then buy a 10$ used card and don't game. Because spending 100+$ on a AGP graphics card is throwing your money in the trash. Your not going to be doing any modern gaming on a 3850 at any reasonable resolution.
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really cause his 6600 worked great for last many years. If the 3859 is better, it will work for many years to come. He only plays one game and his sytem works fine with what he has, pretty damn good actually. So there is no real reason to upgrade
 
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really cause his 6600 worked great for last many years. If the 3859 is better, it will work for many years to come. He only plays one game and his sytem works fine with what he has, pretty damn good actually. So there is no real reason to upgrade
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So if he only wants to play one game and his 6600 worked fine for that one game, why didn't he just pick up a used 6600 for under 20$?
 
Some people dont have the money but still want to game. A mate of mine recently upgraded from a 6600GT to an ATI 4670 and is extremely happy about it (4670 is similar performance to a 3850). Even though its similar or even less powerful than my 8800GTS 320mb that I bought almost 2 years ago, its still a huge step up from his 6600GT and lets him play all the modern games at his native resolution (1280x1024).

I woulda got him to pay a bit extra for a 4850, but he'd already gone over budget (after buying mobo, processor, ram and new power supply).

For someone on a really really tight budget who wants to game, the 3850 AGP isn't a bad deal. You're talking $110 vs maybe 3 times that much to buy a new mobo, new ram, new CPU and new PSU. Sure you'll get 100% more performance by upgrading to a PCI card, but its costing you 300% more which many people can't justify when a 3850 can play modern games at 1280x1024 quite happily.
 
Rydawg5143 said:
he didnt want used. hes weird.
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Understandable... modern technology has a bad track record of just crapping its pants and dying after a few years. Most people on these forums wouldn't even keep a computer that long, or even a TV that long.
 
Tudz said:
Understandable... modern technology has a bad track record of just crapping its pants and dying after a few years. Most people on these forums wouldn't even keep a computer that long, or even a TV that long.
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yeah, he has had the same alienware made computer since like 2003.
 
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