Help with my system (AGP)

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Tyranith

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My X800XT-PE died on me a little while ago (cracking little card), and I'd like a little help in deciding what to buy to fill the gap. I was originally going to wait until the end of this month for the X1950 Pro AGP (I'm currently running on an old Rage128Pro I had lying around), but there are a load of nice games coming out (and already out) this month and I'm not prepared to wait, so I want a videocard that'll be able to handle those (Medieval 2, NWN2, Mark of Chaos specifically) at reasonable quality until I can get the X1950Pro when it comes out or upgrade to PCI-e.

On the site I normally buy my stuff from (overclockers.co.uk), they have:
X1650 Pro 512MB - £93.99
X1600 Pro 256MB - £82.24

7600 GS OC 512MB - £105.74
7800 GS OC 256MB - £170.36
7600 GT 256MB - £128.06

I'm leaning towards the 7600GT as I've heard good things about it, but does it suffer at all from being on AGP? I hate to think I'm spending money on downgrading, so how do they measure up to the x800xt-pe? So what's the skinny on these cards, and are there any obvious deals there?
Thanks in advance.
 
Tyranith said:
My X800XT-PE died on me a little while ago (cracking little card), and I'd like a little help in deciding what to buy to fill the gap. I was originally going to wait until the end of this month for the X1950 Pro AGP (I'm currently running on an old Rage128Pro I had lying around), but there are a load of nice games coming out (and already out) this month and I'm not prepared to wait, so I want a videocard that'll be able to handle those (Medieval 2, NWN2, Mark of Chaos specifically) at reasonable quality until I can get the X1950Pro when it comes out or upgrade to PCI-e.

On the site I normally buy my stuff from (overclockers.co.uk), they have:
X1650 Pro 512MB - £93.99
X1600 Pro 256MB - £82.24

7600 GS OC 512MB - £105.74
7800 GS OC 256MB - £170.36
7600 GT 256MB - £128.06

I'm leaning towards the 7600GT as I've heard good things about it, but does it suffer at all from being on AGP? I hate to think I'm spending money on downgrading, so how do they measure up to the x800xt-pe? So what's the skinny on these cards, and are there any obvious deals there?
Thanks in advance.
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Honestly, all of those cards would be a "downgrade". The cloest thing to it would be a 7600gt, but that is hardly a match for even the non PE version of your old card. The x1950pro will be coming out (??sometime??), that would be the only true upgrade. It might be time to get a new pci-e setup.
 
Honestly, all of those cards would be a "downgrade". The cloest thing to it would be a 7600gt, but that is hardly a match for even the non PE version of your old card. The x1950pro will be coming out (??sometime??), that would be the only true upgrade. It might be time to get a new pci-e setup.
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Not necessarily true. The 7600GT beats out the X800, and it's priced less (that's if you can still find an X800-PE). The x1950Pro will kill both of them, if you're willing to wait. Either way, the 7600GT will definitely hold its own until you're ready to switch to PCI-e. I was thinking of grabbing one myself, but I've been convinced by my other [H] companions to wait until the 1950 hits the shelves in roughly 3 weeks (hopefully!).
 
Tyranith said:
My X800XT-PE died on me a little while ago (cracking little card), and I'd like a little help in deciding what to buy to fill the gap. I was originally going to wait until the end of this month for the X1950 Pro AGP (I'm currently running on an old Rage128Pro I had lying around), but there are a load of nice games coming out (and already out) this month and I'm not prepared to wait, so I want a videocard that'll be able to handle those (Medieval 2, NWN2, Mark of Chaos specifically) at reasonable quality until I can get the X1950Pro when it comes out or upgrade to PCI-e.

On the site I normally buy my stuff from (overclockers.co.uk), they have:
X1650 Pro 512MB - £93.99
X1600 Pro 256MB - £82.24

7600 GS OC 512MB - £105.74
7800 GS OC 256MB - £170.36
7600 GT 256MB - £128.06

You will be wise to wait for the X1950 Pro AGP.
If not spend the $$ and get a DFI LP NF4 mb and a PCIe X1950 Pro card.
You won't go wrong either way.

I'm leaning towards the 7600GT as I've heard good things about it, but does it suffer at all from being on AGP? I hate to think I'm spending money on downgrading, so how do they measure up to the x800xt-pe? So what's the skinny on these cards, and are there any obvious deals there?
Thanks in advance.
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You will be wise to wait for the X1950 Pro AGP card. If you think you can't wait, get yourself a DFI LP NF4 MB with PCIe and the X1950 Pro by Sapphire. Use the same memory and drives you have now. I would recommend going to a X2 A64 processor to go with these components. You will be good lto go.
 
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