My last agp upgrade

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iontrap

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Compatable with..??? The mobo in your sig? BF2? I don't have BF2 or the mobo in your sig, but I'd have to guess (being 99% sure) that the answers would be yes and yes.
 
It should work no problem. Although considering your machine I would suggest just saving up some more money to get a new budget rig. it's amazing what you can get for around 600. But that's just my suggestion. That card will be compatible though.
 
Compatible with the game is what I meant.
Any suggestions on the cards, 256mb pro or 512mb non-pro?
 
Looking at the specs on all 3 I would probably go with the 512 model. It's cheaper and has more ram. The Only difference I see in the 3 (other that ram of course) is the core clockspeed on the 512 model is 10MHz less. Basically a non-existent difference.
 
do not buy the 1600 series the performance is terrible.go with the 1900 series. argh,dude suck up and buy better you will be glad you did in the long run.need more ram too
 
wasn't the 1600's the biggest fail in ATI history? Just kidding, not that bad. But I have seen quite a few post on they suck.
 
I suggest...omg I am am for ATI and all but....7600 but if that is out of ur price range I say get the last one in ur list.
 
f1y said:
wasn't the 1600's the biggest fail in ATI history? Just kidding, not that bad. But I have seen quite a few post on they suck.
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While the X1600 may have sucked, the later X1650PRO/XT (especially the XT, but I wouldn't chuck asparagus at the PRO, either) decidedly doesn't. The one disadvantage is that the prices of the X1950PRO with 256 MB are not much more (and are in some cases, less) than the X1650 cards (which are only available in 512 MB configurations).

The big problem that both the X1650 cards face is they are slower than the X850XT (or an overclocked X850PRO) in games that don't support SM 3.0; worse, some retailers (notably Best Buy) have actually *increased* prices on the X1650PRO/XT compared to just two months ago (the ATI X1650PRO AGP that I bought in July is now $40USD more than when I bought mine in mid-July).

However, this rather nasty cloud actually does (in my rather humble opinion) have a silver lining; the X1650PRO/XT uses less power than not only the X1950PRO/XT or X850PRO/XT (all of which are notorious power pigs) but even less than the higher-end 9xxx series cards (9800PRO/9700PRO/9600XT) while supporting SM 3.0 and HDR (which the 9xxx series and X850series don't); further, the larger onboard-RAM capacity lets you dial-up the detail to beyond the point where cards with 256 MB of onboard RAM start to choke (while not all that noticeable in Guild Wars, it becomes obvious in games like C&C3 and Bioshock, even at resolutions as low as 1024x768).
 
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