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ElvishBoy311

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I've been out of computer hardware for a long time now and the video card market makes my head hurt. I need an agp upgrade for around 100-150. Currently using a geforce 3 ti200.

Any opinions on this card: eVGA 6600GT

They have a non-dx model for 10 dollars more, what's the difference? non-dx

Please post any other suggestions, Thanks.
 
I have that very card in my shuttle. Its a great card.

I can run Serious Sam 2 at 1024x768 without a hitch.
I ran the Timeshifter Demo at the same resolution with all but HDR and it performed very well.
Bottom line, IMHO its a real nice card and will serve you well.
You might consider the 6800GS model, it has a bit more horsepower, and is the replacement for the 6800 GT which has been an excellent card as well.

You might want to look at the BFG brand of the 6600GT AGP. It will come a bit overclocked for just a small amount more.
 
bump for any other suggestions and what the difference is between a dx and a non-dx model card?
 
DX is just something that eVGA added to one of their cards for some reason. It's probably just a different production batch. They both appear to be exactly the same otherwise.

However, you should probably post the rest of your specs. If you've got a GeForce 3 in that computer, there might be a chance you only have an AGP 1x/2x motherboard, which would be incompatible with the 6600GT. However, if you have an AGP 2x/4x motherboard, then you're set (although the card would run in slower AGP 4x mode compared to AGP 8x).
 
Epox 8KHA+
Athlon XP 1.4 gig
512 meg pc2100 crucial
geforce 3 ti200

The board can do 4x agp. I just need something to tide me over till I build a completely new. Just gonna order a new vid card and another 512 stick for a fairly cheap upgrade for some newer games namely hl2 (dod:s), aoe3, sw:eaw.
 
My suggestion is get a used 9800 Pro 50-75 bucks and hold onto your money for a newer system. Most likely you wont be able to use anything on that system for your new one. I have been here before and its a hard call.... dump more money into your old system for a temporary minor speed boost or hold onto your cash to build a much better system. Most 9800 Pro's that I have seen will work in a 4x AGP system though and that will boost your system up quite a bit.
 
All 9800s should perform in 4x AGP. If they don't, you've got a defective card. That's why they're called AGP 8x/4x cards.

With that setup, any AGP video card will work provided it isn't 2x or 1x (basically, really old). However, with a 1.4 GHz Athlon XP... I'm not usually one who speculates too heavily into CPU bottlenecks (I don't personally believe that the CPU bottlenecks much at all in most games), but that thing WILL bottleneck you. It will play those games you mentioned, but expect hiccups. I'd personally get a 9800PRO or XT and save up the cash for the next system like the poster above mentioned.
 
9800 pro and an additional 512mb of ram will tie you over for a little while, both are cheap
 
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