Upgrading AGP card?

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[CaM]Spoon

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My computer is currently 2 years old and well usually around this time i would totaly upgrade my computer. Im at that age where i dont wanna blow that much money mostly just for gaming. My motherboard only supports AGP and i currently have a x800pro. Im wondering is there an actuall faster AGP then that out there thats actually worth it?
I have a 3500 cpu which still thing its pretty fast. I wanna give some extra frames to halflife 2 and upcoming unreal 2007 without spending over 1 grand.

Anyideas?
 
Do you already have quality DDR2, optical drives, a good case, and a good PSU?

If so you can build a good C2D rig for under a grand.

Lots of sales on 6300 & 6400's lately and they're both solid o/c'ers.

So say:

200 CPU
150 mobo
40 cpu cooler
500 GPU (8800 GTS)
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$890


If you dont have the components listed above, obviously you're goign to have to downgrade the gpu or save a bit more.

But I would definetely head away from AGP. You'll just be disapointed in the end.
 
He's got a 2 year old AMD system. No way he has ddr2 already.

You might want to consider picking up a 7900GTX or 7950GTX in the FS: forum. Many people have been unloading them for cheap to upgrade to the 8800's.

7950 GX2 @ $355 - http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1127586&highlight=7950
7900GTX @ $280 - http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1127877
7900GT's @ $200 - http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1128867
7900GS's @ $150 - http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1128122

So

$220 -- e6400
$140 -- 965 mobo (P5B-E or DS3)
$200 -- 2Gb G.Skill cas 5 ddr2 800 ram
$50 --- cpu cooler
$280 -- GPU (7900GTX)
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$890 -- Total

Might need a new PSU if you have less than 500W
+$110

= $1000 total
 
Or for under $300 you can go 1950 AGP and get about 8.5k in 3dmark05, which yields about 25fps in games like Oblivion and NWN2, with 6xAA. If you have the money upgrade if sub $300 will hold you over for another 6-9mos while you save for a killer rig then I say go for it.
 
what kind of scores would that x1950 pro agp see in aquamark3? ive heard around 80K FPS with a good system, ive never used 3dmark05 so im not sure what it would be on aquamark.
 
tell me where I can get it and I'll run the bench.
 
There is a thread here that is kind of tracking places to get the X1950 agp, with pricing as well. Looks like it's not going to be as bad as some thought... there is hope...
 
digital_exhaust said:
There is a thread here that is kind of tracking places to get the X1950 agp, with pricing as well. Looks like it's not going to be as bad as some thought... there is hope...
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weird, it beats the shyte out of my 7800GS with a 8.5 3dmark05 score and is a solid 15fps faster in all games I've played (Oblivion / NWN2) with 6xAA on. If that is not bad ass I'm certainly in awe!
 
Sunin said:
tell me where I can get it and I'll run the bench.
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sunin, im guessing your talking about aquamark3, i got it from 3dguru.com, they got all the prog's, let me know what you come up with, thanks!
 
Z28SHAKER said:
sunin, im guessing your talking about aquamark3, i got it from 3dguru.com, they got all the prog's, let me know what you come up with, thanks!
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Oh, well shit, now I feel really stooopid, I thought he was asking where to get a X1950...

edit... and, it gets worse..... had I read his sig... oops....
 
sweet didnt know x1950 is on agp. Just got to find where to buy it now.
And no you cant build a computer for less then a grand.
New motherboard and case is 300 new cpu is 250 ram is 300+ and a vid card is 350. Luckly i have a nice raptor hardrive so i dont have to upgrade that. Im talking CDN prices here.
Its not worth spending all that money for gameing anymore since consoles really caught up in term of graphics becuase of the HD. I sure as hell enjoy how 1 game on a pc lasts sometimes for 4 years though instead of getting bored of a console game in 2 months
 
Ok Aquamark is bonk!!!

1950 at 575/1380 score of 73398
1950 at 652.5/1552.5 score 73629

Makes me go WTF! Overclocking the card netted me nearly 500 pts in 3dmark05, so um weird.. guess I don't understand what aquamark does exactly...
 
[CaM]Spoon said:
sweet didnt know x1950 is on agp. Just got to find where to buy it now.
And no you cant build a computer for less then a grand.
New motherboard and case is 300 new cpu is 250 ram is 300+ and a vid card is 350. Luckly i have a nice raptor hardrive so i dont have to upgrade that. Im talking CDN prices here.
Its not worth spending all that money for gameing anymore since consoles really caught up in term of graphics becuase of the HD. I sure as hell enjoy how 1 game on a pc lasts sometimes for 4 years though instead of getting bored of a console game in 2 months
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Should have specified that from the beginning! $1000 USD vs $1000 CDN big difference!
 
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