which one is better?

[feverlax]

which of these is better? the first one is an agp 512mb x1300. the second is an agp 256mb geforce 6600. Which one is a better buy, both price and performance wise?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814241015

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143056

 

[quadnad]

A 6600 should be marginally quicker. If you're looking for a new AGP card for $100 though I'd take a look at the FS/FT forums and Ebay. There are quite a few 6800s and x800s for about $100.

 

[feverlax]

alright thanks, basically i'm looking for an agp card for under 150 dollars, would the 6600 still be the best?

 

[quadnad]

alright thanks, basically i'm looking for an agp card for under 150 dollars, would the 6600 still be the best?

For under $150, the 7600GS is a better choice. It's far quicker than either of those two. (A little quicker than a 6800 Vanilla)

 

[jonathonball]

when playing cards against each other i usually start off at

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=191&card2=370

 

[quadnad]

when playing cards against each other i usually start off at

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=191&card2=370

Which is exactly where I did my comparison. For the money though, that 7600GS is very good. For about $30 more you can get an AIW x800 which is much quicker, and for a bit over $200 you can nab an x1800xt.

 

[feverlax]

well i just found out that the slot is only a 4x agp slot(in a dell dimension 8200) so will any of these cards work? will this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131427

 

[quadnad]

Yeah, they'll all work in that slot. The only issue is that if your system only has a 4x AGP slot it's probably not the most up to date. Can you list your system specs?

 

[feverlax]

yea its a piece of crap i know, but im going off to college in a couple years so i just want to upgrade a few things, then get a new computer when i go to college. right now my specs are a 2.0 ghz p4 256mb rdram(ordering 512mb more) a geforce 4(until i buy the new card) and a 40 gb hdd that im gonna upgrade too. basically im looking at upgrading to all of this under 350 dollars, right now its at about 310

 

[feverlax]

well i bought the x1600pro, was that the right decision? it was only 120 dollars i believe

 

[PWMK2]

X1600PRO is decent enough. What games are you going to try to play?

 

[feverlax]

mainly just ut2k4, fear, bf2, and quake 4/quake 3 arena. and possibly AoE 3

 

[loxety]

Should have bought a 6800gt used.