I'm Looking for a new AGP card

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My old 9800 pro died and I need to replace my old AGP card but I'm not sure what to replace it with. I've searched through newegg and most of the agp cards are out of stock.

Can anyone give me some suggestions. I'm looking to play WoW, and probaly D3 on low settings when it comes out.

Someone on another board suggested http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814161052 but it just ran out of stock but i'm unsure on how good it is. i;ve read up on a few other agp cards on their site but most of them seem to have poor reviews and some over heat a lot.

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the thing is I dont know how much I want to spend on a new card now. I'm only really looking to play D3, WoW and Obilivon.

Is it a big step to go from a 9800 pro to an x1650 pro?

It doesn't seem like that much according to this. Other than double the shader operations, the card actually gets beat in two areas.

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Sorry to sort of hijack this thread, is the 3850 better than the Nvidia 7800 GS? I ask as I think my card is on its way out and I cannot afford to build a new rig and I can get either a new 7800 GS or the Sapphire and HIS 3850 in the UK.

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Sorry to sort of hijack this thread, is the 3850 better than the Nvidia 7800 GS? I ask as I think my card is on its way out and I cannot afford to build a new rig and I can get either a new 7800 GS or the Sapphire and HIS 3850 in the UK.

According to this it seems like like a decent upgrade. Not a complete overhaul, but you should notice a decent increase.

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Dr G .... I've got a VisionTek HD 2600 pro 512 agp, that I would let go for $80, Domestic shipping inc. never used. purchased 26 days ago for a friend but realized the mobo was leaking out of the caps before it arrived so he went pcie instead :(

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According to this it seems like like a decent upgrade. Not a complete overhaul, but you should notice a decent increase.

Thanks, that was what I was looking for, I'll wait for my DLA and then order a 3850 :)

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So I've been rethinking my card ideas and got my choice down to the ATI HD 2600XT and the 3850.

I know the 3850 is probally the best AGP card out there but its a little spendy for me. So i'm looking into the HD 2600XT. The card compairson site that I was looking at shows that in some areas it is weaker than the 9800 pro. is the 2600XT a good card?

Its just so hard for me to choose. The thing is my system is older so even though the 3850 may be the best I'm not sure if the card is too good for my system.

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Not worth it IMO to grab a 2600XT. You're looking at about 60-70% performance increase with the 3850 compared to 2600XT.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/graphic...1&chart=318

Granted these ARE based upon 3DMark scores and I don't like using synthetic benchmarks as a performance indicator, but you get the overall idea.

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Not worth it IMO to grab a 2600XT. You're looking at about 60-70% performance increase with the 3850 compared to 2600XT.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/graphic...1&chart=318

Granted these ARE based upon 3DMark scores and I don't like using synthetic benchmarks as a performance indicator, but you get the overall idea.

Not to mention the possibility of buying a PSU to power that XT as well as opposed to a simpler card like the pro that runs without an extra connector

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Not to mention the possibility of buying a PSU to power that XT as well as opposed to a simpler card like the pro that runs without an extra connector

It's only a 3850, I'd say CPU upgrade might be necessary if he's going 3870 or higher.

@ Dr. G: Maybe it would be a good idea just to grab something so you can have video for now and then save up for a new system then.

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It's only a 3850, I'd say CPU upgrade might be necessary if he's going 3870 or higher.

@ Dr. G: Maybe it would be a good idea just to grab something so you can have video for now and then save up for a new system then.

Then whats a good card that runs as good or better than the 9800 pro? I'm just looking to play WoW, Obilvion and possiblt D3 on low settings.

Also the card has to live for more than a year

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