I'm Looking for a new AGP card

[pwnz0r3d]

Get the HD 2600 XT. The 3850 is a better bet, but if your budget is really tight, the 2600 is next on the list. You could take the Nvidia 7600 GS into account too, but i've only spotted the 256 MB version in the same price range. In any case you need a PSU of at least 350W. What's yours?

[Dr.G]

Get the HD 2600 XT. The 3850 is a better bet, but if your budget is really tight, the 2600 is next on the list. You could take the Nvidia 7600 GS into account too, but i've only spotted the 256 MB version in the same price range. In any case you need a PSU of at least 350W. What's yours?

I'm not sure. How can I tell?

[+shift. MVC]

Look on the side of your PSU. There should be a label with the rail and amperage distribution.

[Dr.G]

my power supply is 250W

[Dr.G]

bump

[Dr.G]

Happy 4th.

[+shift. MVC]

250W SHOULD be fine...but then again I don't really know (I'm going with this on the assumption that you have a generic 250W). If it is generic, then I don't think it'll provide the max 250W you need. Maybe get a 430 or 500W Antec Earthwatts if you want to run a 3850? Would give you a bit of space for future upgrade too.

[Dr.G]

how much do powersupplies go for? I looked at mine and it had a ton of wires comming out of it so I'm not sure if I could wire it.

[+shift. MVC]

It's actually quite straightforward. You only need to attach the wires that you need, not all of the wires coming out of the PSU.

As for how much do PSU's go for, there are $20 crap PSU's that you don't want to $50 budget but quality PSU's (such as the Earthwatts I recommended) to $70-150 PSU's.

[Dr.G]

If I get a card below 3850 am I going to have to worry about not having Dx10 support for games like d3?

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

afaik the 3850 is the only DX10 capable AGP card :(

I'm going to have to wait anotehr fortnight before I purchase a 3850 as I just got my gas/leccy bill through, eek :(

[clotz2000]

They still make AGP cards? And on purpose...

[Rigby]

They still make AGP cards? And on purpose...

Yes, they still make them because people still need them.

[Dr.G]

would a radeon X1950 pro be better than the 1650 but less than the 3850?

I cant seem to find a X1950 pro any where and I thought that I could get the X1950 and not have to upgrade any other of my system parts.

[+shift. MVC]

If I get a card below 3850 am I going to have to worry about not having Dx10 support for games like d3?

Blizzard has said that D3 will not require DX10 already. However, almost all of the newer games being released will require DX10 support.

[Dr.G]

Blizzard has said that D3 will not require DX10 already. However, almost all of the newer games being released will require DX10 support.

what about spore?

[+shift. MVC]

I have no idea about Spore as I haven't paid much attention to that game in general. But I know for a fact that D3 will not require DX10.

Like I said it doesn't hurt to have it anyway.

[Dr.G]

I think that I might go with the X1950 pro AGP but I cannot seem to find any online but I can find X1650s. Do they even make X1950 pro AGPs anymore? I cant price the X1950s because I cant find em

[Andre S. Veteran]

X1950 AGPs have disappeared. Your choices are the HD 2600 XT and Pro, the HD 3850, and older cards like the X1650 or X800, but those are seriously behind in performance.

[+shift. MVC]

I wouldn't get an X800 as it doesn't have SM 3.0.

[Dr.G]

Can my CPU even make good use of a 3850? I mean it will be pretty pointless buy a 3850 and my system can only make use of a little of its power.

[+shift. MVC]

That's what we were talking about when we mentioned waiting to do a full system overhaul first. But then I realized that your 9800 doesn't work, so you wouldn't have a computer to use in the meantime.

[Dr.G]

That's what we were talking about when we mentioned waiting to do a full system overhaul first. But then I realized that your 9800 doesn't work, so you wouldn't have a computer to use in the meantime.

so basically what you are saying is that nothing will work?

[+shift. MVC]

It would work....my suggestion was to grab a temporary video card (really inexpensive one) just so you can have video for now and wait for the money to build a new system. But in the meantime you probably wouldn't be able to do much gaming.

[Dr.G]

It would work....my suggestion was to grab a temporary video card (really inexpensive one) just so you can have video for now and wait for the money to build a new system. But in the meantime you probably wouldn't be able to do much gaming.

I dont want a place holder card. I'm using an old 9800 card with emeory issues to just run day to day stuff. There has to be something out there that will run on my system that will enable me to play WoW and Obilvion. I doubt that my system can handle more than a 9800 pro.