AGP video card

[law9933]

What is a good AGP card to go with a 350W Enermax?
Is a GeForce 6600LE 256MB almost as good as a 6600GT?
Does a 6800 need a bigger PSU?

 

[Skunkwourk]

Id go with 7600GT instead of 6800 but more importantly, what CPU are you running?

 

[law9933]

P4 2.8HT on Asus P4P800
How is that important?

 

[Stumps]

I'd go with a 7600GT, 350w should be plenty for tht card and a 2.8ghz P4 with Hyperthreading shouldn't be too much of a bottleneck.

IIRC a few members of this forum used X1950Pro's with OC'd 2.8C's with pretty good results.

 

[QuixoticOne]

http://www.tomshardware.com/20...06/best_graphics_card/
The Best Gaming Graphics Cards for the Money: November 2007
November 6, 2007 07:07

Best AGP Card For Under $100 GeForce 7600 GS

Best AGP Card For ~$115 Radeon HD 2600 XT

Best AGP Card For ~$130 Radeon X1950 GT

Best AGP Card For ~$235 Radeon X1950 XT (by Gecube)

They seemed to like the AGP version of the X1950PRO over the 7600GT because they
say the X1960PRO has way better performance for not much more money.

I would wait at least 3-14 more days; find out of ATI releases new AGP cards,
or what NVIDIA may do. Even if their new models they'll release in the next few
days aren't of use, they may drive the prices down on older model cards you can use.
Also more people will be selling their older model cards used as they upgrade, if you'd
buy a used/refurbished card.

 

[QuixoticOne]

Most decent systems use less than 350W actual power if you check them with
a power meter. But you shouldn't run a power supply over about 85% of its
maximum power/current output for any of its rails.

So a 350W PSU should be used to more than about 300W load. Depends on your
CPU, how many hard drives, fans, optical drives, etc. you have.

If you go easy on the overclock, keep the case/PSU WELL ventillated so
it's not getting hot, and it's a quality PSU, you could probably borderline run ANY of these
mentioned cards and squeak by without the system crashing due to bad power.

On the other hand I wouldn't be surprised if you did high overclocking and had a
really hot room / case and the PSU gets old/dusty that it'd flake out or fail soon.

Look out for one of these $9.99 or $19 after rebate deals on a 450W or higher PSU
that you see all the time. I'd guess even a junky quality "Ultra" "500" or "600" would
be more capable than one that's only rated to 350 even though it's a better brand/quality.

Don't change the PSU right away if your system passes stability tests
with the current PSU, but keep an eye out for a great deal on a replacement at
some point.