ATI 9500 Pro --> Nvidia 6800GS AGP

[Piano Man]

Ok, so I have an oldie but goodie system that I built 4-5 yrs ago.

P4 2.4GHz 533fsb that I can OC to 2.8+ (I've done it before just for kicks)
1 GB Kingston RAM
AGP 4x MBoard.
ATI Radeon 9500Pro (unlockable version, not OC'd)


I just bought a PNY 6800GS AGP from the Hot Deals Forums today.


Now I did some reading, and it looks like the AGP4x won't be a problem with performance since it still provides clearance for the 6800GS.

I've also ordered the Arctic Cooler NV5 Silencer Rev. 3 and some Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound for cooling this. Hopefully I can do a little overclocking.

Given that I will overclock the CPU to 2.8+ GHz, what kind of increase will I see over my Radeon 9500 Pro?

In this setup, how CPU limited am I?

Also, anyone know the success rate of unlocking it to 16 pipes?

Thanks in advance.

 

[beserker15]

you'll gain about 2 levels of resolution higher in games, so like from 800x640 to 1280x960 and also be able to use aa/af more often.

 

[Piano Man]

Is that before the unlocking/overclocking or stock?

 

[Aznguy1872]

You'll see a big performance jump. 9500 pro is old school card while the 6800 GS can keep up with today's games.

 

[Ika]

Unless you overclock your 9500, the 6800GS should give you a nice quality/speed increase.

 

[beserker15]

you should be able to run most games now at 1280x960 res at stock speed. unlocking/overclocking will allow you to turn on some aa/af.

 

[Keysplayr]

You could o/c that 9500 pro to doomsday and still not even come close to the 6800GS AGP.

 

[Piano Man]

Now I'm getting excited!!! I only play WoW since it is my drug of choice. I bet I can do even higher resolutions since it isn't that graphic intensive. Right now I play 1024*768 with medium settings. Get 30-50 fps unlesst things get crazy. Then it goes to hell.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

probably a decent one

i went 9500 to 6800GT, but i also went AXP to A64 at the same time. i was easily able to play all games i had at the time at my monitors max (1280x1024) with 4xaa 16xaf.

128bit mem really hurts the 9500pro, but then again thats why its not a 9700 lol

 

[Extelleron]

9500 Pro / 6800GS
Core: 275 / 425
Memory: 540 / 1000
Memory Bandwidth: 8.64 / 32
Theoretical Fillrate: 2200 / 5100
/end thread

 

[AzNPinkTuv]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
9500 Pro / 6800GS
Core: 275 / 425
Memory: 540 / 1000
Memory Bandwidth: 8.64 / 32
Theoretical Fillrate: 2200 / 5100
/end thread

haha

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: AzNPinkTuv

Originally posted by: Extelleron
9500 Pro / 6800GS
Core: 275 / 425
Memory: 540 / 1000
Memory Bandwidth: 8.64 / 32
Theoretical Fillrate: 2200 / 5100
/end thread

haha

 

[SonicIce]

somewhere in the range of 3 times faster depending on the situation