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Possible Video Card Upgrade Path?

Hardtarget

Hardtarget

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Hey all,

Haven't posted in a bit but whenever I've turned to you guys for help I've always gotten many many good replies, so hopefully today that is the same 😀

I had originally planned to built a new rig last month as my PVR was dieing and I was going to turn my current machine into a new PVR. Well I managed to fix my current PVR and then I also ended up buying an entire new 5.1 Home Theater and Receiver so I don't really want to spend the coin to get a new top rig at this point, plus Conroe is comming out, and prices will be changing and what not.

Here is my problem, I have a P4 2.4b with a gig of ram and a 9800pro. This is AGP obviously, also I have a Asus P4PE mobo so I can only do AGP 4 and not 8 (although I beleive in real world time there is almost no difference).

My video card is really starting to hold me back, I've noticed there are a few new AGP cards still comming out, do you guys think I can upgrade to anything, and if so will my CPU really bottleneck me or will I still notice big gains? Finally if I can upgrade what card should I upgrade to?
 
I wouldn't bother going up to a cutting edge AGP card. It'll be difficult to find a nice conroe capable motherboard with AGP so it's a stopgap measure.

However assuming a 6800 or X850 will work in a 4x slot then you would either get a nice fps boost, or if you are CPU limited a hell of a lot more eyecandy instead.
 
anything that works in 8x will work in 4x, same slot. (2x is a different story). As far as i know, and corect me if I'm wrong, there is not exactly a huge real world performance difference between agp 4 and 8 though
 
you COULD upgrade to a 6800GT, but then you would probably be limited by your CPU. You should probably wait a bit and upgrade your entire PC once conroe is rolling.
 
The 6800 / x800 stuff is a large upgrade from the 9800Pro, I went from a 9800Pro to a X800XL and noticed huge gains.
Also noticed huge gains from going from an x800xl to my X1900Xt 🙂 but for AGP a 6800GS or 7800GS are really your only options for decent performance.
I'd prolly go w/ a 6800GS in your price range or if you can find a cheap used X800/X850 series card that could be a good option as well.
 
I just ordered a x800XL from ATI's Store. they are pre-ordering for refurb models (and ati store has been known for actually sendin gout normal retail models) for only $130 Canadian! Plus i have a 5% off coupon code 😀

So with shipping the entire thign came to $160CDN which I think is a hell of a deal and should tide me over until I do a full system upgrade.
 
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