Upgrading AWI 9800 to x1650 AGP ? Help

[autopete]

Is this worth the upgrade from a 9800 AIW, I am putting the AWI in my son's computer and upgrading mine. Looking it the specs memory bandwith looks the same, and 9800 is 256 bit vs 1650xt 128 bit. I found it at the Egg for around 180 vs 1900 for 250, I hate to spend more than I have to since dx10 is coming and will be main stram in a year's time. I do video editing vegas and roxio. I don't game at all but want dual dvi, 2 dvi ports for Lcd's. It drive's me nuts that ATI/AMD charges so much more for AGP vs Pci-e boards, did they actually think we would just toss our AGP systems? Thanks for any advice.

All I can find is reviews compairing new cards, but reading reviews at the Egg on the 1600 from people who had a 9800 say it's a down grade, can't find much on the x1650

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161064

I hate to spend the extra cash on AGP but hate to give up my P4c 800 E Deluxe which runs 24/7 and Stable.

 

[Avalon]

http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/articles/show/ati_radeon_x1600xt_review/games

This might help you out. Imagine the 6600GT they tested to be approximately equivalent to your 9800, and you'll see that you'd basically be sidegrading.

 

[IlllI]

you might be better off finding a used x800/850 xl/xt. you could probably find it cheaper than a x1650, and would be faster

 

[evolucion8]

If you upgrade to a X1650XT, is a nice upgrade, it performs as fast as the 7600GT. But probably the price that you will end paying for it you can get a X1950PRO. But I recommend you to find an used X800/X850XT/XTPE cards. These cards are workhorses, still able to play most games on high with 4x Anti Aliasing on resolutions like 1280x1024 or below, and even a few games on higher resolutions like 1600x1200.