Looks like a great build to me! That board was considered one of the best for the socket a platform. I think a 1950is the perfect pairing for a 3200+ as well. What are your plans for it?

petro89 wrote:

Looks like a great build to me! That board was considered one of the best for the socket a platform. I think a 1950is the perfect pairing for a 3200+ as well. What are your plans for it?

Thank you 😀
honestly i thought the X1950 Pro would be way too fast for the 3200+ but if you say it is perfect, I'm even happier 😀

I have installed Windows XP SP3 on it and will be using it for those games which don't run on a modern 64 bit Windows (7, 8, 8.1 or even 10) but still need decent computing power.

Yes it is a bit overpowered but gives you newer technology than a lot of the cards that are a bit older that are a better match speed wise. I remember an article from those days that showed most games still getting a boost from the top of the line agp cards including the 1950, but even up to a 3850 or 4670, when run on a3200+. I'll try to find it.

petro89 wrote:

Yes it is a bit overpowered but gives you newer technology than a lot of the cards that are a bit older that are a better match speed wise. I remember an article from those days that showed most games still getting a boost from the top of the line agp cards including the 1950, but even up to a 3850 or 4670, when run on a3200+. I'll try to find it.

cool 😀

I'm pretty sure that roughly moving to say a A64 venice 754 would get you only roughly 5K more in 3d2001.

Here is the article I mentioned. Good read in my opinion. In this case they pair a 1950 with an xp2500+ and show that in a lot of cases there is a good boost when compared to older cards that most people usually pair with a socket a system. With your CPU being a 3200+ I think it just makes the case for pairing it with a 1950 even stronger. my Athlon XP system (running at 2.3 ghz) is paired with a 1650pro which I also think is a good match but I do feel that a 1950 would even get me a little better performance. I actually have an hd3850 AGP sitting in an Athlon mp build as well. I've wanted to swap the cards but haven't gotten around to it yet. 😊

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/agp-platf … lysis,1509.html

Coolio! I have a socket a machine. I have to get a new windows xp install CD because I misplaced mine and the current install says that the Biostar mobo is not fully ACPI compliant. 😢

petro89 wrote:

I think a 1950is the perfect pairing for a 3200+ as well. What are your plans for it?

No it's not. The 3200+ bottlenecks the x1950. I've tested my x1950xt agp and there's allmost 8000 pts diference in 3dmark01 between a c2d e8400 and my 3200+. You might experience choppiness in some games that would otherwise not show up on more apropriate cards like the 9800xt.

Nice rig tough! Love the case.

thanks!

as this is and will be the most powerful retro rig for me, i have no reason to choose another card than the x1950xt 😀