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Best AGP graphics card for around $50?

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First post, by snorg

Posted on 2013-06-02, 22:04

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I currently have a Radeon x1650 pro for one of my machines, I want to get a beefier AGP card for it but don't want to spend $100-$200 (prices I have seen for cards with 320 stream processors or pipelines or whatever they are calling them these days). Anyone have any good recommendations? I'd like to get something at least 2x if not 4x as fast as the x1650. Or whatever the highest speed AGP card I can reasonably put in is.

Reply 1 of 7, by d1stortion

Posted on 2013-06-02, 22:13

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Weren't you the same person who made that AGP crossfire thread...? If yes, the answer is still the same. Get something like a cheap X1950 XT or 7950 GT and don't spend too much on it. The fastest AGP card is probably something like a HD 4670 but they come with a stupidly huge premium just like those "fast" PCI cards. Not worth messing with considering what machine you'd put it in.

Reply 2 of 7, by snorg

Posted on 2013-06-02, 22:49

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d1stortion wrote:
Weren't you the same person who made that AGP crossfire thread...? If yes, the answer is still the same. Get something like a cheap X1950 XT or 7950 GT and don't spend too much on it. The fastest AGP card is probably something like a HD 4670 but they come with a stupidly huge premium just like those "fast" PCI cards. Not worth messing with considering what machine you'd put it in.

Yeah, no that was me, sorry didn't mean to be obnoxious asking again.
Would it be worth it going with a FireGL Pro? Seems like there might be a bigger surplus of those than the consumer level cards.

Reply 3 of 7, by senrew

Posted on 2013-06-02, 22:55

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16814143046

I've got one of these I'll be getting rid of. Seems to be about equal to the x1650

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Reply 4 of 7, by luckybob

Posted on 2013-06-03, 00:18

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senrew wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16814143046

I've got one of these I'll be getting rid of. Seems to be about equal to the x1650

oh god I had one of those new, they run fine.

if you dont mind used, and waiting for a deal, the ATI 3870 used on ebay runs 50-100 and I know for a fact can run games like fallout @ 1920x1200 4xaa

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Reply 5 of 7, by Unknown_K

Posted on 2013-06-03, 04:30

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I think my fastest AGP is 1950XT and it rocks for what it is. You can get a used PCIE motherboard and card for less then the cost of the best AGP card.

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Reply 6 of 7, by sliderider

Posted on 2013-06-03, 12:57

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For an AGP upgrade under $50 you're probably going to be looking at something in the range of an HD2600 Pro or XT or GeForce 7600 GS or GT and those may not necessarily be faster than the x1650 Pro in all things. They'll probably be mostly faster overall, though they won't blow you away. Anything faster than those and you'll have to step up a bit in price.

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Reply 7 of 7, by d1stortion

Posted on 2013-06-03, 12:59

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snorg wrote:
d1stortion wrote:
Weren't you the same person who made that AGP crossfire thread...? If yes, the answer is still the same. Get something like a cheap X1950 XT or 7950 GT and don't spend too much on it. The fastest AGP card is probably something like a HD 4670 but they come with a stupidly huge premium just like those "fast" PCI cards. Not worth messing with considering what machine you'd put it in.

Yeah, no that was me, sorry didn't mean to be obnoxious asking again.
Would it be worth it going with a FireGL Pro? Seems like there might be a bigger surplus of those than the consumer level cards.

I would think that those cards have drivers that are optimized for CAD applications rather than games. But if you somehow manage to flash it to a consumer card you shouldn't have any problems.

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