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First post, by 386SX

Posted on 2016-10-21, 15:39

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Hi,
I'd like to add a low power AGP 8x card to pair with the Barton 3200+ but saving on the total wattage of the pc. I am actually using a Sapphire Radeon 9600 256Mb that seems to use less power of the Radeon 7200 and also the G450 and it's not bad with Linux open source xorg drivers. But I was thinking to try some newer one that could have better features for media and general 2d speed. Any advice?
Thank!

Reply 1 of 9, by agent_x007

Posted on 2016-10-21, 16:00

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Radeon HD 2600 Pro/XT (if for gaming, I recommend DDR3 version).

Reply 2 of 9, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2016-10-21, 17:12

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HD 3450 is nice, max. 25W.
HD4650 is much better but max. 48W.
HD4670 for top performance at max. 59W.

Reply 3 of 9, by Jade Falcon

Posted on 2016-10-21, 17:18

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ati 4350

Reply 4 of 9, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2016-10-21, 17:46

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HD4350 is good option although I don't see many of them... Max. 20W.

Reply 5 of 9, by candle_86

Posted on 2016-10-21, 19:08

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There is also the AGP X1050 @ 24W, its really just a rebranded X300 aka Radeon 9550

Reply 6 of 9, by kanecvr

Posted on 2016-10-21, 19:27

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new cards + retro games don't mix well most of the time. I'd suggest you stick with the 9600.

Reply 7 of 9, by 386SX

Posted on 2016-10-21, 20:25

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Until I'll use linux, 3d gaming is obviously out of discussion for win only games. So I can live with a low end card but some more acceleration in 2d stuff would be nice. My original Win me main pc idea is a bit difficult for modern app.

Reply 8 of 9, by kanecvr

Posted on 2016-10-21, 21:00

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386SX wrote:
Until I'll use linux, 3d gaming is obviously out of discussion for win only games. So I can live with a low end card but some more acceleration in 2d stuff would be nice. My original Win me main pc idea is a bit difficult for modern app.

Well then I'm out. The only use I have for old PCs is retro-gaming. For anything else there's really cheap, much faster and more efficient low-end machines that I get second hand, usually cheaper then my retro gear.

Reply 9 of 9, by 386SX

Posted on 2016-10-21, 21:14

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kanecvr wrote:
386SX wrote:
Until I'll use linux, 3d gaming is obviously out of discussion for win only games. So I can live with a low end card but some more acceleration in 2d stuff would be nice. My original Win me main pc idea is a bit difficult for modern app.

Well then I'm out. The only use I have for old PCs is retro-gaming. For anything else there's really cheap, much faster and more efficient low-end machines that I get second hand, usually cheaper then my retro gear.

Sure, my original idea was to use a "fast" retro machine to see if you could live with that nowdays just with a bit more patience. Until now I'm happy of the result, the 3200+ is not the beast I imagined but the SSD really make the difference giving the whole system an impressive boost; the 2GB ram even if cheap (3-3-3-8) is more than enough on lxde and with the recent Lubuntu version is basically a modern pc.
For retro gaming maybe a Thunderbird PC133 machine would be the right one for the games I used to play with.

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