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Best AGP card to go along with V5 5500 PCI?

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First post, by Betelgeuse

Posted on 2018-07-28, 00:00

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Was wondering what would be the best card to go along with a PCI version of Voodoo 5 5500? Currently I have a GeForce 6800 Ultra but it has issues. Would a Radeon X850XT PE that's sitting in my closet work better, or a Radeon 9700 Pro? I think for older games the V5 is quite enough but it's newer stuff (for the time) that I want to keep a fast AGP card for to play with high AA and resolution settings. This is on a Windows 98SE system with a Tualatin 1.4GHz.

Reply 1 of 3, by darry

Posted on 2018-07-28, 00:30

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How about a member of the Geforce FX 5900 family ?

Reply 2 of 3, by firage

Posted on 2018-07-28, 00:37

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Radeons seem like a great option, since you have the V5 to fall back on for any legacy features.

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Reply 3 of 3, by Ozzuneoj

Posted on 2018-07-28, 13:04

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That CPU (with SDRAM I assume) is going to severely bottleneck any high end GPU made after 2002, though it will depend on the game. I wouldn't bother with anything past the FX series, as that will maintain better compatibility with the older titles that the P3 will run best on.

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