I need help picking a AGP 4X/8X Video Card that is still good(able to play games like cod4). I know agp 4x/8x is not that great and even realy not being made no more. I need the last agp card that is good till i can save up even more to upgrade my whole pc. I rather get geforce but any card will do i guess.
THese two cards are the best cards i can find, one for geforce and one for ati. Please help me find which is better or find a better card.(plan on buting 2 gigs of memory with a total of 3 gig memory with a graphics card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143046
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102071
And if its possable but not necessary please use newegg.com
thx.
2007-10-18 10:51:08 · 4 answers · asked by Slapjack 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
The X1950 Pro AGP is better. It actually consumes about 70 watts or draws up to 6 amps on the +12V rail. So, it won't be difficult to power it. If you really want Geforce, get the 7950GT AGP. Power draw would be a bit less.
There is NO graphics card yet that draws 30 amps (360W). Even the 8800 Ultra in SLI draw only 21 amps. Some tend to confuse the total PC power draw that is usually the basis of minimum power supply requirement AS the graphics card's wattage.
2007-10-18 12:14:34 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The following is the fastest card I could find for AGP 8x
XFX GeForce 7950 GT / 512MB GDDR3 / AGP 8x / DL Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card $219.99*
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3013023&CatId=318
$220 +$80 for a new power supply = $280
$280 to upgrade a computer that is probably worth less than the upgrade cost. Probably not a very good idea.
The X1950PRO is faster than the GeForce 7800GS.
You will probably need a new power supply with either card.
ATI Radeon X1950PRO
http://www.xpcgear.com/asus1950pro.html
http://www.diamondmm.com/X1950XT256PCIE.php
450-Watt Minimum, 30 Amps minimum @ 12 volt rail
NVIDIA GeForce 7900GS
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N624-AR&family=18
Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply with a minimum +12 Volt current rating of 20 Amps.
NVIDIA GeForce 7950GT
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=512-P2-N635-AR&family=18
Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply with a minimum +12 Volt current rating of 20 Amps.
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FRAPS (frames per second); higher is better per
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT FRAPS= 71.8
ATI Radeon X1950PRO FRAPS= 53.8
NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT FRAPS= 46.7
NVIDIA GeForce 7800GS FRAPS= 40 est.
Per
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/177996-30-geforce-7800gs-geforce-7800gt
7800GS 16 pipes
7800GT 20 pipes
2007-10-18 12:24:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, i didnt think people stil used agp, but heres my suggestion pending OS. The drivers arent totally on ur side in Vista with nvidia.
Vista: ATi (sapphire)
XP: nVIDIA (bfg)
2007-10-18 10:59:29 · answer #3 · answered by whiteness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go with x1950pro, make sure your psu can handle it. The card needs 30a on 12V rail(s), or even look at the x1950gt (requires less juice to run).
2007-10-18 11:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Geezer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋