Best AGP out?

RattyCakes · Jul 26, 2006, 02:40 PM

Sorry If I'm being retarded, but in one magazine of mine, PC gamer i think. There is a page telling me that there is a Radeon X1900XTX for £442.

Now Is this card AGP as that is what I'm looking for, basically whats the best AGP out there? And can you guys give prices please

Thank you!

riles9262 · Jul 26, 2006, 02:55 PM

the 7800gs is the best agp card out there. If you are looking toward ati, then probably the x850xt or x1600pro.

As for prices, I'm in Canada

; check out komplett or overclockers over there. They seem decent.

**MIG-31** · Jul 26, 2006, 03:12 PM

Sorry bud.... if you are looking for a agp card i would AVOID paying £442 for an agp card...

The highest priced ati agp card overclockers.co.uk has in stock is a sapphire X800 GTO 256MB and thats £105.69p (inc vat)....

Going by the price you quote this has to be a PCI-E card overclockers has a Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X TOXIC 512MB @ £411.19 (inc vat)

But as yo are looking at agp.

overclockers.uk has a Gainward BLISS GeForce 7800 GS+ SILENT 512MB £270.19 (inc vat). this is probably you're best option.

spike22 · Jul 26, 2006, 04:02 PM

I have an X800 AGP A.I.W. card. It & the 850/X1600 line and the 7800/7900 AGP are probably worth looking at too. Personally if the rest of the components are midrange like mine (AMD64 3500+ on a ASUS A8V-MX MOBO w/1 GB RAM) then any of these cards will do nicely for 99.9% of all applications/games. Look for the best bang for the buck. For example I got my AIW in Canada on sale at Futureshop for $169.99 Cdn great deal and it is excellent. However I might not be playing the lastest and greatest games [Tiger Woods 06, NFS Underground 2 and Battlefield 2). I wish I could justify spending more for components but I personally can't see spending more than $250 for a card if it visually looks and performs great.

Sgt Soso · Jul 27, 2006, 09:32 AM

HI

At last check, the X850XT PE runs cirlces (well, half a circle at least) around the 7800 line of AGP cards.
More expensive, yes.

The 7800 offerings had me drooling only to seriously dissappoint.

Although cheers to MIG 21 for the Gainward referral.
Have not seen any info on it as of yet. But if it is out performing the ATI high end offerings, I'm there.

Good luck.

EDIT: Stand corrected, the Gainward mentioned above looks like a really good offering if you must have an AGP card.
If you in the States, it will be a pretty penny and difficult to get.

Would be nice to see it tested against an X850XT PE in HL2.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 27, 2006, 07:03 PM

Actually from what I've seen the 7800GS and X850XTPE are more or less equivalent.

Yallrun · Jul 28, 2006, 11:48 AM

I have the X800XT PE and I've never been happier with it's performance. GRAW looks awesome and it's on the highest settings.

And you could probably fine one pretty cheap these days.

I have yet to venture into the PCI-E market, my machine is going to have to die for me to go there. It just runs to good as it is.

romeotech · Jul 29, 2006, 10:53 PM

How about evga 7800 GS KO Superclocked 256?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 31, 2006, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by romeotech

How about evga 7800 GS KO Superclocked 256?

Looks like a sweet card