AGP card what should i get

randomname

I currently have Nvidia Ti4200 and looking for an upgrade in graphics card and i am just wondering what i should buy. I just start playing games again.Playing CSS, want to play battlefield 2 and new Prince of Persia game.


I can find loads of PCI-E cards but i need to get an AGP card any help would be appreicated.

Cheers.

Judt

randomname wrote:

I currently have Nvidia Ti4200 and looking for an upgrade in graphics card and i am just wondering what i should buy. I just start playing games again.Playing CSS, want to play battlefield 2 and new Prince of Persia game.


I can find loads of PCI-E cards but i need to get an AGP card any help would be appreicated.

Cheers.

Nvidia actually released an AGP version of the 7800, the GS. We reviewed it a short while back.

randomname

Thanks for the quick reply i'll check out the review.

8T8

If your on a tight budget an AGP X1600 would also do but with the following cavets no AA or AF in games and generally you would need to stay at around the 1024x768 resolution with high details enabled in games. Or the 6600GT is another middle range part and is pretty much in the same ball park as the X1600 part.

stevenmu

Yeah, the 7800GS seems to be the AGP king, in particular the EVGA Superclocked edition (490Mhz core 675mhz mem vs 375mhz core 600mhz mem of the standard versions).

I'm hoping to pick one up soon myself. (btw, anyone know anywhere selling these ? the usuall suspects don't seem to have them and I don't really want to get one from the US)

randomname

stevenmu wrote:

Yeah, the 7800GS seems to be the AGP king, in particular the EVGA Superclocked edition (490Mhz core 675mhz mem vs 375mhz core 600mhz mem of the standard versions).

Yeah after reading through the review on toms hardware and some other stuff on the net it seems the one to get.

stevenmu wrote:

I'm hoping to pick one up soon myself. (btw, anyone know anywhere selling these ? the usuall suspects don't seem to have them and I don't really want to get one from the US)

lol, I started to look myself for it but couldnt find it anywhere apart from states as well, if you manage to find it gimme a shout.

Dman_15

what processor do you have?

If its an athlon or low end P4 it will probably not be enough for the 7800GS

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=317809
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=317794

Endurance Man

randomname wrote:

Yeah after reading through the review on toms hardware and some other stuff on the net it seems the one to get.



lol, I started to look myself for it but couldnt find it anywhere apart from states as well, if you manage to find it gimme a shout.

What are the specs of your pc? A 7800 may just cause a major bottle neck, CSS is very CPU depenndent and BF2 recommends at least 1-2gigs of ram.

randomname

Cpu is xp 2500+.

have a gig of ram at the moment.

8T8

They have them for sale here;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7800AGP_Series.html

randomname

hey 8T8,

Thats not the EVGA Superclocked edition.

Endurance Man

What PSU have you got random?

randomname

I have a hipher 580w.

its this one
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Hiper.html

Endurance Man

Ye, i reckon you should be grand then, the cpu a little on the slow side but i think you will still see a massive improvement .

randomname

Yeah CPU is a bit old these days but black and white 2 is pretty cack on the card at the mo.

Endurance, what kinda rig you got. Thanks for the help.:D

8T8

randomname wrote:

hey 8T8,

Thats not the EVGA Superclocked edition.

Sorry thought you were looking for regular ones EVGA arent too common in Europe they are usually only found on the US market although I recall seeing them listed somwhere a Uk etailer I'll have a check.

You can see more benchmarks here and the difference isnt that great vs the overclocked out of the box BFG parts. Also that XFX part at the bottom of the OcUK page is clocked at 440Mhz core & 650Mhz RAM which will be pretty close to the superclocked EVGA part.

randomname

8T8 wrote:

Sorry thought you were looking for regular ones EVGA arent too common in Europe they are usually only found on the US market although I recall seeing them listed somwhere a Uk etailer I'll have a check.

You can see more benchmarks here and the difference isnt that great vs the overclocked out of the box BFG parts. Also that XFX part at the bottom of the OcUK page is clocked at 440Mhz core & 650Mhz RAM which will be pretty close to the superclocked EVGA part.

Yeah i will probably get that one off overclockers.
I know there is not a huge difference but if i could find and the price of two cards were around the same i would go for the EVGA one. But as you said its pretty difficult to get it over here.

8T8

It was this site I was thinking of but they only sell PCI-E EVGA cards not AGP, Scan do sell an EVGA AGP 7800 GS but its not in stock and I hear Scan have pretty lousy customer support plus its not the super clocked version.

Judt

I think that given how AGP is going out the window you'd be lucky to find much beyond the UK or US. Perhaps Germany might be a good place to look further afield, as it may work out cheaper than buying from the UK in sterling, plus they might have more variety.

RuggieBear

8T8 wrote:

It was this site I was thinking of but they only sell PCI-E EVGA cards not AGP, Scan do sell an EVGA AGP 7800 GS but its not in stock and I hear Scan have pretty lousy customer support plus its not the super clocked version.

last time i enquired about shipping a cpu from scan they quoted me 50 euro...lol:rolleyes:

B00MSTICK

I got quoted £68 for an opteron 165.. OCUK can send a heavy aluminum case,mobo,gfx etc for 22 quid

RuggieBear

B00MSTICK wrote:

I got quoted £68 for an opteron 165.. OCUK can send a heavy aluminum case,mobo,gfx etc for 22 quid

lol...yep, scan are just idiots

randomname

RuggieBear wrote:

last time i enquired about shipping a cpu from scan they quoted me 50 euro...lol:rolleyes:

lol the scumbags