help me make a decision

[w3as3l]

i have only a $150 budget and want to purchase an agp interface card can somebody direct me to some healthy options. i was personally looking at
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102606&ATT=vga&CMP=BAC-thardware_vga_sky
any comments appreciated

 

[raven_87]

7600gt....agp flavored x1650?

 

[w3as3l]

i am on a tight budget thats the problem or i would have gone for the 7600gt. is not the x850 a better choice than the x1650 though

 

[raven_87]

not really in my experience. I'd take the X1650 over the x850.

 

[BMFM]

What is the top AGP speed of your motherboard?

You see, if it is 8x then you are safe; but if it is 4x, then you should take into account the voltage at which your AGP slot works.

0.8V for AGP 8x/4x;
1.5V for AGP 4x/2x/1x;
3.3V for AGP 2x/1x.

Be very careful, otherwise you might end up burning your new card (0.8V card in a 1.5V slot).

 

[w3as3l]

it supports the 8x 1.5 volts

 

[w3as3l]

raven can you please list down a suitable manufacturer (with price if possible) for the x1650

 

[BMFM]

If it works at 8x then it works with 0.8V as well.

My concern was that most (if not all) AGP cards currently in production operate at 8x and 0.8V.

Ok then, you are off the hook!

 

[pauldh]

not really in my experience. I'd take the X1650 over the x850.

Really? Are you talking X1650 pro? I thought those were about like a 7600GS...far behind a X850 pro. X1650XT would be another story, if they are out in AGP yet.

 

[w3as3l]

i narrowed my search after i read the best video cards for the money guide, and the best option it listed was the x850 pro and according to the vga charts it seems to hold its own against the competition.

 

[deceneu]

go for the X850. best there is for that price.

 

[raven_87]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161033


Core clock goes a helluva lot higher than 600mhz just on the HIS solution
Its just the crappy thermal tape that you have to remove from the mem and of course a nice lap job on the core....

 

[w3as3l]

raven that is one cool looking peice of hardware, but i m confused over the 128 bit memory, can you please reflect on that cause the x850 has a gddr3 256 bit one, sorry for being a pain in the you know what.
one thing i have noticed that the x850 does not have all the relevant information like the HIS x1650 card

 

[raven_87]

True. All X16xx cards have a 128bit bus and GDDR2. However the x1650's carry a smaller production node (80nm), updated memory controller and an architecture that is not similar to the X850. I"m sure around stock they fair about the same (application or game dependent) however when overclocked I'd place my $$ on the X1650 giving you more of a return mhz for mhz.