Need help finding the best AGP 4x card

[simon007]

Need help finding the best AGP 4x card. I picked up a ATI x1950 but it has either PCI-X16 or AGP8x.

Thanks
Simon

 

[cleeve]

All AGP 8x cards will work on AGP 4x.

 

[simon007]

Wow so my 4x AGP MB will work with the 8X agp Ati x1950 card?

All AGP 8x cards will work on AGP 4x.

 

[cleeve]

Yeah,. although your older CPU might not be a good pair to an X1950 PRO.

You might be better off saving your money and getting a cheaper card like a 7600 GT...

 

[ALANMAN]

You may want to invest in a new Mobo and cpu first

 

[simon007]

You may want to invest in a new Mobo and cpu first

Thanks guys. I have about 1.2TB of raid p-ata with 8 drive on MB now and the reinvestment for the sata will kill me. I almost got a 6700 with 9 sata card, pci-x16 and 1GB for $700 :0 (saving for it now) Ok. What is the fastest AGP 4x board I should get for my current system with P4 2.2 and 1GB?

PS the reason I got the ATI x1950 was because it was $150 AR
Thanks
Simon

 

[HardWareBoss]

Yeah,. although your older CPU might not be a good pair to an X1950 PRO.

You might be better off saving your money and getting a cheaper card like a 7600 GT...

Are you saying my good ole 2.4C not so good with X1950 PRO?

 

[cleeve]

Well, I found the 2500+ I tested bottlenecked the X1950 PRO to the same results as the 7600 GT.

So in some cases, it certainly seems like a CPU 2500+ and under will bottleneck...

 

[Draven]

Where did you manage to get a x1950 pro for 150$?

 

[cleeve]

When did I say I did?

 

[bkiserx7]

simon007 said he got it for 150 AR

 

[Frank_M]

simon007 said he got it for 150 AR

Yeah, "Simon says..."

Why not get yourself a pci raid card? Or two. I'm sure there are some out
there with two patas, that is four disks. Two cards and you're there.