x1950 pro agp - worth the upgrade?

I suggest you read this review by Cleve that is right on point. It analyzez upgrades on a Athlon 2500 - so you should get an even better performance boost.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/0 [...] -analysis/

You might also benefit from reviewing these two other threads from yesterday on the same subject.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/244708-33-upgrade-opi...

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum2.php?config=tom...

Did you search this forum for similar threads?

Hiya

I did have a bit of a look on the forum, but celarly didn't look hard enough. Really interesting thread and articles - thanks for your help!

Just don't invest too much, because that just goes to waste when you upgrade to a new rig. If you're planning on getting/building a new computer within the year, I wouldn't spend that much on a video card. Even if you do get the X1950 don't expect wonders as you'll probably not be able to play next-gen games.

Another thing that would help is listing what games you play and what games you would like to play.

Hey,

The x1950pro is quite a great card. I am running one right. I'm on 2 gigs of ram and a 3.6ghz Pentium D though. I am currently playing Bioshock at 1920x1080 on my 42" TV and while I get a little stuttering at the start of each level, the framerate is solid. At least 30fps all the time.

If you are not planning on dropping money for a complete new system in the next year or so, I say go for it. Ram is dirt cheap and you can probably find the x1950pro for a really good price. You'll see a huge boost. My second system is actually an Athlon 2600, 1 gig and 9800pro. Needless to say, there's a big difference.

Your 3000+ coupled with an X1950 PRO will give you alot more life out of the system, at least a year or two.

Still, upgrading the whole system is probably the better bet if you can afford it.

Hey! I have an Athlon XP 2600+, 768mb junk ram, X1600PRO 512mb AGP "!" on an ASUS A7n8X-Deluxe, IDE drives, 450w PSU AND I play Oblivion maxed out w/HDR etc. I play Black and White 2 maxed out, I play X-3 maxed out, I play @1280x960 85mhz... VERY good frame rates. I assume you'll get much better performance out of your setup esp. w/2gig of ram and the X1950PRO AGP...
I agree w/ cleeve at least another 1-2 years.
I have the X1950PRO 512mb PCI-E version (on my gaming rig) and I expect it to last me until they get DX10/10.1+ going strong and cards that run it well come down in price. One year. Maybe. (I should mention that I OC everything. My vid = 631 GPU, 1,444 DDR3) stable and huge increase in Futuremark tests. *I also OC the X1600PRO AGP 512mb to 590 GPU + 910 DDR2 ALSO increases Futuremark test scores by hundreds and FPS in Oblivion etc. an increase of 20+
...hope this helps some.