Hi

I'm looking for the best AGP 8X card on the market can play all H.264 1080p files smoothly

please

Ati 2600XT directX 10 and ati 1950pro directX 9

is Diamond Viper ATI X1950PRO AGP 512MB will work perfectly
and thanks

X1950PRo

Not sure the H.264 drivers work on AGP cards.

Also, H.264 is only fully accelerated on the 2600 XT, won't be fully accelerated on the X1950 PRO... assuming the drivers DO work.

I found this card HIS X1950 PRO IceQ 3 Turbo 256MB
http://www.hisdigital.com/html/pro [...] 6&view=yes

is this card fully H.264 Accelerated

If You reed the page in the link they state that it is H.264 accelerated so does Sapphire with their AGP 1950pro

Wait until you have enough for a PCIe motherboard and a PCIe GPU. Otherwise you're totally wasting your money.

I can read HIS' copy on their PR description, however I don't belive it's capable of fluid high bit rate 1080P H.264 decoding the way the HD2600 is capable of.

And like Cleeve mentioned, right now the driver support for the H.264 decoding UVD component is questionable.

I agree with that sentiment, but it does depend on his CPU as to whether it's worth it.

If he wants to add it to an older CPU it'll be pretty costly to upgrade the mobo and CPU for just video playback.

For the price of those AGP models he should be able to get an HD3850 with a little extra coin left over, but the question is what else is needed after that.

Saphire ATI HD3850 256mb

In my opinion, there comes a time where a system needs to be scrapped. Adding that card to what you currently have is really not going to be that much of a great benefit.

Do yourself a big favor, save up like $500, and blow the doors off what you currently have. That's really the only solution I can see. You can get a PCIe mobo for $50-60, a 3850 for $180, a 5000+ Black Edition for $130, and 2 Gig RAM for another $60. That's a shade over $400. Add the hard drive and case you already have, and, magically, you have a current system!

Going with an AGP card at this point in the tech game is like buying a car with a carburetor.

Umm nobody mentioned the x1950xt? That is faster than the 1950pro, but a bit more expensive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 814241049R

btw, is the 3850 and/or the 3870 coming to AGP?

Yes, at least the HD3850 is coming to AGP, the HD3870 not so certain.

As for the X1950XT it's great for gaming, but as the question was regarding HD 1080P H.264 playback, the X1950XT doesn't offer much more over the X1950Pro.

Omg AGP fever.

Many Thanks for you all

I don't want change my pc ,its good for watching movies except 1080P

I think i will wait for ATI HD3850.

Powercolor came out with the 3850 AGP. DX10.1 card! Too bad its not the 3870.

http://www.powercolor.com/Global/pro...ProductID=1730

Maybe a higher end AGP ATI/AMD card will come out in the future?

Coming out in January, pending driver release

Yup theres a fudo article its a 3850 PCS 512mb.

Yeah but the UVD support is still lacking sofar in AGP, so it's still a toss-up for that original question of 1080P content.