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Anonymous   05-22-2008 at 10:51:32 PM

I currently have an ATI radeon 3600 (xt or pro or whatever) and I think it's AGP. As I'm upgrading to a mobo and cpu that dont have agp I need to buy a video card. What would e similar to radeon 3600 nowadays and are there any charts out there that would show performance of 3600 vs todays cards?


Thank you very much.

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Shadow703793   05-22-2008 at 11:05:34 PM
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What is your budget?

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frodbonzi   05-23-2008 at 06:44:19 AM
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Toms' has a complete listing of video cards - click on "graphics cards" and find it...

I suggest waiting till mid-June and getting the 3870 (price should drop with the new cards being released)

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Anonymous   05-23-2008 at 08:43:45 AM
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where do I click on "graphics cards"? is that in forums or in charts? 'cos in charts there are limited number of cards and the chart indicator was showing same level everywhere

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mihirkula   05-23-2008 at 10:00:12 AM
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This link would help

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 923-2.html

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DarthPiggie   05-23-2008 at 03:31:23 PM
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100$ huh, well, I think you can get a 8800GS, ot a 8800GTS 320MB, both are very good performers for their price. At that price, you might also consider a 3650, but I think ATI is coming out with a 3750 real soon, mihgt be worth it to wait.

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Andrius   05-23-2008 at 03:31:38 PM
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You likely have Radeon 3650 AGP (or 2600). If you are not sure download this
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloa [...] .0.2.1.exe
and check what model you have. This is quite a new model and it has a PCIE version as well. Just make sure you get a GDDR3 version.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] name=GDDR3

This might also still be in your budget if you don't mind the MIR:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] name=512MB


Message edited by Andrius on 05-23-2008 at 03:41:38 PM
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Shadow703793   05-23-2008 at 11:28:09 PM
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DarthPiggie wrote :

100$ huh, well, I think you can get a 8800GS, ot a 8800GTS 320MB, both are very good performers for their price. At that price, you might also consider a 3650, but I think ATI is coming out with a 3750 real soon, mihgt be worth it to wait.


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