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majm84   11-14-2009 at 01:57:10 PM

What would be the best AGP graphics card with following system without being overkill?

Abit VT7
P4 2.40GHz (Northwood)
4x256MB DDR
Samsung 160GB P1614N
450W Rhycom (15 amps on 12V rail)
Windows XP Home Edition

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Bronze Graphics badge jaguarskx   11-14-2009 at 02:11:56 PM
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HD 4670 AGP.

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zxc123   11-14-2009 at 02:12:49 PM
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What game are you trying to play? Pricewatch.com has AGP Geforce 7300gt or Radeon 3850 that would help you a lot. You really need a better cpu though for most games now.

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Bronze Graphics badge jyjjy   11-14-2009 at 02:12:56 PM
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HD4670 might be overkill for a P4


Message edited by jyjjy on 11-14-2009 at 02:13:30 PM
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majm84   11-14-2009 at 02:15:11 PM
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I'm building a system to my sister, it should run Sims 3. What I'm worrying about is amperage, since the psu only has 15 amps / 12v rail.


Message edited by majm84 on 11-14-2009 at 02:35:43 PM
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zxc123   11-14-2009 at 02:35:42 PM
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2.4 P4 is the minimum spec cpu for Sims3, according to Can You Run It website , so it will run. Any gpu on this link will work, just pick depending on the money you want to spend.

http://www.pricewatch.com/browse/video_cards/agp_512mb

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Bronze Graphics badge jyjjy   11-14-2009 at 02:46:45 PM
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Just pick depending on the money you want to spend? That's pretty bad advice as there's lots of bad overpriced cards. Considering I wouldn't trust his PSU with an HD3850 there's basically 2 options; an HD4650 or HD4670. The 7300gt that you mentioned earlier is several times worse than any of these cards.

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majm84   11-14-2009 at 02:49:29 PM
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Would HD3650 work? There's one on Ebay ending soon.


Message edited by majm84 on 11-14-2009 at 02:50:14 PM
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zxc123   11-14-2009 at 03:05:45 PM
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Finding AGP cards is getting difficult, not a ton of options, but yes the 7300gt is a weak card compared to the others.

You can use this performance chart to help rank the cards,

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] ,1374.html

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majm84   11-14-2009 at 03:10:56 PM
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Seems like HD 4650 would be my best option. Thanks for advice!

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