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deckie49   11-16-2007 at 08:58:23 PM

I just received Call of Duty 4 as a birthdaty present from my son. Problem is that it requires Radeon 9800Pro as a minimum. I have radeon 9600Pro, so it doesn't work on my machine. So...Time to upgrade!! Can I please get some thoughts on what you think would be today's "sweet spot" in AGP cards??

My system is:

Asus A7n8X Delux Mobo

1 GB Ram

Athlon 2800+ overclocked to 3200+

XP Pro

I appreciate any input you guys can offer. Thanks

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strangestranger   11-16-2007 at 10:07:01 PM
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you come to the toms HARDWARE forums and you post in the games section, do you not think the gfx card sections would have been better?

oh and you forgot the most important component when upgrading, the psu.

------------------------------ I'm a git, deal with it.

Antec 1200,PC Power & Cooling 750,Gigabyte DS4-x48,Intel Q9550@3.4 W/Xigmatek S1283,8GB OCZ DDR2 800,ATI 4870X2,X-FI>CA 640C amp>Tannoy R300/Senn 595's
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thornburgh   11-17-2007 at 04:13:30 AM
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AGP cards are disappearing but you still have options. I have Nvidia Gainward 7800GS+ that is very nice (but it's rare, you'd probably have to get 7800GS). ATI has an AGP x1950. Those are the top AGP cards (maybe that will ever exist though there are rumors of Nvidia coming our with an 8000 series card). They are quite a bit more powerful than the 9800 Pro (which I had before the 7800GS+).

The previous poster is right that you may need a new power supply too for these.

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MarkG   11-17-2007 at 04:57:17 AM
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Check out the Geforce 7600 AGP cards; the benchmark numbers from some of those are pretty close to the standard 7800GS, at least in the reviews I've looked at. I have a 7800GS and it's been pretty good so far but newer games are starting to make it struggle.

Also, the 9600 Pro should be able to run anything the 9800 Pro can, just slower; does the game actually refuse to run?

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lakedude   11-17-2007 at 05:51:07 AM
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Best AGP graphics card for the money is the HD2600XT, IMHO. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102711

This $119 (shipped) card would be roughly equal to a 7800GT, depending on the game....

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pauldh   11-17-2007 at 08:05:51 AM
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lakedude wrote :

Best AGP graphics card for the money is the HD2600XT, IMHO. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102711

This $119 (shipped) card would be roughly equal to a 7800GT, depending on the game....


Agreed on the HD2600XT. But you know, it many new games it's beating the 7900GT without fsaa, way ahead of a 7800GT. Not so good with fsaa though.

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lakedude   11-18-2007 at 03:28:58 AM
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I got the PCIe version of the hd2600xt for about $95 including free shipping and including Valve's Black Box. It games a lot better than I expected (having purchased the card for theater, not games). The 7800GT was a great card in its day but it was bigger and took extra power to run. The 2600 is smaller, just as fast, and does not need extra power. Amazing!

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