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Best AGP Card for Under $100:
Radeon HD 2600 PRO | | Codename: | RV630 | | Process: | 65nm | | Universal Shaders: | 128 | | Texture Units: | 8 | | ROPs: | 4 | | Memory Bus: | 128-bit | | Core Speed MHz: | 600 | | Memory Speed MHz: | 500 (1000 effective) | | DirectX / Shader Model | DX 10 / SM 4.0 |
In this category we’re recommending the low-priced Radeon 2600 PRO. This card is almost as fast as the older GeForce 7600, but can now be found for about $75 on the aging AGP bus, making it a good buy.
Best AGP Card for $100:
Radeon HD 2600 XT | | Codename: | RV630 | | Process: | 65nm | | Universal Shaders: | 128 | | Texture Units: | 8 | | ROPs: | 4 | | Memory Bus: | 128-bit | | Core Speed MHz: | 800 | | Memory Speed MHz: | 700 (1400 effective) | | DirectX / Shader Model | DX 10 / SM 4.0 |
The 2600 XT is relatively new to the AGP scene, but almost as cheap as its PCIe cousin. This is a decently fast DirectX 10 card for AGP, and surprisingly offers a great deal of performance at the $100 price point. Be forewarned that it’s been reported that the official AMD drivers don’t work with the AGP version of this card, but that the modified Omega drivers work fine.
Best AGP Card For $140:
| Radeon 3850 512MB | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | RV670 |
| Process: | 55nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 320 |
| Texture Units: | 16 |
| ROPs: | 16 |
| Memory Bus: | 256-bit |
| Core Speed MHz: | 670 |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 833 (1666 effective) |
| DirectX / Shader Model | DX 10.1 / SM 4.0 |
Forever rumored and now finally available to purchase, the Radeon 3850 is a curiously powerful card for the aging AGP bus. In fact, it’s a bit too powerful to be properly utilized with the single-core CPUs that are typically found on this platform.
Regardless, this is the most powerful AGP card you can get. Maybe you have an AGP gaming system you just can’t bear to part with, or perhaps you have an older system with both a dual-core CPU and AGP slot: whatever the reason, you can’t get better than an AGP 3850. If anyone ever releases a more powerful card in the future for the dying bus, we’ll be incredibly surprised.
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The 2x 9800gtx's specs are wrong
Accidentally took the same specs as the 4850 in crossfire.
Not that it matters a lot, but hey
Serious look here http://support.ati.com/ics/support [...] erID=10551
I wish i could get HD4850 for only 175$.
And that is the cheapest Gigabyte model.
It costs 230$ where i live
And HD4870 costs 340$.
I think you need to revise the texts on the AGP cards. Both for drivers (as noted above) and a few more clues regarding the performance.
Would someone fix the table on the last page of this article.
I guess you forgot to mention the 9800GT. Its out for purchase and you can get one for around 140$-160$.
4850 costs $250 here and at that price it's still worth it.
First time in a LONG time that ATI is dominating Tom's recommend list. Good to see.
There is something wrong with the table on the last page
THe 9800GT is mentioned... it's the 8800GT. :-D
Can they take the time to write new paragraphs? Even just to slightly change the wording so we can see that the authors actually give a #$%5.
Official drivers now work for AGP ATI cards. Get with it.
Good to see another update; the list needed one. Though there are some comments I have to make... As well, of course, as my slight disappointment that it appears that while still a pinned thread, it appears that the thread in the Graphics & Displays forum is no longer quite connected with the list itself.
Can they take the time to write new paragraphs? Even just to slightly change the wording so we can see that the authors actually give a #$%5.Official drivers now work for AGP ATI cards. Get with it.
Alot of Work Goes into Testing the cards ALOT! and besides this is a monthly article that most people will simply flip through to thier price point see what card they need then run to Newegg. So extra work on the article may fall on deaf ears.
I agree I like to hears each persons opinion on each card, but even I just like to skim this article each month.
It's very pleasant to see Radeon finally get some Face time on the BVCftM charts. It's been a GeForce world for so long, and even if I have dabbled in the dark side, it's always a pleasant relief to see my champion back on the board.
great work guys! Keep it up!
I still think Tom's should recommend single board graphics cards at the higher end even though some crossfire/SLI configurations are better. Some people don't want SLI/CF configurations, power requirements, and some can't run it due to their chipset or limited PCIe slots.
I still think Tom's should recommend single board graphics cards at the higher end even though some crossfire/SLI configurations are better. Some people don't want SLI/CF configurations, power requirements, and some can't run it due to their chipset or limited PCIe slots.
I did. The 4870 is in there... that's the best performing single card for the money. The 260 and 280 are overpriced by my reckoning.
If they lower the price, or the 4870 X2 comes in at a reasonable price, those will be put on the list too.
Even if the 280 is overpriced, isn't it still faster than the 4870? It's still good to see the 4870 in there and I'm sure the x2 will make it in somewhere.
I think this review is much, much better than the July. Good stuff and thanks for the disclaimers at the beginning!!!
Keep up the good work!
Ahem - the tables on the last two pages don't seem to be rendering.