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Cheapskate · 08-13-08, 05:50 AM

I'm sure you're right about AGP being at the end of the line. However IMO this was down to the industry deciding they were going to push us into spending out for PCIE rather than any inability of AGP to keep up with most of the current crop of games.
u Tommy is right about about X1950 Pro being a very good card. Had the PowerColor version and it ran SH3 perfectly. It also did the same on Oblivion which is far more demanding than SH3. Unfortunately I cooked it through not cleaning dust out of the case! Tried a 2600XT for a while but the performance seemed worse than with the 1950.
Now I'm on an entry level PCIE system running a 3870. The most I will say about it is that it is as good as my old AGP system but I don't feel it's all that much better.
You do seem to be a bit light on the memory though, another Igb would benefit SH3 enormously.

08-13-08, 05:50 AM	#4
Cheapskate XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Darkest Essex Posts: 403 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I'm sure you're right about AGP being at the end of the line. However IMO this was down to the industry deciding they were going to push us into spending out for PCIE rather than any inability of AGP to keep up with most of the current crop of games. u Tommy is right about about X1950 Pro being a very good card. Had the PowerColor version and it ran SH3 perfectly. It also did the same on Oblivion which is far more demanding than SH3. Unfortunately I cooked it through not cleaning dust out of the case! Tried a 2600XT for a while but the performance seemed worse than with the 1950. Now I'm on an entry level PCIE system running a 3870. The most I will say about it is that it is as good as my old AGP system but I don't feel it's all that much better. You do seem to be a bit light on the memory though, another Igb would benefit SH3 enormously. Last edited by Cheapskate; 08-13-08 at 06:04 AM.