AGP owners- Interesting for SH4

AVGWarhawk · 11-15-07, 09:47 AM

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Rockin Robbins · 11-15-07, 02:12 PM

Isn't that also a PCI-E card? Poor AGP guys are being forced to update their motherboards, memory, CPU, graphics cards....... they're just getting destroyed here.

Now if you have a slot 939 AMD chip you can get away with updating the motherboard and keeping the CPU, but any way you look at it, hard compromises have to be made, either with lesser equipment or lesser wallet.

jazman · 11-15-07, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Isn't that also a PCI-E card? Poor AGP guys are being forced to update their motherboards, memory, CPU, graphics cards....... they're just getting destroyed here.
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And possibly power supply as well.

Yeah, I'm stuck at this giant upgrade step. I'm just going to have to wait awhile, fortunately I get just good enough FPS (21-28) to be playable. Yeah, that's playable for me. When my ship comes in, I hope I don't sink it.

donut · 11-15-07, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Isn't that also a PCI-E card? Poor AGP guys are being forced to update their motherboards, memory, CPU, graphics cards....... they're just getting destroyed here.
:

And possibly power supply as well.

Yeah, I'm stuck at this giant upgrade step. I'm just going to have to wait awhile, fortunately I get just good enough FPS (21-28) to be playable. Yeah, that's playable for me. When my ship comes in, I hope I don't sink it.

EVGA 512-A8-N559 GeForce 7600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X Video Card - Retail <H3 class=zmp>$124.99>>http://www.newegg.com

jazman · 11-15-07, 08:55 PM

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EVGA 512-A8-N559 GeForce 7600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X Video Card - Retail <H3 class=zmp>$124.99>>http://www.newegg.com

I have an XFX 7600 GT. The last upgrade for this box.

klh · 11-16-07, 07:36 AM

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EVGA 512-A8-N559 GeForce 7600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X Video Card - Retail <H3 class=zmp>$124.99>>http://www.newegg.com

I have an XFX 7600 GT. The last upgrade for this box.

I also have an XFX 7600GT AGP. Works great for SH4 as long as I don't turn on the volumetric fog.

Hartmann · 11-16-07, 10:38 PM

Ok i´m going to buy a 7600 gs or gt with 256 mb of dd2, if i can found one , .. is cheap and it will be the last upgrade before i earn enough "renown" for a XXI computer.:hmm:

Agp cards starts to be difficult to find here and the options are limited

d@rk51d3 · 11-15-07, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Isn't that also a PCI-E card? Poor AGP guys are being forced to update their motherboards, memory, CPU, graphics cards....... they're just getting destroyed here.

My predicament exactly. Do I stick with my P4 2.8 prescott, 2 Gigs ddr, and update my 9600xt to something with a bit more muscle, for around $300.......

.....or do I spend a $1000+ und update the lot.

I just get that niggling feeling that a $300 agp card, may be overkill on my relatively redundant machine.:hmm:

bookworm_020 · 11-15-07, 10:00 PM

I can't upgrade my card beyond a Ge Force 6200, due to the fact my coputer will only accept low profile AGP cards!

scrag · 11-15-07, 11:40 PM

Okay I share the same problem - I have a Geforce 6800 GT am looking to upgrade my video card (like to stick with Nvidea for now) and ad memory (currently have 1 gig). It is PC3200 DDR 400 (ASUS PC800E Deluxe - any tips?

7Enigma · 11-17-07, 09:59 PM

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Okay I share the same problem - I have a Geforce 6800 GT am looking to upgrade my video card (like to stick with Nvidea for now) and ad memory (currently have 1 gig). It is PC3200 DDR 400 (ASUS PC800E Deluxe - any tips?

Same setup here (A64 3200+ O.C.'d to 2.4GHz). When I built my system I had the option to get a PCI-E mobo, but decided to save some cash and at the time the drivers for these new boards were not as good as the current 939 AGP boards. What a stupid mistake.

I've decided that rather than try to hobble along with this system I need to build a new C2D/45nm system with one of the new Nvidia cards (once the better performing ones get the die shrink).

The cool thing right now is that with the new die shrink of both CPU (soon to come), and video card (already here for the 8800GT and soon for the faster cards), my current 450w Antec Neo power supply will be beefy enough to run my new setup. That savings, along with canabalizing my existing setup (case, PSU, DVD-drive, sound card), will allow me to get a REALLY nice system for <$1000. I just can't justify $200 or so for something that already would be struggling with existing games, let alone trying to hang on in the near future.

jazman · 11-17-07, 11:36 PM

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The cool thing right now is that with the new die shrink of both CPU (soon to come), and video card (already here for the 8800GT and soon for the faster cards), my current 450w Antec Neo power supply will be beefy enough to run my new setup.

I'm intrigued by the power supply thing. I have a 450W Enermax, and was just thinking (without thinking) I'd need to upgrade that, too. I'll have to spec things out first.

Torplexed · 11-16-07, 12:50 AM

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I can't upgrade my card beyond a Ge Force 6200, due to the fact my coputer will only accept low profile AGP cards!

You and me both. It's new computer time. Just gotta get that paper route up and running again so I can get the money.

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Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	other thread Isn't that also a PCI-E card? Poor AGP guys are being forced to update their motherboards, memory, CPU, graphics cards....... they're just getting destroyed here. Now if you have a slot 939 AMD chip you can get away with updating the motherboard and keeping the CPU, but any way you look at it, hard compromises have to be made, either with lesser equipment or lesser wallet. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

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Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Ok i´m going to buy a 7600 gs or gt with 256 mb of dd2, if i can found one , .. is cheap and it will be the last upgrade before i earn enough "renown" for a XXI computer.:hmm: Agp cards starts to be difficult to find here and the options are limited __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I can't upgrade my card beyond a Ge Force 6200, due to the fact my coputer will only accept low profile AGP cards! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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scrag Medic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Posts: 161 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	What next Okay I share the same problem - I have a Geforce 6800 GT am looking to upgrade my video card (like to stick with Nvidea for now) and ad memory (currently have 1 gig). It is PC3200 DDR 400 (ASUS PC800E Deluxe - any tips? __________________