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    Best AGP card for approx £100

    I may have to replace my 9800 Pro in the near future. As I won't be replacing my mobo etc, I'm looking for a better AGP card that will be a max of £150 inc VAT, preferably closer to £100. I'll probably be using it with my Samsung 26" TV at some point as well.

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    find an X1950 pro or 7600GT

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    7600GT for about £100 or so

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    See here, just a few threads below yours

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    6800gt

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mad-Max View Post
    7600GT for about £100 or so
    X1950Pro spanks every nVidia card but the 8800, and I can't see that coming out on AGP anytime soon, well worth the extra 50 quid.
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    ...every time Creative bring out a new card range their advertising makes it sound like they have discovered a way to insert a thousand Chuck Norris super dwarfs in your ears...

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    Quote Originally Posted by aidanjt View Post
    X1950Pro spanks every nVidia card but the 8800, and I can't see that coming out on AGP anytime soon, well worth the extra 50 quid.
    But the OP said "approx £100 "

    But I think the 8800 or what ever they will call it will come to AGP but it will be a very long time

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    Have you tried flashing your 9800 Pro to an XT? If it's got the R360 chip you can.

    This may give you some performance gains in the short term, to give you more time to update to a PCI-e setup

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    Flashing to xt won't give much - the xt is just the pro with some sanctioned over-clocking headroom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smudger View Post
    Have you tried flashing your 9800 Pro to an XT? If it's got the R360 chip you can.

    This may give you some performance gains in the short term, to give you more time to update to a PCI-e setup
    How can I tell whether this is possible without trying it?

    edit I've found a guide and it seems as though the only benefit is a 32MHz overclock and 10MHz more from the memory. Hardly seems worth the bother.

    I could consider the X1950, £150 is not too bad. I have some extra money as I was going to get a flat this month, but backed out and dropped £580 on a big flat telly instead .

    I also seem to be having a memory access problem starting Steam lately, that may need fiddling with first.
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    A 7600GS AGP should be comparable to a 6800GT at lower resolutions and costs well under 100 quid.

    Scan sell a Palit one for around 74 quid:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=479171

    There is also a passively cooled version at Scan also for 73 quid:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=466649

    The 7600GT AGP cards that I have seen are usually closer to 120 quid though.

    Ebuyer has the X1950 pro AGP for around 150 also:

    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...119300&_LOC=UK

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruggerbugger View Post
    How can I tell whether this is possible without trying it?

    edit I've found a guide and it seems as though the only benefit is a 32MHz overclock and 10MHz more from the memory. Hardly seems worth the bother.

    I could consider the X1950, £150 is not too bad. I have some extra money as I was going to get a flat this month, but backed out and dropped £580 on a big flat telly instead .

    I also seem to be having a memory access problem starting Steam lately, that may need fiddling with first.
    The R360 chip is down-graded to sit in the Pro. XT speeds are what it was designed to do. Flashing it merely de-strangles it, then you can use ATITool to safely overclock to some quite high speeds. Or, you could just use ATITool on the Pro settings to get a bit of a boost.

    It does seem like a lot of hassle, but it took me about 5 minutes to do, and the system picked it up as an XT straight away. Considering that it gets you a bit of extra performance for nowt, I thought it might be worth mentioning...
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    If i was you get the X1950 pro it is what will be replacing my x800 in my agp system.

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    Under £150 - 7600GT
    Over £150 - Gainward BLiss 7800GS+

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    Under £150 - 7600GT
    Over £150 - Gainward BLiss 7800GS+
    I had the 7800GS XFX Extreme edition and its an absolutely terrible card, I know the gainward bliss is slightly different but from my experience of trying to solve all the problems with the card and those of many others I would steer clear and go with the X1950Pro

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    Quote Originally Posted by shackahn View Post
    I had the 7800GS XFX Extreme edition and its an absolutely terrible card, I know the gainward bliss is slightly different but from my experience of trying to solve all the problems with the card and those of many others I would steer clear and go with the X1950Pro

    Completely different.
    Thats like comparing circles with squares.

    The Gainward card is MASSIVELY different to any other 7800GS on the market.
    512MB Ram
    24 pipes
    Artic Silencer from box

    Its basically a 7900GT with an AGP>>PCI bridge and it flies.

    The 2 main problems with the X1950Pro are:
    1. It runs very hot
    2. It runs very loud

    The only better thing i can see about the ATI card is the price and availability.
    I only got my mits on the GB 7800GS+ as it was given to me by my insurance company as i dropped my X850XT back in April (that was the fastest AGP then so they had to replace like for like).
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