Ati Radeon 9800 pro 128mb vs. Ati Radeon x1600 pro 512mb???

[ninjaquick]

If you seriously want to stay with what system you have for now (like a another year or two) get the Nvidia 7800 GS or the ATI X1900 when it comes out for AGP. Anything less won't give you much of a performance upgrade.

The AGP 7600 GT is actually as fast, if not faster, than the 7800 GS at stock speeds... and it's cheaper.

yeah, my cousin got the 7800GS and in game his rig (x2 4200 &2gig ram) preformed worse than my bros 3700+ (San Diego) with one gig ram and an x850xt! the 7600GT is better than the 7800GS mainly because it uses the 7900 architecture, just with lower clocks and slower memory.

 

[cleeve]

the 7600GT is better than the 7800GS mainly because it uses the 7900 architecture, just with lower clocks and slower memory.

Actualy, the 7600 and 7800 architecture is similar. The 7600 GT has fewer pipelines and a smaller memory interface but makes up for it with much higher clockspeeds than the 7800 GS.

THe end result is that they perform very closely, but I found the 7600 GT AGP to usually beat the 7800 GS by a couple fps, not enough to notice but it shows up in benchmarks.

 

[Naw-yi]

they are still making high end agp cards, both nvidia and ati.

if this guy just wants a simple upgrade, why do most of people on this forum alway suggest waiting and paying 600 or more down the road? and most suggest a full rig upgrade. are some of you planeted by newegg or tigerdirect to get people to spend money?

theres a 6800 oc card agp at newegg for 164.00, or a 7600 there too for around the same price. the 6800 has a 256bit memory interface, the 7600 a 128bit memory interface both with sm 3.0 support, by the way goin from 128 to 256bit makes a big difference.

dont upgrade to pci e yet, unless your using a 64 bit os. then the true pci e mb will show an increase in performance.


xp that im using is 32bit so no increase if i change architecture.

 

[cleeve]

theres a 6800 oc card agp at newegg for 164.00, or a 7600 there too for around the same price. the 6800 has a 256bit memory interface, the 7600 a 128bit memory interface both with sm 3.0 support, by the way goin from 128 to 256bit makes a big difference.

Not in that case. A 7600 GT will completely humiliate a 6800 GS OC in every possible game and benchmark.

It's about clockspeeds, as well as the memory interface. The 7600 GT's clocks are so much higher than the 6800 GS that it doesn't stand a chance...

 

[Steve1096]

Wow....just ask a simple question...is this card significantly better than the other card.....and bam....two pages of replies and opinions.

The only thing that seems clear is....no, the x1600 pro is not significantly better than the 9800 pro...at least not worth the 170 bucks for it.

So, lets rephrase the question then....which will probably get me another two pages of answers :lol:

Is there an AGP card for under $200, that would provide a significant increase in performance compared to a Radeon 9800 pro? In such games as Aces High, Half life 2, Everquest, etc.??? Which I believe is already answered in the vga charts....of best value cards at the different price ranges. Back to looking at them I guess....just wished they listed the old 9800 pro in there...nice to have that little chart to show the difference.

Thanks again for everyone's assistance. You have been most helpful.

 

[cleeve]

Simple answer: Yes, the $185 7600 GT.

Best sub $200 AGP card, bar NONE.

 

[kaotao]

Simple answer: Yes, the $185 7600 GT.

Best sub $200 AGP card, bar NONE.

Yep.

 

[lltfdaniel]

To Steve just get a agp x1950 pro, and make sure your psu won't bottleneck it with lack of power although it would still run.

 

[cleeve]

He said under $200.

The X1950 PRO is not under $200...

 

[ninjaquick]

seriuosly? you mean all these months ive been living a lie? lol, neways yeah, all i know is that the 7800GS is not worth is price tag 😛

 

[celewign]

Good 'un, Ninja.
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