Agp Gpu

[DJ-Ready]

so yeah .. I plan to upgrade my comp in a few month (I think around xmas or so) but my current GPU started to die recently -.-
the more I play the more artifacts I get even on lowend games like HL and stuff ... and since my current mainboard has no PCIe slot I just want a somewhat decent agp card for the next few months.
Should be at least as good as my current 6600GT but I don't really care if its an ATI or Nvidia card... shouldn't bee too expensive either.

Any recommendations? I kinda lost track of hardware stuff since I bought my 6600GT xD

 

[Tsunami]

well $150 could land you An ATI 3850.

Or if you need cheaper for $84 a Geforce 7600GS.

Or $65 for a a ATI x1600 XT

Or, also for $74 you can get a ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro

 

[Eacos]

I'd recommend an ATI x1950Pro
Its the latest card from ATI for an AGP slot.
I have the x1650Pro, it runs HL2 with everything max, and from what Ive read the x1950 can run Bioshock, call of duty 4 no prob.

Check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/HIS-AGP-x1950-P...oryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

of course I recommend you buy a new one directly off of ati website.

 

[Prozac]

CPU failure results in system crashes,
Graphics card failure results in artifacts.

are you sure it's the CPU?

 

[DJ-Ready]

CPU failure results in system crashes,
Graphics card failure results in artifacts.

are you sure it's the CPU?

err sorry typo .. I meant GPU

 

[Prozac]

haha silly DJ :x

 

[Sicron]

Go for the X1950 Pro(150-ish dollar). Probably the best AGP card there is, and it is relatively cheap too.

Edit: Actually, the X1950XT is better, but I can't find a price on it anywhere. But I am guessing around 200 dollars. Although I have absolutely no idea how much it will cost in Germany.

 

[kam!]

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Tharr. Depending on the kind of artifacts, you could also try to underclock your card a little.
That's what I did as a workaround until I upgrade. What do the artifacts look like? single odd colored pixels or square like chunks of weird stuff?

 

[DJ-Ready]

square chunks of different sizes

 

[Tsunami]

DJ, IMO if your gonna spend $150+, go for the ATI card in my previous post. it is the best AGP card out and beats the x1900.

 

[kam!]

square chunks of different sizes

Ok yea chunky is Gpu.

Before you spend any money you can try to see if your card works more stable if it is a little underclocked.
I started getting artifacts lately, reducing the gpu/memory pseeds by like 10 mHz fixed it.

Might be worth a try.

 

[Deverz]

ATI is dirty

I'd say get the 7600. Also means you don't have to **** around with ****ty ATI drivers

 

[DJ-Ready]

well, I spend like 15 minutes cleaning the cpu fan yesterday (+30 additional minutes cleaning all the other fans in my comp) and then I underclocked the pu by 10mhz... seems to work normal again.
Though the cooler wasn't really all that dirty .. not the gpu one at least
(you should've see my chipset cooler ... I was suprised it could still spin o.o)