Now that I can't get any good scores on any of my computers with
AGP/PCIx with 64 to 256MB RAM, what cards are people seeing a rating of
3.0 or higher with?

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For business unless you are running graphics intensive software or very
large monitors a score of 2 is fine!

If you need the power and run large monitors then anything at or above 512mb
DDR3 ram
M


"Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Now that I can't get any good scores on any of my computers with
> AGP/PCIx with 64 to 256MB RAM, what cards are people seeing a rating of
> 3.0 or higher with?
>
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> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
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Also if you want high scores for graphics, try Gforce 8800 - either GTS or
GTX at 640mb DDR3 gives max score of 5.9
as does a AGP 8 Gforce 7800 GS 512mb

Neither are needed for basic use, only for high end graphic, very large
monitors or high end games.

M

"Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Now that I can't get any good scores on any of my computers with
> AGP/PCIx with 64 to 256MB RAM, what cards are people seeing a rating of
> 3.0 or higher with?
>
> --
>
> Leythos
> - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Also if you want high scores for graphics, try Gforce 7800 GS - either GTS or
> GTX at 640mb DDR3 gives max score of 5.9
> as does a AGP 8 Gforce 7800 GS 512mb
>
> Neither are needed for basic use, only for high end graphic, very large
> monitors or high end games.

Thanks, I'm replacing my P4/3.2Ghz machine that has dual 20" screens
with a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz 4GB RAM machine and I have one game, GuildWars
that I play on weekends, the rest of the time it's just network design,
code design, lots of word/excel/visio drawings and such.

I'll look for the cards you mention above - thanks.


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"Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> Also if you want high scores for graphics, try Gforce 7800 GS - either
>> GTS or
>> GTX at 640mb DDR3 gives max score of 5.9
>> as does a AGP 8 Gforce 7800 GS 512mb
>>
>> Neither are needed for basic use, only for high end graphic, very large
>> monitors or high end games.
>
> Thanks, I'm replacing my P4/3.2Ghz machine that has dual 20" screens
> with a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz 4GB RAM machine and I have one game, GuildWars
> that I play on weekends, the rest of the time it's just network design,
> code design, lots of word/excel/visio drawings and such.
>
> I'll look for the cards you mention above - thanks.
>
>

In that case you may as well go with PCI Express
> --
>
> Leythos
> - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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In article <46aaee42$0$20540$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> "Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> > (E-Mail Removed) says...
> >> Also if you want high scores for graphics, try Gforce 7800 GS - either
> >> GTS or
> >> GTX at 640mb DDR3 gives max score of 5.9
> >> as does a AGP 8 Gforce 7800 GS 512mb
> >>
> >> Neither are needed for basic use, only for high end graphic, very large
> >> monitors or high end games.
> >
> > Thanks, I'm replacing my P4/3.2Ghz machine that has dual 20" screens
> > with a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz 4GB RAM machine and I have one game, GuildWars
> > that I play on weekends, the rest of the time it's just network design,
> > code design, lots of word/excel/visio drawings and such.
> >
> > I'll look for the cards you mention above - thanks.
> >
> >
>
> In that case you may as well go with PCI Express

Can't the machine in Question has AGP only.

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Leythos
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nvidia 7600gt is AGP and is good value.

"Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <46aaee42$0$20540$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> "Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> > (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> >> Also if you want high scores for graphics, try Gforce 7800 GS - either
>> >> GTS or
>> >> GTX at 640mb DDR3 gives max score of 5.9
>> >> as does a AGP 8 Gforce 7800 GS 512mb
>> >>
>> >> Neither are needed for basic use, only for high end graphic, very
>> >> large
>> >> monitors or high end games.
>> >
>> > Thanks, I'm replacing my P4/3.2Ghz machine that has dual 20" screens
>> > with a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz 4GB RAM machine and I have one game, GuildWars
>> > that I play on weekends, the rest of the time it's just network design,
>> > code design, lots of word/excel/visio drawings and such.
>> >
>> > I'll look for the cards you mention above - thanks.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> In that case you may as well go with PCI Express
>
> Can't the machine in Question has AGP only.
>

Yes, so that would mean getting new motherboard.
But why pay the same price for AGO when you can get more performance with
PCI express?


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> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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In article <46add79b$0$16553$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Yes, so that would mean getting new motherboard.
> But why pay the same price for AGO when you can get more performance with
> PCI express?

Don't know much about ROI or cost do you?

New video card to get what I need - about $300

New motherboard, new CPU's, new Memory for motherboard/CPU's, new video
card - about $3500

I have a Dual Xeon CPU system with lots of ECC memory, why would I want
to change the motherboard and have to go through all that expense when I
could just go back to windows xp or server 2003? The video card is the
cheapest solution, staying AGP.

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Leythos
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- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
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"Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <46add79b$0$16553$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> Yes, so that would mean getting new motherboard.
>> But why pay the same price for AGO when you can get more performance with
>> PCI express?
>
> Don't know much about ROI or cost do you?
>
> New video card to get what I need - about $300
>
> New motherboard, new CPU's, new Memory for motherboard/CPU's, new video
> card - about $3500
>
> I have a Dual Xeon CPU system with lots of ECC memory, why would I want
> to change the motherboard and have to go through all that expense when I
> could just go back to windows xp or server 2003? The video card is the
> cheapest solution, staying AGP.
>
> --


ROI? Better system performance.
You could have 16 Xeons and the games would still play the same due to the
slower bus of AGP.
Intel came out with that in the late 90s.
Notice there has not been an update in some years while PCI Express is at
16x.


>
> Leythos
> - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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