[Belloni]

Hey people ...

Remember i am building a pc for my friend ... well just about to purchase the card and just need to know if this is the best possible card for the slot AGP ?!

PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT PE 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-043-PC)

Money is not an issue ... (obviously if it's like $600 !!! then that's a no ... )

Thanx please reply soon !!!

[Reefsmoka]

I'd say that would be the best AGP card out at the moment (X850XT PE).

[christopherpostill]

If HIS Excalibur do a version of that card, then theirs is likely to be fastest as they whack on huge cooling systems and clock the card a little higher...

[Belloni]

Well i can't at the moment find my SOLO card lol so i havn't yet purchased it ...

Chris ... can you find me that card you said would be faster ?!?!

Thanx y'all

[1nteger]

Personally I'd go with PCI-Express if I were building a new machine at this moment in time...AGP is gonna phase out over the next 12 months (perhaps a little longer). Unless you already have the mobo and it's an AGP one, I'd get a PCI version instead - better future proofing (whatever that means!).

Also, I reckon nVidia still have the edge in the vid market - get a good solid 6800GT and overclock it. Even with a stock cooler it will easily clock faster than it's big brother the 'Ultra' - add a custom cooler and you could do even better.

Note: Half Life 2 was supposedly made 'native' to ATI cards, and ATI spent £6m sponsoring the game and bundling it with their cards. It really ****es them off that HL2 creator Valve's own survey of thousands of HL2 players shows that nVidia is the game players popular choice.

Having said all that the ATI card is a top end piece of kit

[Me__2001]

overclcokers.co.uk sell the HIS X800 XT PE but i havent seen anywhere selling the X850 from their site it says ebuyer sell them

[Belloni]

Originally Posted by 1nteger

Personally I'd go with PCI-Express if I were building a new machine at this moment in time...AGP is gonna phase out over the next 12 months (perhaps a little longer). Unless you already have the mobo and it's an AGP one, I'd get a PCI version instead - better future proofing (whatever that means!).

Also, I reckon nVidia still have the edge in the vid market - get a good solid 6800GT and overclock it. Even with a stock cooler it will easily clock faster than it's big brother the 'Ultra' - add a custom cooler and you could do even better.

Note: Half Life 2 was supposedly made 'native' to ATI cards, and ATI spent £6m sponsoring the game and bundling it with their cards. It really ****es them off that HL2 creator Valve's own survey of thousands of HL2 players shows that nVidia is the game players popular choice.

Having said all that the ATI card is a top end piece of kit

I mite give him the 6800 Ultra Gainward ... :S lol

I have already giving him the AGP board or i woulda got him a PCI card ... lol

Me_2001 - if i got the HIS card and not the X850 would the HIS still to better or ?! Me confused lol

[Kenny]

The X850 XT PE is gonna be the last (as far as I know) card released on AGP. Using Futuremark as a comparison, the X850 XTPE beats the 6800 Ultra. Not by much, but a win is a win.

[1nteger]

Originally Posted by Kenny

The X850 XT PE is gonna be the last (as far as I know) card released on AGP. Using Futuremark as a comparison, the X850 XTPE beats the 6800 Ultra. Not by much, but a win is a win.

...yeah, but a win measured only by a benchmarking tool and probably not by the human eye, but for how many extra £££££ ?

Don't get me wrong, half the stuff i buy is top end just because I like to know I have it in my system, so i understand the 'value' of spending more for the 'best'. but it wouldn't be fair to try and convince others to do the same, even tho' I suspect most peeps who stick around on sites like these are enthusiasts like me who are always willing to pay for that extra little performance boost!

My goodness, I seem to be agreeing with everyone ....willl wonders never cease?

[Alf]

Just a get a X800 XT and OC it 20 Mhz and Bam! you got yourself a X850XT PE