Cheap AGP card to replace a 9800Pro?

[Prototype]

While my current 9800Pro has served me well its starting to struggle
badly in more recent releases and I suspect it could well be starting to
die.

As funds won't allow for the full system upgrade I need an AGP card that
has atleast the same performance as the 9800Pro (the more the better of
course).

I'm limited to around £100 (£120 if stretched) which I know wont buy a
great deal of power, but all I need is a stopgap until I can afford to
upgrade to a half decent A64 PCI-E system.

p.s. It doesn't have to be an ATI card (although I do prefer them).

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[Julian Richards]

While my current 9800Pro has served me well its starting to struggle
badly in more recent releases and I suspect it could well be starting to
die.

As funds won't allow for the full system upgrade I need an AGP card that
has atleast the same performance as the 9800Pro (the more the better of
course).

I'm limited to around £100 (£120 if stretched) which I know wont buy a
great deal of power, but all I need is a stopgap until I can afford to
upgrade to a half decent A64 PCI-E system.

p.s. It doesn't have to be an ATI card (although I do prefer them).

Any suggestions appreciated.

I am in the same boat as you but my thoughts are to hang on to my 9800
(SE but with 8 pipelines open).

As a fellow countryman, I am working in £ the same as you so I costed
up a full upgrade at about £300 (Athlon 64, PCI-E MB and X800) which
will have to wait. There are two cheaper options. 1. go for a less
powerful graphics card (X700 is about the same power as the 9800) or
2. Go for an Athlon 64 and MB which can take AGP or PCI-E, keep the
9800 for now with an eye to getting shot at a later date.

Option 2 may be the best as the 9800 isn't that bad and the extra
oomph from the CPU will help quite considerably. I am told that UT2004
as one example does a lot of graphics processing with CPU and the
extra power will be noticable.

There is of course option 3, my choice, which is to sit tight and
watch prices continue to fall, being unable to really justify the cost
at the moment.
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Julian Richards
computer "at" richardsuk.f9.co.uk

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk
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[farmuse]

While my current 9800Pro has served me well its starting to struggle
badly in more recent releases and I suspect it could well be starting to
die.

As funds won't allow for the full system upgrade I need an AGP card that
has atleast the same performance as the 9800Pro (the more the better of
course).

I'm limited to around £100 (£120 if stretched) which I know wont buy a
great deal of power, but all I need is a stopgap until I can afford to
upgrade to a half decent A64 PCI-E system.

p.s. It doesn't have to be an ATI card (although I do prefer them).

Any suggestions appreciated.

if you suspect it may be trying to quit you may want to check the
thermal grease under the hsf, my 9800 pro had poor quality grease. maybe
clean it off and reapply some fresh, and lower the case temps. still a
good card really.

 

[Sleepy]

While my current 9800Pro has served me well its starting to struggle badly
in more recent releases and I suspect it could well be starting to die.

As funds won't allow for the full system upgrade I need an AGP card that
has atleast the same performance as the 9800Pro (the more the better of
course).

I'm limited to around £100 (£120 if stretched) which I know wont buy a
great deal of power, but all I need is a stopgap until I can afford to
upgrade to a half decent A64 PCI-E system.

p.s. It doesn't have to be an ATI card (although I do prefer them).

Any suggestions appreciated.

a 6600GT or 6800 would be your best bet. Many 6800s and LE models can have
the extra pipelines unlocked with rivatuner and that gives you a bloody good
card.