X1337 said:
First Thing, before you guys get in a hissyfit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102057]SAPPHIRE 100174L Radeon X1650PRO 256MB 128-bit GDDR3
AGP 4X/8X CrossFire Support Video Card[/URL]
There is no such thing "AS" crossfire for AGP!. Second of all, If your really into gaming get the "7800GS", If your into gaming but dont play The newest games like "Alan Awake" than get the 7600GT. If your a ATI fan than look for the "X1650 - X1600Pro/XT". I own a X1600Pro, once you overclock the hole card it runs pretty fast in games
I'm not trying to get in a hissyfit; sorry for the confusion if there was some. Not gonna argue over stuff like video cards. Kinda hard to tell though sometimes when it's on the internet...no voice. But I just think that it's commonly misunderstood that nvidia isn't better than ATI, and ATI isn't better than nvidia. The 1650PRO is as close as you can get to the ATI equivalent of the 7600GT; better in a few areas and lacking in a few others. I couldn't find a 7600GT AGP on Newegg or MonarchComputer, but I have heard of them before. If you can manage to find one, that would be a good card also. And that's pretty weird about the Crossfire...didn't even notice that. Again, sorry for the misunderstanding.
Denier-of-Soup said:
Is the 6500 PCI-X only? If it comes in AGP as well, how would it fare against the X1650 Pro? And what do you guys think of the X700 compared to the 9800? The only major change I see is the GDDR3 memory and support for OpenGL 2.0.
So far, the X1650, the X700, and the 9800 are the three cards I'm looking at.
edit: I just found out that my system's using a 240w PSU. x_x
I've never heard of an AGP 6500, but if you can find one somewhere, though it is a good card, it wouldn't be near as good as the X1650PRO; the PCI-E version isn't anyways. It'll probably be a little worse than the X700 as well, but not by much if so. The 9800 would be better for features such as AA an AF than the X700, but it is lacking a little in the core speed department. Plus, it's DX9.0 (9800) as opposed to 9.0b(X700); both are outdated by now, but if my knowledge serves me right, the 9.0b is better. Here's a little comparison of all of them...
7800GS>X1650PRO/7600GT>X700>=9800>6500>GeForce FX series>Radeon 9250 and below
Don't get anything less than a 6500, if you can find one somewhere. You won't be able to play any newer games on high, probably not even on medium settings without a huge overclock. Those are there primarily for reference, in case you've heard of those series before.
And just as a side note, you might want invest in a new PSU
. Good luck in your quest to getting a new graphics card...