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Old 11th Sep 2009, 14:01
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which is the best agp graphics card not fussed which brand
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Old 11th Sep 2009, 14:14
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None of them. It's not worth dumping money into dead technology.
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Old 11th Sep 2009, 14:36
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that is a completely useless awnser thank you, i do know its old technology but i want to upgrade to a better card and only have agp and not enough money to build a system better than my current one
please i dont mean to be rude but i would like an awnser and not a useless remark thank you
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Old 11th Sep 2009, 14:51
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Whatever "high-end" AGP card you buy is going to be bottlenecked by the CPU. If you can't afford (cheaper than they've ever been) new hardware, that's fine, but not only is this not going to be worth the money you throw at it buying anything better than a 6600 or 6800 is going to probably give you very little performance and even with those cards you're going to be struggling in any modern game. AGP is over a decade old and was made obsolescent by PCI-E about three years ago, if you're going to use this for gaming there is no reason to bother - if you have to buy a new one don't spend very much on it.
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Old 11th Sep 2009, 15:59
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i know about the bottleneck issue but i am unwilling to splash out for the cpu ram psu mobo and graphics card ( iam not going to disassemble my old computer) for well def in excess of £150 prob pushing over 200 which i really cant spend when i can pick up ati hd3850 for around £50 which from what i hear is a relatively decent card i just want to know WHICH IS THE BEST a very simple question i am aware that it is an old tech but i am also aware that ati at least up until sept 08 still seem to be catering to people with agp slots i didnt ask for
Please respond if you know the awnser
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Old 11th Sep 2009, 16:12
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basically what im asking is which is better the hd3850, hd3870, hd4650 or hd 4670
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Old 12th Sep 2009, 03:13
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Pick any of those 4, the limit imposed by your CPU will give you almost identical performance with any of them.

Go for the cheapest I suppose.
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