ok, bang for the buck?

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:40 pm

would this X1600PRO AGP card be a good bang for buck agp upgrade? cant swing the cost of the pci swap at the moment... or the near future for that matter..

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:54 pm

Upgraded from what???

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:07 pm

I guess for $140 it is OK. runs hot though at stock, so if planning to OC, be prepared to spend on aftermarket cooling or do an extreme cooling mod

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:34 pm

and reading some of the review on newegg, be patient with installing the drivers.

Bwall · Post by **Bwall** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:58 pm

Not sure why they made the comment about the drivers. Don't bother with the drivers on the cd, just download the latest Catalysts from ATI.com

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:33 pm

would be an upgrade from onboard vid., sorry forgot that part.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:35 pm

That or get the 7800GS that is already on sale at CompUSA

No matter what card you chose it will be better than integrated... Is this for a gaming PC or no? If it's not being used for gaming even a GeForce 6200TC will work.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:35 am

I'd get this 9800PRO for $119.99
Along with an arctic cooling heatsink!

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:32 am

kenc51 wrote:I'd get this 9800PRO for $119.99
Along with an arctic cooling heatsink!

c'mon ken read the comments: all three are negative. burnt card, burnt cooler, 4 closed pipes etc.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:35 am

sbohdan wrote:
kenc51 wrote:I'd get this 9800PRO for $119.99
Along with an arctic cooling heatsink!
c'mon ken read the comments: all three are negative. burnt card, burnt cooler, 4 closed pipes etc.

4 closed pipes.....? the person didn't know what they were talking about --> omega drivers won't open pipes like that on a 9800pro!

The cooler....that's why I said to get the arctic cooler ;)

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:46 am

I just think to many cons + having to buy a separate cooler raises the price. this 6600GT performes better and is a better name brand for same price, better cooler

:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150098

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:50 am

sbohdan wrote:I just think to many cons + having to buy a separate cooler raises the price. this 6600GT performes better and is a better name brand for same price, better cooler :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150098

Good choice!!
I only done a quick search this morning.......

That card would be the best choice !!!

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:10 am

I would like to do gaming with it, I know what ever I get prolly wont play with high settings, dont think I have ever played games set to high...

If I could swing the 300 or so for the 7800 I would get that, was hoping to stay in the 150 range.

Does the 6600gt preform better in the AGP form? the one you linked to is the pci-e version...

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:51 am

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150089

Here is an AGP version for $146.00

Ken

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:12 pm

$146? no, that's too much and the AGP version is also weaker then the PCI-E

how about this one? : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 814140067R

yeah, it's refurbished if you don't mind but it has better better performance from the start than 6600GT (12pipes and 256bit vs. 8pipes and 128bit) and has great potential (opening the remaining 4 pipes -->16 and OC the sucker)

to play games this is the best I could find in AGP

or if you don't want refurbished: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814140067